Agence France-Presse (AFP) – Gerard Liger-Belair lives in a bubble, and he doesn’t care who knows it. Bubbles are his passion. And they have given the 41-year-old French scientist arguably the best job in all of physics. In a lab supplied with top-notch champagne, Liger-Belair delves into the secrets of fizz: What gives this legendary [...]
Hello everyone, I’m back from my usual summer sojourn down to the South of France and had a mo to drop a mucker a note to esquire if he enjoyed trying the André Roger Champagne, the Vielles Vignes, that I sent him down to quench the thirsty work of watching The Games and cheering our [...]
So here we go then – these are my thoughts on the champagnes… Moet 1911 Although I’m a fan of Champagne at almost any age, I was taken by the quality of the 1911. It possessed what most people would consider a fatal flaw: no bubbles. I enjoyed notes of ginger, honey and apple as [...]
By Jack Scott Having heard all about the fall in production of the Languedoc and the gobbling up of 15% of the Languedoc’s production by the Chinese, David Round MW, James Fleetwood Mac and I prepared our palates with Côte de Boeuf the night before setting about the mission of blending this year’s House Wines [...]