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Recent Posts
- Champagne village profile: Bassuet in the Vitryat June 22, 2017
- Champagne village profile: Changy in the Vitryat June 11, 2017
- Champagne village profile: Merlaut in the Vitryat May 30, 2017
- Champagne village profile: Loisy-sur-Marne in the Vitryat May 27, 2017
- Champagne village profile: Couvrot in the Vitryat May 24, 2017
- Champagne village profile: Vitry-en-Perthois in the Vitryat May 16, 2017
- Champagne village profile: Villenauxe-la-Grande in the Sézannais May 13, 2017
- Champagne village profile: Montgenost in the Sézannais May 8, 2017
- Champagne village profile: Bethon in the Sézannais May 6, 2017
- 2009 Dom Pérignon – another 2009 Champagne to be released before the 2008 May 4, 2017
Upcoming posts
- Two Bordeaux tastings of 2003s and 2001s.
Champagne village profiles
- New villages posted will be in the Vitryat area. Also ongoing is updates of some older entries.
- All 17 grand cru villages and all 42 premier cru villages have been profiled, with Le Mesnil-sur-Oger being the last grand cru out, and Vertus the last premier cru.
- All villages in the Sézannais area have been added.
- All villages in the Bar-sur-Aubois area have been added.
- All villages in the Barséquanais area have been added.
- All villages in the Vallée de la Marne Rive Gauche have been added.
- All villages in the Val du Petit Morin have been added.
- All villages in the Côte des Blancs area have been added.
- As of mid-July 2015, some of the links to the Union des Maisons de Champagne (UMC) are dead, due to a major overhaul of their website. This includes some maps in the area profiles. This will be corrected in due course.
- Alphabetical list of villages (A-V) added for easier access to existing village profiles.
- Older profiles that have recently been significantly updated: August 2016: Champillon, July 2016: Avenay-Val-d’Or, Bisseuil, Tauxières-Mutry, Louvois, Bouzy, Trépail, Villers-Marmery, Rilly-la-Montagne, Villers-Allerand, Sermiers, Coulommes-la-Montagne, Chamery, Écueil.
- Status as of 22 June: 264 out of 319 villages done + 1 other location profile. Village #100 was La Neuville-aux-Larris, #150 was Cuis, #200 was Bar-sur-Seine, and #250 was Vindey.
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Category Archives: 2016
Will there be a Champagne shortage following the 2016 harvest?
Last week, Decanter published an article under the title Champagne shortage looms after frost, rot and mildew. This refers to the not yet harvested 2016 vintage in the Champagne wine. I’ve noted that this has led to notices and articles in several other … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Champagne, Wine market
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