Lockdown accelerated Champagne's growth in mainland China

Demand for Champagne has risen dramatically in mainland China over the past 12 months, according to market expert Lei Meng.

Cambridge’s Veni Vidi Bibi charity bash delivers for children

Cambridge Wine Merchants inaugural Veni Vidi Bibi charity dinner managed to raise £5,735 for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices in one sitting.

Five minutes with Carine Bailleul, Champagne Castelnau

Having recently succeeded Elisabeth Sarcelet as Champagne Castelnau’s chef de caves, Carine Bailleul, who worked alongside Sarcelet since 2003, shares how her wine journey ended in Champagne with Lisa Riley

Champagne sets an available yield of 10,000kg of grapes per ha

The Comité Champagne’s executive board has decreed an available yield of 10,000kg of grapes per hectare (ha) for this year’s harvest.

New Generation acquires Boxford Wine Company

New Generation has acquired the Boxford Wine Company, for an undisclosed sum.

The life aquatic for English wine

Henkell Freixenet reports record UK turnover

Henkell Freixenet has announced an overall drop in turnover, but reported record turnover for the UK and Scandinavia. 

Champagne: A rollercoaster year

David Kermode takes the measure of Champagne, which managed to add some sparkle to its sales in 2020 despite the loss of celebratory drinking occasions.

Champagne Gosset Matchmakers 2021 open for entries

Champagne Gosset is once again reaching out to chefs and sommeliers to take part in its annual Matchmakers competition and be in with a chance of winning an all expenses paid trip to its estate.

Liberty adds fizz to portfolio

Liberty Wines has added family-owned Pierre Péters to its Champagne portfolio.

Enotria adds bubbles geared away from the Grandes Marques

Enotria & Coe has added a quartet of sparkling wines to its portfolio geared away from the Grandes Marques.

Dom Perignon winemaker moves to Kent

Nick Lane, who was part of the winemaking team at Dom Perignon, has moved to the UK to join contract-only winery, Defined Wine.

Roederer completes organic conversion

Champagne Louis Roederer has joined the growing global club of big name producers that have completed conversion to organic certification.

Zachys gears up for first European multi-vendor sale

Zachys has announced its first European multi-vendor sale will take place in London and will include what it claims to be the world’s first barrel of Burgundy to be sold at auction.

Perrier-Jouët launches podcast celebrating outgoing Hervé Dechamps

Maison Perrier-Jouët has launched a podcast series celebrating the legacy of the House’s seventh cellar master Hervé Dechamps, who will retire next month after 37 years. 

Taittinger partners with D&D

Champagne Taittinger has announced a new partnership with restaurant group D&D.

Cellar Trends strengthens portfolio with Beau Joie

Drinks distributor Cellar Trends has strengthened its sparkling portfolio with the addition of Beau Joie Champagne as part of its UK growth strategy. 

Sandia Chang launches one stop e-shop for grower Champagne

Sandia Chang, the renowned California-born sommelier and founder of Fitzrovia’s hotdogs and Champagne joint in is taking her love of growers Champagne online which the launch of a new e-shop.

Champagne fails to agree 2020 yield amid “worst crisis since WW2”

The Champenois are in disarray as efforts to reach agreement on the level of yield for the 2020 harvest failed at a recent meeting of the Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne (CIVC) in Epernay.

Prosecco in the pink with parallel rosé trends

A sizeable uplift in rosé wine sales is forecasting a rosey outlook for ‘Pink Prosecco’ which is due to land on British shelves and in ice buckets as of January 2021.