First taste: Piper Heidsieck, Hors-Série 1971
A limited number of 2,021 bottles will be released...
Bordeaux native Yohan Castaing is a freelance journalist, based in France. He reviews wines from the Loire, Languedoc, Roussillon, Provence, southwest France and Champagne houses for The Wine Advocate. He founded Anthocyanes, a French wine guide, and Velvety Tannins, a guide to the wines of the Rhône Valley. He also writes for wine publications including Gault&Millau and Jancis Robinson. Castaing has held a variety of positions in the wine industry such as wine buyer and marketing director. He was a wine marketing consultant and the author of several books about wine marketing and wine tourism before, in 2011, he became a full-time freelance wine journalist focusing on the industry and wine reviews.
A limited number of 2,021 bottles will be released...
A new 100% Pinot Noir Champagne...
The new releases of Taittinger's prestige cuvée Comtes de Champagne, tasted and rated
The new release of Rare Champagne, tasted and rated by Yohan Castaing
New Dom Pérignon releases tasted including P2 2003, vintage 2012 and Rosé 2008
Bollinger's new release PN VZ 16 tasted and rated
Introducing the Champagne house A R Lenoble, with wines to try
Krug new releases tasted and rated
Yohan Castaing tastes the newly released Perrier Joüet Belle Epoque 2013
Vertical tasting: seven vintages of grand cru Riesling from Domaine Valentin Zusslin
Vincent Pinard's Sancerres tasted, from the outstanding 2018 and 2019 vintages
2012 Champagne: an expert assessment and wines to seek out
The Philipponnat family is of German origin and its roots in the Champagne region date back to at least 1522.
New luxury Champagne set for release after five-year 'secret' project...
Recognised around the world for its stylish and decidedly distinctive Champagnes...
Yohan Castaing tastes the newly launched 2006 vintages of Kurg and Clos du Mesnil...
Yohan tastes the wines of biodynamic Champagne house Leclerc Briant
Henri Giraud new Champagne releases tasted....
Why can bottles labelled Alsace Pinot Blanc have anything up to 100% Auxerrois in the blend?
Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millénaires 2006 tasted
It will go on sale in the UK on 21st July
Notes from an eye-opening tasting...
‘I did not choose Anjou; I was chosen by Anjou,' says owner Ivan Massonnat
A preview of what to expect from Champagne's 2018 vintage once it's bottled...
A vertical tasting of Champagne Salon...
A look at this 200-year-old house...
Champagne house Krug has reorganised its cellar team...
Yohan Castaing evaluates over 70 vintage releases from producers large and small...
Tasting the new releases...