FREE SHIPPING OVER $30— Shopping Made Simple.
Showing 1321–1340 of 1658 results
One of the Top Five Best Champagnes in the World “No Champagne house is on a trajectory of ascent as steep as Jacquesson,” says Tyson Stelzer, a global Champagne expert and author of the authoritative The Champagne Guide. The reason is simple: brothers Laurent and Jean-Hervé Chiquet, whose family bought the estate in 1978, have completely…
“No Champagne house is on a trajectory of ascent as steep as Jacquesson,” says Tyson Stelzer, a global Champagne expert and author of the authoritative The Champagne Guide. The reason is simple: brothers Laurent and Jean-Hervé Chiquet, whose family bought the estate in 1978, have completely revolutionized the property and house style, and the results…
We can’t say his name. So we’ll just call him Our Man in Champagne. A Master of Wine whose official residence is a chic two-story townhouse on the northeast edge of Paris, he can most often be found in Reims, Épernay, or speeding between the two in his vintage BMW 635csi. He’s a hardcore sartorialist…
Champagne-Quality Minus The Sticker-Shock One of the glories of drinking in Paris — whether at a Michelin-starred temple de la gastronomie or a café in the Latin Quarter— is that you can basically be assured of finding a crisp and toasty Crémant de Loire on offer by the glass. This sparkling wine remains an insider…
You’ve never seen the name on a label, but if you’ve ever sipped a $150 tête du cuvée, chances are you’ve tasted the work of Union Champagne. The “super co-op” controls fully 50% of all the Grand Cru vineyards in Champagne’s prestigious Côte des Blancs. In other words, if there’s Chardonnay in your luxury Champagne,…
The list of restaurants featuring Jacques Diebolt’s electrifying Champagnes reads like a who’s who of the Michelin Guide. The American allocation is typically exhausted by the world-class chefs and sommeliers who have adopted Diebolt-Vallois as their own. It’s just another reason why we feel so fortunate to be the official wine provider of the Michelin…
Just because you can’t find branded Champagne for $25 doesn’t mean you can’t get pretty darn close in terms of terroir, style, flavor, and quality. Enter Domaine Gracieux Chevalier Crémant de Bourgogne, the delicious sparkling wine that the Champenoise drink when no one’s looking. Made in the painstaking méthode traditionnelle, the wine’s elegant, consistent bead…
We’ve been crushing on this bubbly for years, pairing it with everything from toro tartare to fried chicken. Because it stands up to non-vintage Champagnes two and three times the price, it’s become one of those bottles we keep on hand year-round—the perfect way to turn a casual visit into a ready-made party. Longtime Wine…
We were promised perfection. Sitting down at the lavish oak table in Maison Ginestet, we couldn’t help but be excited—even without knowing what was coming. The venerable house is one of the premier powerbrokers in Bordeaux and has become a must-stop at the beginning of every trip to France. So when they set down a…
Caviar. Potato Chips. A party. We were going to get deep into the details of how we discovered this excellent bubbly, but we scrapped them because all they do is distract from this one fact: The Imaginarium Blanc de Blancs is dollar-for-dollar one of the best deals in French sparkling wine. Crafted in the Champagne…
We got our first shot at J.M. Labruyère’s exquisite Prologue Grand Cru Brut Champagne back in fall of 2019. BOOM—it was gone. Our second chance came in mid-2020, then another in late ‘21. Same results. For a Champagne not bearing a household name like Billecart-Salmon, it’s been a stunningly fast series of sell-outs—each one faster…
The Grower Champagne Master Sommeliers Love Julien Launois’s roots in Mesnil-sur-Oger are deep, just like the vines. For decades his father tended vines with meticulous care in this region, one of only 17 Grand Cru villages in Champagne, home to Blanc de Blancs legends like Salon and Krug’s Clos du Mesnil. As with many farmers,…
No, we’re not talking about Elizabeth. 200-year-old Joseph Perrier was the favorite Champagne house of English royalty before her highness was even born. The Cuvée Royale dazzled the palates of Queen Victoria and King Edward VII, and it lifted us out of our seats with an energy matched only by its finely beaded elegance. We…
We’ve offered some incredible Champagnes over the years. But never before have we cracked the vault on this king’s bounty: Krug’s regal Grande Cuvée, a legend from the house many consider the greatest in Champagne. We’ve tasted previous iterations of this wine before on a few special occasions—a 2010 New Year’s Eve dinner at Daniel,…
The word “Champagne” refers to much more than a region and style. It represents a stringent set of winemaking standards that dictates yields, pressing, aging—factors that all go into Champagne’s typically daunting price. Makers of Crémant, the more affordable Champagne-style sparkling wine made elsewhere in France, are permitted to cut some corners. But Langlois’ Rosé…
When a revered Champagne house like Bollinger heads to the Loire Valley to produce a sparkling wine to their own lofty standards—but that doesn’t bear Champagne’s hefty price tag—the result is a gem like Langlois-Chateau’s Crémant de Loire Brut. This is one of our most popular wines: In the decade since our first offer, it…
Leclerc-Briant’s Divine Solera is a stunning Champagne, made primarily from the 2007 vintage and blended to a gorgeous, spicy, and rich style with blends from 2004, 2005, and 2006. The palate shows rich layers of baked puff pastry, brioche, and beeswax, which support aromas of apricot, crushed raspberry, and spiced plum. It’s poised to stand…
“The Prisoner” Founder Dave Phinney’s Exciting New Release It’s not often that Parker issues a challenge to his readers, but after tasting Phinney’s Locations blends, The Wine Advocate founder wrote: “If there are better wines for under $20 a bottle in the world today, please share that information with The Wine Advocate.” To this day,…
Four Phone Calls to Dave Phinney Four years ago we ran a story called “‘The Prisoner’ in Maury: Robert Parker’s Top Bargain Red of the Year.” You may or may not have seen it. From the minute we hit the send button to the moment we shut the offer down, all hell broke loose. We…
Parker’s Value Winemaker of the Year In Italy “I still look at Burgundy labels and have to call my father-in-law,” winemaker Dave Phinney admitted in an on-camera interview. For such a devotee of the great wines of the world, starting Locations was partly his way of demystifying wine. But as the creator of the The…
No products in the cart.