- Grand Champagne Helsinki Master Class: Beyond the Summit – Champagne at its best, Caviar at its finest
The bubbliest event of the year is approaching! Grand Champagne Helsinki is be here again! Bubbles fill the Old Student House in April 23rd to 25th, bringing together champagne lovers, gourmands, and top names in the industry. The three-day event features experts sharing their know-how, passion, and champagnes. In addition to our Finnish talents, we … - First taste: Laurent-Perrier novelties
Two weeks ago, I made my annual vins clairs visit to Laurent-Perrier in Tours-sur-Marne. After examining a great line-up of base wine samples from 2025, I explored the latest releases with Cellar Master Olivier Vigneron. While new in his official role, Olivier is far from a newcomer to the house – he has been part … - Minne Champagne & Wine Club is a new, carefully curated champagne and wine club
Minne Champagne & Wine Club is a new, carefully curated champagne and wine club created as a welcoming meeting place for everyone who values learning, quality, and enjoyment. Suomeksi The club brings together exceptional expertise, Minne’s uncompromising wine vision, and a wine list that has been awarded multiple times by Star Wine List. The club …Read more “Minne Champagne & Wine Club is a new, carefully curated champagne and wine club”
- The Star Wine List International Open: Minne Champagne & Wine – Best Sparkling Wine List 2026
Since the opening of Minne Champagne & Wine Helsinki in 2023, Essi Avellan MW has worked with dedication to ensure that Toni Aikasalo and his team have her full support and benefit from her years of expertise in champagne and sparkling wine. This hard work has been internationally acknowledged, as Minne has been awarded the … - Champagne is Art – inside and outside of the bottle!
The annual event exploring the beauty of Champagne began in 2024 in Helsinki with Minne Champagne & Wine. The experience combines enjoyment and learning about champagne, guided by Essi Avellan MW, with connecting to your inner artist and expressing the moment by painting the bottle as your canvas. For each event, we carefully choose a …Read more “Champagne is Art – inside and outside of the bottle!”
- Grand Champagne Helsinki- The meeting place for champagne lovers 23.-25.4.2026
Suomeksi The event has established itself as the highlight of spring, the weekend when the world’s champagne center moves to Helsinki. Alongside leading domestic names, the secrets of Champagne will be unveiled by our star guests: esteemed cellar masters Hervé Dantan (Lanson), Séverine Frerson (Perrier-Jouët) and Julian Gout (Ayala), as well as Bastien Collard de …Read more “Grand Champagne Helsinki- The meeting place for champagne lovers 23.-25.4.2026”
- The Club Oenologique: Terroir vision- the future of Champagne
- One week to the launch of Grand Champagne Helsinki 2026 program!
Grand Champagne Helsinki 2026 program and ticket sales will go live on January 27th! We are excited to announce that the most bubbly celebration of the spring, Grand Champagne Helsinki, will take place 23rd-25th April 2026 at the Old Student House in Helsinki. The programme will be published, and ticket sales will open on Tuesday, January 27th, at 3:00 …Read more “One week to the launch of Grand Champagne Helsinki 2026 program!”
- ENTRIES FOR CSWWC 2026 ARE NOW OPEN
2026 will mark the Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships 13th Anniversary “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 … - Memories from the Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships 2025 Awards Ceremony
Corks were popping as the Trophy Winners of the Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships (CSWWC), the world’s largest and most respected sparkling wine competition, were announced on October 30th at the prestigious Merchant Taylors’ Hall in London. 48 Trophies were presented to the finest sparkling wine producers worldwide. The results revealed both rising stars …Read more “Memories from the Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships 2025 Awards Ceremony”
