Champagne – Missinwine

By - Caroline
Posted on April 18, 2023April 22, 2023
Posted in Champagne

Acceptance Speech ACB Personality of 2023

On Sunday, 16 April, the Association des Champagne Biologiques named me their “Personality of 2023”. This Bulle Bio en Champagne prize is very special to me, because just as the Terres et Vins prize I received 5 years ago, one cannot apply, enter or pay to receive it. It is an acknowledgement by these groups

By - Caroline
Posted on August 17, 2020April 22, 2023
Posted in Caroline's Champagne, Champagne, Champagne harvest 2020, wine eductation

The ABC on Champagne’s appellation setting

Champagne has long set its appellation based on sales forecasts. While it seems this system works well to meet market needs, it is deeply flawed. The Covid-19 crisis clearly shows the limitations of the current system and the reasons why an appellation compromise between houses and growers has yet to be found even if harvest has already started

By - Caroline
Posted on June 17, 2018June 19, 2018
Posted in Champagne, wine marketing

Sans prétension ou avec glaçons: different takes on champagne’s desacralization

For the last fortnight, Facebook has been alight with everyone and anyone in the champagne world (yours truly included) voicing their opinion on the new communication campaign of the Syndicat des Vignerons de Champagne (SGV). A few months ago, the SGV decided to launch its first ever big communication campaign with the aim to reconquer

By - Caroline
Posted on March 1, 2016
Posted in bioenergy, Caroline's Champagne, Champagne, terroir

The Bioenergetic movement in Champagne

Last week I was in London helping Marc Augustin to introduce his bioenergetic Champagnes into the UK market. In order to gather a bit of interest for his wines we had invited a handful of writers and Champagne aficionados to come and taste his Champagnes and talk about bioenergy over an apero at Dvine Cellars.

By - Caroline
Posted on September 4, 2015September 4, 2015
Posted in Caroline's Champagne, Champagne, Champagne harvest 2015

Champagne harvest 2015 – Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy in Cumières

Harvest has begun in Champagne and I thought that this year I could trial live blogging. Small articles on the vigneron I visit and their opinion on this years crop posted via the WordPress App for iPhone. I will also add regular portraits of harvesters to try and bring the harvest even closer to

By - Caroline
Posted on July 16, 2015July 20, 2015
Posted in Champagne, Uncategorized

Chosing to live in the light

On this blog I have been sharing my adventures in the wine world, and the last 3,5 years my discovery journey of the Champagne region. Organic and biodynamic wines and Champagne have come to feature more and more as time went on even if posts have been more and more sporadic. Yes I could say

By - Caroline
Posted on June 14, 2015June 16, 2015
Posted in biodynamic, Champagne, terroir

The Grand Cru worthy Terroir of the Aube

The Cote des Bar has always been a little stand alone in the Champagne region. The fact that the region is located on the other side of the plains, about a 150 km south of Epernay has probably something to do with it.There are also historical reasons: the 1911 Champagne Riots partly broke out because

By - Caroline
Posted on February 13, 2015February 19, 2015
Posted in Caroline's Champagne, Champagne, Wine Regions

Beyond the Bubbles: the Esssence of Champagne

The essence of champagne for me is its strong sense of unity that bridges across the regions diversity. It starts at appellation level; Champagne is the only AOC for the sparkling wine of the region. Unlike other French appellations, there are no regional sub- or micro-appellations – in fact the sub-region does not even feature

By - Caroline
Posted on August 13, 2014March 2, 2016
Posted in biodynamic, bioenergy, Caroline's Champagne, Champagne, terroir
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One Step Beyond – Franck Pascal’s Bio-energetic Champagne

At the beginning of June I spent my birthday learning all about bio-energetic Champagne at Franck Pascal‘s. Franck and Isabelle had invited me together with the staff of La Truffiere, a Michelin starred Parisian restaurant, to share their 20 year wine making journey with all its ups and downs. I had first tasted Pascal’s’s wines

By - Caroline
Posted on May 10, 2014May 19, 2014
Posted in Caroline's Champagne, Champagne, terroir

M is for more meunier and miammiam

Meunier has often been considered the week little brother of the more powerful and structured Pinot Noir, or the ugly wee sister of the elegant Chardonnay. Instead of bringing structure or elegance, it only adds fruitiness to the blend… When the Champagne appellation was defined in 1927 (and formalized in 1936) – the powers who

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