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- CHAMPAGNES FOR SUMMER -
DATE:
FRI 4 JULY 2008 PRICE: £35.00 TIME: 7.00PM
We will taste Vintage, Non Vintage, Blanc de
Blanc, & Rose Champagnes (incl. Premier Cru &
Grand Cru - the best vineyards in France).
Several of the wines feature in Tom Stevenson’s
Champagne Buyer’s Guide, and have won awards in the French
wine bible – the ‘Guide Hachette’. A lot of the big
Champagne houses use grapes produced from contract growers
all over the region, with a subsequent variation in quality.
Small growers Champagnes, however, are different -
they do everything from growing the grapes and harvesting,
to making and maturing the Champagne (often in much smaller
quantities), with greater control of quality at every stage.
We have personally selected these wines directly
from the French producers to illustrate what some
of the smaller, independent growers can achieve with
the best quality grapes and winemaking. Once you have tasted
these Champagnes you'll never buy another bottle of Moet
or Bollinger again! The wines will be accompanied
by suitable canapes of smoked salmon, trout, and caviar.
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