It's said that 150 years before Dom Perignon started to try to get rid of accidental fizz in Champagne, the monks of Limoux outside of Carcassone were making bubble on purpose. Their successors certainly keep the party going... Read More
Antoine Chevalier’s grandfather and father began planting Champagne vines in 1974 but he is the first of the family to start making and bottling wine. This is organically farmed Chardonnay from the lieu-dit Les Bas du Mont... Read More
An old domaine (founded 1847) that has established itself with a place in the Champagne elite under the leadership of Raphael and Vincent Bereche. A delicious introduction to their work, this is a blend of equal part both Pinots... Read More
A terrific value from Billecart-Salmon, this is built on Pinot Noir, Meunier and Chardonnay not used in the main cuvees including a healthy (70%) dose of reserve wines. Fine bubbles lift generous aromas of brioche, sliced almond,... Read More
Sign up for the first three releases of the CBC Champagne Club before Christmas and you’ll pay $150 per month ($450 total) for the first three releases. Then, you’re invited to continue monthly at $160/month for the... Read More
A luxury Champagne on every dimension other than price – and always on of our best-selling Champagnes for its compelling blend of delicious quality and remarkably low price. For this wine, the 59 wine growers who make up... Read More
For the past six years, this has been a terrific Brut Champagne at a crazy good price. It comes from a co-op founded in 1959 to help grape growers in Aube, the southern part of Champagne, get a little better deal from the big... Read More
This small cooperative winery in the heart of Champagne has struck gold with this cuvee- and yellow label gold at that. Because the Charles Clement Brut Tradition is the kind of wine that will thrill anyone who loves... Read More
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Beaujolais master Jean Paul Brun grows a little Chardonnay in places where limestone dominates over granite and some of that finds its way into the charming fizz. With 18 months on the lees, it’s rich and broad... Read More
As Antonio Galloni wrote earlier this year, “A decidedly mythical figure in the world of Champagne, Mignon’s philosophy takes familiar concepts of sustainability and expounds upon them with an almost spiritual, all-encompassing... Read More
A wonderfully fresh and vivid style of (just barely) pink Champagne. Oeil de Perdrix means eye of the partridge and applies to a Champagne that picks up just a touch of color from black grapes in the press. The wine is given a... Read More
Organic/Bio For decades, the Dekeyne family sold their 5 HA of grapes from the Cote de Sezanne to large houses in Epernay and Reims until brothers Gael and Baptiste recently began to bottle their own Champagne. It's outstanding,... Read More
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This small and young house in the Cotes de Sezane is doing everything right from organic farming to meticulous winemaking and only bottling single vintage, single vineyard, wines. This is 90% Chardonnay and 10% Pinot... Read More
The geography here is complicated, with the vines growing about 40 miles southwest of Geneva in the foothills of the French alps. The blend is distinctive, featuring 80% Gamay and 20% Chardonnay. But the real story is simple:... Read More
We'd tell you that this tastes like really good Saumur Blanc but with bubbles...but we know that doesn't mean much! It's a blend of 50% Chenin Blanc, 25% Chardonnay and 25% Cabernet Franc blended and turned into sparkling... Read More
The label tells the story behind this one-time ever wine. In 2021, frost devastated the Mousse family’s vineyards. Facing an entire lost village, the family’s friends – top growers from across the region –... Read More
Get ready for a ride here! This is 80% Meunier plus Pinot Noir about half 2019 and the rest from a perpetual reserve started in 2003. The base wines all aged in steel with tiny amounts of sulfur and went through malo before resting... Read More
Organic/Bio Pierre Fresne’s top wine honors his grandfather, founder of the estate. It’s 95% 2010 from 60% Chardonnay and 20% each Pinot Noir and Meunier with 20% aged in barrel, resting sur latte for 12 years under... Read More
A completely delicious "drinker's Champagne" with lots of time on the lees to develop toastiness and creaminess of texture. We love how the brioche notes linger here.
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