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France, Champagne: The Newly Released 2012 Dom Pérignon

This is a spotlight on the just-released 2012 Dom Pérignon from Möet & Chandon, as well as the 2003 Dom Pérignon P2....

William Kelley • 01 Sep 2021

France, Champagne: Making Sense of Champagne

Champagne is one of France’s most multifaceted and rapidly evolving wine regions. Home to some of the country’s most dynamic wine growers, as well as some of its most complacent,...

William Kelley • 30 Aug 2021

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France, Champagne: Recent and Forthcoming Releases

This report covers almost 300 reviews for wines from big Champagne houses and small growers alike....

William Kelley • 20 May 2021

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France, Champagne: A First Look at Bollinger's New 2007 R. D.

The fruit of an early harvest Bollinger's superb 2007 R. D. is an unusually delicate, fine-boned rendition of this habitually muscular cuvée....

William Kelley • 02 Mar 2021

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France, Champagne: Cédric Bouchard – Champagne’s Reclusive Revolutionary

Cédric Bouchard works with the lowest yields in Champagne and fashions some of the region’s greatest wines from vineyards that no one had ever heard of....

William Kelley • 07 May 2020

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France, Champagne: Moët & Chandon's Dom Pérignon, 1961-2009

With its instantly recognizable label and international presence, Moët & Chandon’s cuvée Dom Pérignon is one of Champagne’s most powerful brands. And while the house declines to discuss production volume,...

William Kelley • 16 Apr 2020

Champagne French Wine

France, Champagne: Louis Roederer’s Cristal 1996-2012

While all of Roederer’s wines are worthy of attention, none better-exemplify everything that makes this Champagne house so exciting than its emblematic bottlings, Cristal and Cristal Rosé, and it is...

William Kelley • 05 Mar 2020

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Meet Julie Cavil, Krug’s New Cellar Master

The Wine Advocate's William Kelley sat down with Cavil for her first interview in her new capacity....

William Kelley • 10 Jan 2020

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Talking Trade: Louis Roederer Cristal 2006

Champagne's share of trade by value has soared to new heights—and the 2006 Louis Roederer Cristal is at the forefront....

Anthony Maxwell, Liv-ex Director • 02 Jul 2019

Champagne Liv-ex

Perrier-Jouët's Cellar Master Reflects on a Lifetime of Champagne

Hervé Deschamps talks about what makes good Champagne and his successor....