Champagne producers

Champagne harvest 2023: A bumper crop

Huge bunches and disease pressure but some promising quality...

First taste: Champagne Salon 2013

An impressive release from this historic house...

First Taste: Clos des Goisses 2014 & new Philipponnat releases

A string of new releases from this top-class boutique Champagne house...

Champagne 2013: 10 years on

Initially underrated, 2013 could offer great pleasure yet...

First Taste: Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle Itération No. 26

‘Drinkers will be richly rewarded’ with the new Itération No. 26...

First taste: Bollinger PN AYC 18

Bollinger delves even deeper into Pinot Noir...

Sustainability in Champagne: The 'green' heroes

An in-depth analysis of sustainability in Champagne...

First Taste: Champagne Gosset's new long-aged rosé

The trend for releasing longer-aged Champagnes continues...

First taste: Dom Pérignon Rosé 2009

Tom Hewson rates the new Dom Pérignon Rosé 2009

Louis Roederer masterclass: DFWE New York

Eight Louis Roederer Champagnes tasted in this special masterclass...

First Taste: Champagne Rare 2013

A dazzling addition to the Rare line up...

First Taste: Billecart-Salmon Nicolas François 2008

Four vintages of Cuvée Nicolas François tasted...

Independent Champagne producers: Top trends & names to look out for in 2023

Key trends and the exciting names to know...

First taste: Charles Heidsieck Brut Millésimé 2013

Two new vintages from this well-reputed Champagne house...

First Taste: Louis Roederer Cristal 2015

An early-drinking vintage...

Champagne Telmont pushes ahead with lightest-ever Champagne bottle

Success for lighter-weight bottle trials...

First taste: Champagne Bollinger RD 2008

This hotly-anticipated release does not disappoint...

First taste: Champagne Henriot Cuvée Hemera 2008

Tasting Henriot's top cuvée from 2008, 2005 and 2003...

First taste: Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2015

The new release of Veuve Clicquot's prestige cuvée...

Champagne Deutz Berceaux Vinothèque: a dazzling new release of back vintages

A newly-released back catalogue of extra-aged prestige Champagnes...

First Taste: Champagne Leclerc Briant Abyss Rosé 2018 and Le Clos des Trois Clochers 2016

Another sea-aged cuvée and a single-vineyard wine...