Billecart’s first 100% Meunier comes from Leuvrigny, Festigny and Venteuil in the Vallée de la Marne. Based on the 2014 vintage with 33% reserve wines, it has a lemon colour with golden tones. Clean and brightly fruity nose showing beautiful floral tones. Fermented in stainless stee only, the bouquet is appetisingl: jasmin, orangeblossom, lime and […]

First taste of Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millenaires 2006. The sixth creation of Blanc des Millénaires combines fruit from four grand cru villages (Oger, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Cramant and Avize) with Chardonnay from the premier cru of Vertus. True to the sunny and warm year 2006, the wine comes with deep golden hued colour already upon […]

What is lightstrike in wine and why is everyone talking about it? Most of us will have rejected a wine because it was corked. But have you ever sent a bottle back because it tastes of light? Essi Avellan MW explains the increasingly topical issue of lightstrike. Read Essi Avellan’s article on cluboenelogique.com, published on […]

I love how pure, vibrant and appetisingly open the wine is for a young Salon. Lovely sweet lemony tones and exotic floral complexity. The fruit is super bright also on the beautifully textured though tight and succulent palate. It comes with crisp but such balanced acidity seamlessly integrated to the wine’s rich fruitiness. The finish […]

Due to the coronavirus situation, we are postponing our bubbly event to 6.-8.5.2021. We promise it will be worth the wait! Your existing tickets and master class bookings will automatically be valid on the respective new dates and times. Stay tuned! www.grandchampagnehelsinki.fi

A warm vintage troubled by rapidly proliferating botrytis in the vineyards. With cellars filled up to the rim with fine 2008 and 2009 champagnes and the global financial crisis slowing sales, few vintage releases were declared. But the ones ones that were have brought about great surprises, the finest of them to date being Dom […]

In 2012, after a chaotic growing season with April frosts, hailstorms and a depressingly wet summer, the champenois’ expectations had been lowered to a minimum when fine August weather came to rescue. The high quality of the minuscule crop year’s base wines cheered up the mood already at blending time, but the vintage still continues […]

Many of us have a little more time on our hands in these difficult times , so Essi and Nick Baker of the English Champagne merchant thefinestbubble.com wanted to bring a little cheer and education when there isn’t much reason to celebrate. Since March 27th we have gathered with a great bunch of Champagnee lovers […]

Confined each to our own nooks, Krug brought journalists from the Nordic countries together yesterday via Krug Connect for a launch of the 168th Edition of Grande Cuvée. Bottles had be sent to us in advance, so that we could discuss whilst sharing a glass of the house’s newest baby. For the first time in […]

Issue number 67 of The World of Fine Wine magazine is out. Essi Avellan’s feature in it is about Champagne prestige cuvée rosés. She is covering the iconic pink cuvées Billecart-Salmon Alexandra Rosé, Bollinger La Grande Année Rosé, Deutz Amour de Deutz, Dom Pérignon Rosé, Krug Rosé, Laurent-Perrier Alexandra Rosé, Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Rosé, Pommery […]