Grand Champagne Helsinki is around the corner! Bubbles fill the Old Student House on the May weekend 11-13.5 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 Essi Avellan MW, Samuil Angelov, Aleksi Mehtonen, Heidi Mäkinen MW, and Jukka Sinivirta, we welcome a prestigious group of champenois.
This year our star guests include a quartet of highly esteemed cellar masters: Denis Bunner of Bollinger, Séverine Frerson of Perrier-Jouët, Sébastien Moncuit of Mailly Grand Cru, and Frédéric Panaïotis of Ruinart. Michel Drappier is the owner of the sympathetic family domaine Drappier. Antoine Roland-Billecart represents the owning family of Billecart-Salmon.
The Old Student House provides a relaxed atmosphere where you can taste well-known classics and classy rarities. You will have a choice of some 350 different champagnes from more than 70 producers. Delicacies and snacks from oysters to caviar are available to enhance your experience.
We offer a peerless range of Master Classes by our experts:
Thursday 11.5.
16:00 Frédéric Panaïotis: Ruinart – The art of rosé
16:00 Raymond Ringeval: Palmer & Co – The Grands Terroirs signature
16:00 Sébastien Moncuit: Mailly Grand Cru – Age-defying bottles from an elite terroir
16:00 Florent Roques-Boizel: Boizel Joyau de France 1988-2008 – a taste of time
18:00 Séverine Frerson: Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque – Piece of art, inside and outside
18:00 Denis Bunner: Bollinger – The prestigious collection
18:00 Etienne Eteneau: Introduction to Abelé 1757
18:00 Odilon de Varine: Gosset – A know-how of rosé excellence
19:30 Bastien Collard de Billy: Pol Roger Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill
19:30 Antoine Roland-Billecart: Billecart-Salmon – A prestigious family trilogy
19:30 Samuil Angelov: Harmony of flavours
Friday 12.5.
15:00 Elise Losfelt: The impact of climate on four Charles Heidsieck Vintages
15:00 Frédéric Zeimett: Leclerc Briant – Bio and so chic
15:00 Jukka Sinivirta: Introduction to Champagne Life
15:00 Florent Roques-Boizel: Boizel Joyau de France 1988-2008 – a taste of time
16:30 Frédéric Panaïotis: Ruinart – The art of rosé
16:30 Raymond Ringeval: Palmer & Co – The Grands Terroirs signature
16:30 Cédric Thiébault: Legendary vintages of Besserat de Bellefon
16:30 Samuil Angelov: Harmony of flavours
18:00 Michel Drappier: Drappier – Many shades of Pinot Noir
18:00 Denis Bunner: Bollinger RD – Rare and Divine
18:00 Sébastien Moncuit: Mailly Grand Cru – Age-defying bottles from an elite terroir
18:00 Francis Orban: For the love of Meunier
19:30 Antoine Roland-Billecart: Billecart-Salmon – A prestigious family trilogy
19:30 Aleksi Mehtonen: Laurent-Perrier Magnums
19:30 Etienne Eteneau: Introduction to Abelé 1757
Samedi 13.5.
12:00 Cédric Thiébault: Legendary vintages of Besserat de Bellefon
12:00 Thomas Lombard: Lombard – Taste of terroirs
12:00 Odilon de Varine: Gosset – A know-how of rosé excellence
13:30 Michel Drappier: Drappier – Many shades of Pinot Noir
13:30 Elise Losfelt: The impact of climate on four Charles Heidsieck Vintages
13:30 Diane Signolle: Michel Gonet’s Chardonnay Excellence
15:00 Jukka Sinivirta: Introduction to Champagne Life
15:00 Clément Pierlot: Pommery Cuvée Louise
15:00 Sébastien Moncuit: Mailly Grand Cru – Age-defying bottles from an elite terroir
16:30 Heidi Mäkinen MW: The bold and versatile Blanc de Noirs
16:30 Guillaume Lété: Barons de Rothschild – Excellence, a family tradition
16:30 Essi Avellan MW: Coteaux Champenois on the rise
18:00 Aleksi Mehtonen: Laurent-Perrier Magnums
18:00 Samuil Angelov: Harmony of flavours