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 [...]
If you are invited to a connoisseur’s dinner party you will need to answer this terrible question: What is the best wine you have ever tasted? I had the fantastic opportunity to host an event last week tasting some of the best wines ever produced during the last century. We were blessed to taste superb [...]
By Terry Kirby – The Independent – Sunday 1st April 2012 “Champagne André Roger Brut Traditional Grand Cru NV An absolutely top-notch Grand Cru champagne from this relatively small producer, still in the same family hands and made from mainly Pinot grapes with a small amount of Chardonnay. This is a big, rich [...]
By Bert Gilbert Jacko and his nine Jascoteers set out from St Pancras on a cold January morning. Powering under the channel on the Eurostar we arrived in Paris two hours later. After some dilly-dally at Gard du Nord we hired our carriages and made a beeline for the Grand cru village of Aÿ, passing [...]
Christmas 2011 was a fabulous affair with my lovely wife dispatching an 18 lb Turkey to the table with all the trimmings for 17 of us to get stuck in to. Marvelous! We had done Church and a long walk, drained 3 Magnums of Roger’s Grand Cru Tradition so the mid-afternoon marathon feast prior to The Downton Abbey Christmas [...]
Last weekend, Jancis Robinson published her top 25 fine festive fizzes in the FT, and we were delighted to see our very own André Roger Vieilles Vignes amongst them. It’s made from 45 year-old Pinot Noir vines growing in Grand Cru vineyards in the village of Aÿ, and this particular cuvée is entirely from the [...]
Went to great young chums for dinner on Friday and just had spoil them rotten so took a Magnum each of Pannier’s White & Rosé which were both so gorgeous. I had thought that Palmer’s Rosé had the edge over Pannier’s but so good were the big red fruit flavours that I am entirely unsure [...]
Today was a great day for David. Summoned to the mighty City Law Firm, Pinsent Masons, and ISS Food & Hospitality to put up our Champagnes against their incumbent ‘House Selected Champagnes’, Goliathan Mumm Cordon Rouge & Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label, I sent in our champions including Gaston ‘Delboy’ Dericbourg Cuvee de Reserve, Champagne Palmer, [...]