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Sampling Chassenay D’Arce bubbles from Champagne’s farthest subregion

Planning a trip to Champagne? Lucky you! What an opportunity to explore one of the world’s most prestigious and storied wine regions. No doubt you will book a hotel or rental in Reims or maybe Épernay to use as your base of operations for visiting Champagne’s five subregions: Montagne de Reims, the Marne Valley, Côte […]

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Here’s a novel to pair with your next bubbly

Who was Barbe-Nicole Clicquot and why should Champagne drinkers know her name? Clicquot was the first woman to make Champagne, but that’s not all. She was also among the first winemakers to use an innovative technique known as “riddling” to disgorge yeast from the bottle during second fermentation, thus clarifying the wine, and she was

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