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Champagne Reveals a Cellar Master’s Creativity

March 23, 2015 – 8:15 am

There are 349 champagne houses in the Champagne region of France. With their portfolio of champagnes there are more than a thousand champagnes for consumers. Then there are many more champagnes crafted by growers who make their own champagnes, and co-operatives. With so many champagnes to choose from, one may think that many of them […]

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Sparkling wine before champagne

March 16, 2015 – 9:58 am

The sparkling wine, champagne, as we know it today evolved over hundreds of years, as opposed to being invented by a single person at a single time. Although the Champagne region of France excelled at making champagne, once embraced, other people were deliberately making wine that had effervescence a century before the Champenois. The French […]

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Champagne before champagne

March 12, 2015 – 12:59 pm

The sparkling wine from the Champagne region of France has only been crafted during the last few hundred years. However, the Champagne region has been growing grapes and making wine for over a millennia prior to the champagne that lets you see stars. The Celts may have planted grape vines and made wine, but after […]

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What You Need to Know About the International Wine Tourism Conference 2015

February 24, 2015 – 9:15 am

The International Wine Tourism Conference (IWINETC) is scheduled for April 8 and 9. The Conference will in held in the city of Reims known for champagne and historic sites. Only 46 tickets are left….

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A Second Look- Beyond Bubbles: The Essence of Champagne

February 20, 2015 – 10:57 am

  Whether in a champagne flute, a coupe, a tulip or white wine stemware, that delightful effervescent champagne offers much more than continuous strands of bubbles rising to the top and tickling your nose. Champagne is so much more than a drink. As one looks into that effervescent glass of gold, one sees the history […]

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Beyond Bubbles: The Essence of Champagne

February 19, 2015 – 9:18 am

Steady columns of minuscule bubbles rise to the surface forming the mousse. All senses including observation are heightened. The bubbles foreshadow what is to come: an explosion of effervescence in the mouth, aromas and tastes that bring smiles to faces, sensual sensations that extend beyond self to the immediate surroundings and a cleansed palate that […]

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Champagne Flight

February 10, 2015 – 10:38 am

Decades ago I worked for a hot air balloon pilot. A group of us would awake early on a Sunday morning, gather equipment, load a van and proceed to a launch site in Central Maryland. About every five times crewing, the pilot would take me up in the balloon. One of the flights I went […]

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Is Champagne Underrepresented at the Boston Wine Expo?

February 6, 2015 – 10:40 am

Sparkling wines have been on my mind lately. Last fall, Kathy and I attended a media FAM trip to several cava producers in the Penedés in Spain. Last weekend, we were on a judging panel evaluating ten Virginia sparkling wines. Kathy and I are already writing articles for this year’s International Wine Tourism Conference that […]

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IWINETC Early Bird Registration Ends January 31!

January 26, 2015 – 10:12 am

This week is your last chance to get the Early Bird reduced price tickets to the International Wine Tourism Conference in Champagne, France. Register online at http://www.iwinetc.com/2015france/conference-registration. The 2015 IWINETC is scheduled for April 8 and 9 in Reims, France. Participants attending the conference will have the opportunity to network with other professionals including wine, […]

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Discover the Champagne Tourist Route

January 22, 2015 – 10:06 am

Have you traveled the Champagne Route in France?

The Champagne Tourist Route in the Champagne region of France is long. The route is divided into five separate trails….

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