France, Champagne: Recent and Forthcoming Releases

This installment of new releases from Champagne looks at forthcoming or recently released wines from Champagne’s big houses....

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USA, California: Michael Cruse Pushes the Boundaries of Sparkling Wine in California

Fans of Michael’s sparkling wines can look forward to enjoying the fruits of his continued experimentation, including four new wines in this report....

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France, Champagne: New Releases from Pol Roger

This small report looks at Pol Roger's newly released 2015 vintage bottlings, as well as the 2013 Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill....

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France, Champagne: Louis Roederer's 2014 Cristal

Very different from the 2012 and 2013 vintages, the 2014 is an aromatic, head-turning and incisive Cristal that will offer a broad drinking window....

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Reviewers’ Favorites 2021: William Kelley

Many hardworking, talented farmers and winemakers in Burgundy and Champagne fly under the radar precisely because they can’t boast a famous name. William Kelly’s selection of “favorites” for the year...

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France, Champagne: The Newly Released 2012 Dom Pérignon

This is a spotlight on the just-released 2012 Dom Pérignon from Möet & Chandon, as well as the 2003 Dom Pérignon P2....

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France, Champagne: Making Sense of Champagne

Champagne is one of France’s most multifaceted and rapidly evolving wine regions. Home to some of the country’s most dynamic wine growers, as well as some of its most complacent,...

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France, Champagne: Recent and Forthcoming Releases

This report covers almost 300 reviews for wines from big Champagne houses and small growers alike....

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France, Champagne: A First Look at Bollinger's New 2007 R. D.

The fruit of an early harvest Bollinger's superb 2007 R. D. is an unusually delicate, fine-boned rendition of this habitually muscular cuvée....

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France, Champagne: Cédric Bouchard – Champagne’s Reclusive Revolutionary

Cédric Bouchard works with the lowest yields in Champagne and fashions some of the region’s greatest wines from vineyards that no one had ever heard of....

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