Finding the fizz: the Champagne Millennium
As clocks chimned in the new millennium, party revellers drank more Champagne than ever. Giles Fallowfield tells how the Champenois met the demand.
Giles Fallowfield is a wine journalist who specialises in Champagne. He has been writing about the region and its wines for over 20 years, appearing in Decanter, Harpers, The Times, The Financial Times and The Drinks Business – to name a few. Via his website, Champagne Guru, he offers tutored tastings, education programmes, buying advice and wine tours.
As clocks chimned in the new millennium, party revellers drank more Champagne than ever. Giles Fallowfield tells how the Champenois met the demand.
As Australia's regional styles get more defined, Western Australia emerges as an area of varied and maybe confusing traits. GILES FALLOWFILED reports As regular and interested consumers of Australian wine will probably have noticed, broad regional differences in wine styles are becoming increasingly discernible Down Under. While it used to be simply Australian Shiraz or Australian Chardonnay, or the still more basic Aussie white or red, today in UK retail outlets – even in supermarkets – wines are increasingly sold with a regional identity attached.
Roman ruins, medieval city states and a vibrant cuisine are among the treasures of central Italy's largely undiscovered Marche region. GILES FALLOWFIELD reports on his own grand tour.