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Essi Avellan’s personal champagne site offers you a brand new source of unbiased champagne opinions. Discover Essi’s vast library of recent tasting notes, Essi’s blog, essential champagne information, latest news, as well as the results of the champagne awards to which her palate has contributed.
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My palate is one for purity, elegance and vivacity. Regarding champagne, I love what is in the glass but I also love what lies beyond. Champagne is an intriguingly complex and diverse region. A world of luxury and a truly fine wine. Still, where champagne is, fun begins. But knowing more makes it even greater fun. This is the Essence of Champagne.Essi Avellan
Essi has a mind like a steel trap! And she is uniquely qualified. Of all the Champagne specialists I know, Essi is the best and most consistent taster I have encountered, and I have tasted thousands of Champagnes with her, so that is no throwaway statement.Tom Stevenson, wine writer and champagne specialist
One senses a new voice – convincing, precise, analytical and mercifully free of dogmatic judgment masquerading as incontrovertible truth. Put another way, Avellan wears her knowledge and authority lightly, born of quiet self-confidence in the accuracy of her own palate, which is one of the best in the effervescence world.Michael Edwards, wine writer and champagne specialist
In every sip of champagne you can taste a piece of history, culture, terroir and the person behind the wine. To me, this effervescent charmeur is the finest wine on earth. Champagne’s inviting image belies a multi-faceted region and an exceptional amount of human skill in the making. Hence my belief that understanding champagne makes us appreciate it even more. Thirsting to know more and more, to dig deeper and deeper into its secrets, I welcome you to join me for a bubbly tour of Champagne and champagnes.
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- ENTRIES FOR CSWWC 2025 ARE OPEN“Our mission is to encourage producers to raise the quality bar continually through year on year feedback on their wines; and to guide wine lovers towards the best champagnes and sparkling wines on the planet.” Tom Stevenson. The Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships (CSWWC) is the only international sparkling wine competition judged by sparkling …
- Christie’s World Encyclopedia of Champagne & Sparkling Wine- 4th Edition is available now through AmazonIn a triumph of determination, Tom and Essi have unveiled the Fourth Edition of Christie’s World Encyclopedia of Champagne & Sparkling Wine, now available at significantly reduced prices compared to its previous publication. This latest edition re-release of the definitive guide offers an expansive look into the history, technology, producers, and quality of sparkling wines …
- Champagne Famille Moussé and Gramona Corpinnat – The Sparkling Masters of SustainabilityOn Tuesday, 11 March, Minne will host a meeting of two pioneers in the sparkling wine world: Moussé Fils from Champagne and the Corpinnat house Gramona from Catalonia. Cédric Moussé, a 12th-generation winemaker, has made a name for himself as a producer of top-tier Meunier Champagnes in Cuisles, a village in the Marne Valley known for …
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