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Blanc de Blancs, Blanc de Noirs and rose: what changes in the glass
Blanc de Blancs, Blanc de Noirs, Rosé. Three phrases that sit on Champagne labels doing...
Read moreOpening and pouring Champagne without wrecking the mousse
Two people can open the same bottle ten minutes apart and get noticeably different wine...
Read moreWhere the money goes in a prestige cuvee Champagne
Six or eight times the price separates a house's standard Brut from that same house's...
Read moreHow much Champagne to buy for a party of thirty
Ask five people how much Champagne thirty guests will drink and five confident numbers come...
Read moreNon-vintage Champagne is the wine a house is built on
The non-vintage bottle is the cheaper one, so it gets read as the lesser one...
Read moreHow long Champagne keeps in a Hong Kong cupboard
Someone gave you a bottle of Champagne two Christmases ago. It has been standing in...
Read moreGrower Champagne is not automatically the cheaper bottle
Grower Champagne is supposed to be where the value hides — small farmer, own grapes,...
Read moreWhy Extra Dry Champagne is sweeter than Brut
Extra Dry is sweeter than Brut. Sec is sweeter than both. The words on a...
Read moreChampagne with Chinese food works until the fifth dish
The bottle is excellent with the first two dishes. By the fifth it has turned...
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