You are invited to the champagne tasting of the year. 2002 was Champagne’s greatest vintage between 1996 and 2008, and has attained its full greatness at a glorious two decades of age. Showcasing the top 13 wines of the vintage, this lunchis devoted exclusively to the very finest cuvées that epitomise this legendary season and […]

Together with Charles Heidsieck Managing Director, Stephen Leroux, it’s my great pleasure to invite you to join me for the rebirth of the legendary Champagne Charlie. On the cool winter evening of Tuesday 7 December 2021, Stephen and Chef de Cave Cyril Brun invited me to meet them to be the first in the world […]

It’s my great honour to invite you to join me to discover the sublime Louis Roederer Cristal 2013 and Cristal Rosé 2013. Cristal has defined the soaring trajectory of the rise and rise of Louis Roederer in recent decades and I cannot recall a back-to-back trilogy as enthralling as 2008, 2012 and now 2013. The […]

It’s my great privilege to invite you to join me to discover the legendary Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill 2012. Sir Winston is the distinguished gentleman of the prestige champagne world. The ever more refined regime of Pol Roger in the vines and the wines has defined a tremendous trajectory for this fabled house over […]

Together with Managing Director Clovis Taittinger, it’s our great pleasure to invite you to join us for the launch of Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2012. Taittinger’s depth of reach into the Côte des Blancs grand crus has made Comtes de Champagne one of Champagne’s most consistent blanc de blancs, holding an enviable position among the […]

You’re invited to join me to discover my top dozen Tasmanian sparkling estates of the year, meet their makers and share their finest cuvées and their stories over dinner during Effervescence Tasmania at Josef Chromy Wines in Launceston on Friday 5 November 2021. Australia’s cool sparkling island state finds itself poised at the precipice of […]

Deutz is back and we are celebrating! It’s been three years since Champagne Deutz has been available down under and we have missed this beloved house! Holding a coveted place in my top ten champagne houses, Deutz stands tall alongside Billecart-Salmon and Pol Roger in my ‘holy trinity’ of the most elegant of all champagnes. […]

It’s my great pleasure to invite you to join me in introducing Krug Vintage 2008. I could wax endlessly lyrical. But it’s Krug. It’s 2008. Enough said. Except that we’re prefacing it with the first vertical of Krug Grande Cuvée I have ever presented, spanning Éditions 162 to 168. The rarity of these cuvées dictates […]

Introducing the most advanced champagne tasting course Read the full story of my inaugural Advanced Champagne Certificate, including photos and guest reflections. Throughout my champagne journey, I have been privileged to countless ‘epiphany moments’ – tastings with chef de caves of unique components that offer a profound insight into the terroirs and techniques of the […]

It’s my great pleasure to invite you to join me for the launch of the fabled Bollinger R.D. 2007. The best La Grande Année since 2002 has become the first R.D. since the thundering 2004. And, my, has it been worth the wait! The ravishing cuvées of Bollinger rate among the greatest in Champagne today, […]