- 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”
- The Club Oenologique: 16 top Champagnes to drink this Christmas

- The Club Oenologique: The Champagne Report 2025

- The Club Oenologique: Uncovering the beauty of Champagne’s Côte des Bar

- The Club Oenologique- Nicolas Maillart: a soulful style of Champagne
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