Champagne

Wine tasting reports, wine videos, wine reviews and more from Champagne, by James Suckling, wine critic and journalist, and the team at JamesSuckling.com. The best red wines and white wines from Champagne.

Champagne

SORT BY:
Champagne: Krug – Krug's Grande Cuvée
SEE MORE

Champagne: Krug – Krug's Grande Cuvée

Krug, founded in 1843 by Joseph Krug, remains one of the most revered and prestigious houses in Champagne. The house focuses mainly on its celebrated Grande Cuvée– a blend made with up to ten different vintages that aims for a homogeneous style described by house manager Olivier Krug “as the
Champagne: Louis Roederer – Precision in Winemaking at Louis Roederer
SEE MORE

Champagne: Louis Roederer – Precision in Winemaking at Louis Roederer

In this video, Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon, cellar master at Louis Roederer, explains how the famous Reims-based Champagne house became what it is today. Louis Roederer remains one of the few family-owned and managed houses in Champagne, which, as Jean Baptiste puts it, is testimony to the long-term work the house has
Champagne: Taittinger – Comtes de Champagne
SEE MORE

Champagne: Taittinger – Comtes de Champagne

Taittinger’s Comtes de Champagne is one of the legendary Blanc de Blancs of the region. As Vitalie Taittinger, marketing director and co-owner of the estate, explains, it is made with a thorough selection of the finest fruit from the Côte de Blancs – a 20 km eastern facing hill that
Champagne: Taittinger – Chardonnay at Taittinger
SEE MORE

Champagne: Taittinger – Chardonnay at Taittinger

In this video, Vitalie Taittinger, marketing director as well as co-owner of the famous Champagne house Taittinger, comments on the importance of chardonnay in the estate’s wines. Founded in 1734, Taittinger is one of the only Champagne producers to remain in family hands, as well as one of the largest
Champagne: Louis Roederer – The Style of the House
SEE MORE

Champagne: Louis Roederer – The Style of the House

Founded in 1776, Maison Louis Roederer, is historically one of the most important houses in Champagne. Once official wine supplier of the Imperial Russian Court, by appointment to Tsar Nicholas II, Roederer has always sought prestigious distribution outside of France. Today, it is one of the few Champagne houses to
Billecart-Salmon, Selosse, Krug Dominate Tasting 150 Champagnes
SEE MORE

Billecart-Salmon, Selosse, Krug Dominate Tasting 150 Champagnes

Champagne has never looked so interesting. The resonance of terroir has found a new level of articulation and the finely-etched detail of the world’s greatest sparkling wine region is being carved out clearer than ever.