Taittinger's history dates back as far as 1734, and was first named Forest-Fourneaux when it was owned by a wealthy textile merchant named Jacques Fourneaux. It was in 1932 when it was acquired by Pierre Taittinger that the Champagne house was renamed to the familiar name we all know today. By the 1950s, Taittinger became one of the Grandes Marques among the other famous Champagne brands such as Bollinger, Moët & Chandon and Louis Roederer. While the Champagne house's leading label is its non-vintage Brut Reserve, a blend that contains 40% Chardonnay, 35% Pinot Noir, and 25% Pinot Meunier, they also produce a Comtes de Champagne prestige cuvée in great vintages which uses 100% Chardonnay (aka...

“ Champagne de Venoge's finest wines come along in carafe-shaped bottles that one might call kitsch, but I like them. They don't fit in my fridge door, but my fridge is big and the Champagne's good enough to deserve its own shelf and an upright position.” - Stephan Reinhardt We are delighted to offer a unique and mature Champagne today - 1996 De Venoge Louis XV de Venoge Brut which is the top and prestige cuvee from Champagne house De Venoge which was established since 1837 by Mr. Henri-Marc de Venoge, origin of Switzerland. And they are the first Champagne house to...

Acquired from private French cellars of Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin which are extremely rare to find – the “Cuvée Hors Commerce “ comes from a profound wine connoisseur who is a doctor and he received regular private allocations of Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin every year, these wines are labelled " Cuvée Hors Commerce, Réservée Mm. Les Fondateurs, leurs Héritiers et Successeurs" which means that they are not for sale through regular commercial channels. Although the disgorgement dates are not indicated in the labels, he has been told the disgorged date and released date so he marked these dates on the cases , and he can explore different experiences from various parcels. Just arrived...

Didier Dagueneau started his journey in wine from 1982 by acquiring his parcel of vineyard in Loire. The vineyards are located in Saint Landelin in the Nievre and Didier developed himself as a legendary winegrower in Loire valley. His mentor was Henri Jayer, in the vineyards the yields are kept extremely low, little amount of sulfur is applied and the wines are aged on lees for several months and are not racked to retain crystal-clear color. Also, he decided to age his Sauvignon Blanc in barrels which was uncommon at early age to add power and structure to the wine...

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 Antonio Galloni...