Back in the olden days, the Champagne market was dominated by the Grande Marques and no one hardly cared for those so-called "grower champagnes"; but as the drinkers grew more sophisticated and demanded for more, they started to look beyond the commercial bottles that we are all so well acquainted with, and that's when the grower champagnes started to come into the spotlight. Despite not being Grand Marques, many of these grower champagnes has been creating world-class wines for many years, and one of the most iconic Grower Champagnes is none other than Egly-Ouriet which was praised by wine critic...

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.  Today we are pleased to offer their limited-edition Blanc de Noirs - the "B13" (for Bollinger 2013) - which was created to mark a rather turbulent harvest. Only...

Excited to share yet another batch of new arrivals this week which includes many exciting old Burgundies that are in pristine conditions and dating as far back as to 1976 including:  Remoissenet Musigny, Grands Echezeaux and Chambertin from 1976, 1983 and 1987 Charles Noellat Romanee-St-Vivant Grand Cru 1988 Gros Frere et Soeur Richebourg Grand Cru 1995 Denis Bachelet Gevrey-Chambertin Les Corbeaux 1999 and 2003 Apart from Burgundy reds, we also have a good selection of Burgundy whites, Champagnes and two reds from Beaux Freres which is a winery co-owned by Robert Parker in th US! Check out the full list...

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 Grande...

La Closerie was established in 1987 by Jérôme Prévost, who inherited the 2 ha vineyards from his grandmother which is known as Les Béguines. Jérôme's grandmother didn’t cultivate the vines herself but rented them out instead. Jérôme then worked on the vines himself as he took over, and sold his grapes out to the negoce, but a few years later, he considered producing his own wines. As he did not have any winemaking experience, he decided to work at Jacques Selosse under Anselme Selosse as a trainee. With Anselme's encouragement, he started working on his own wines from 1998 and released...