Being one of the very top Champagne houses, Louis Roederer's Cristal is highly demanded around the world. The cuvee and its distinctive flat, clear lead crystal glass bottle design was first made in 1876 to satisfy the demanding tastes and safety needs of Tsar Alexander II and only made during the best years. 100 years after the creation of Cristal, the President of Louis Roederer Jean-Claude Rouzaud decided to create the Cristal Rosé and selected old-vine Pinot noir grapes from the finest Grand Cru vineyards at Aÿ, which are now cultivated according to biodynamic principles. The unique calcareous clay soil, which gives...

One of the Grande Marques of Champagne, Bollinger has a long history in Aÿ dating back to 1829 when it was founded by Athanase de Villermont, Joseph Bollinger, and Paul Renaudin. The House makes some of the most full-bodied, rich and powerful style Champagne, with a Pinot-dominant style, use of barrel aging and being slightly oxidative. Their champagnes strike a beautiful balance between the intensity from Pinot Noirs and the freshness of Chardonnays. They have an impressive range to offer from their portfolio and the La Grande Annee is one of the more widely popular from the selection. The La...

Louis Roederer is one of the very top Champagne houses in the world, and their Cristal is one of the most highly sought prestige cuvees. The cuvee and the distinctive flat, clear lead crystal glass bottle design was first made in 1876 to satisfy the demanding tastes and safety needs of Tsar Alexander II. Produced only during the best years, when the Chardonnay (around 40%) and Pinot noir (around 60%) grapes have attained perfect maturity, it is aged for 6 years in Louis Roederer’s cellars and left for a further 8 months after dégorgement, but the recipe is slightly changed...

A very popular prestige cuvée from Taittinger, "Comtes de Champagne" uses 100% Chardonnay only from Grand Cru vineyards and the juice comes exclusively from their first pressing - resulting in the creation of the complex and elegant Champagne that we love and which is capable of aging for decades. Despite the amazing quality - on par with those from prestige champagne houses such as Krug, Dom Perignon, Cristal and Salon - Taittinger still remains at amazingly attractive prices nowadays.   Today we are pleased to offer the new release of Taittinger’s Comtes de Champagne 2011. A pre-release offer which will arrive...

Whilst we are all so familiar with the fabulous Cristal that Louis Roederer makes, the Champagne house has crafted two new wines that allows fine wine drinkers to discover another facet of their unique winemaking expertise - Camille Charmont (rouge) and Camille Volibarts (blanc), named after managing director & owner Frederic Rouzaud's great-grandmother whom he so admired.  The project started in 2002 when Roederer replaced the 0.43ha (1-acre) Charmont plot with Burgundy and Alsace clones of Pinot Noir, specially selected for still-wine making; and the first wines were crafted back in 2014 but their Chef de Cave Lécaillon was not...