Perhaps one of the greatest Grande Marques Champagnes, Dom Perignon has been under the Moët banner since 1927, but after 1948, Perignon has functioned as a separate entity. There is never a bad vintage of DP because it's... Read More
If you're looking for a toasty, rich, fruity Champers, this is not it. Sébastien Mouzon is a 9th-generation winemaker in Verzy, Montagne de Reims, and he specializes in angular, low-sulfur, unfiltered, pure, crisp bubbles.... Read More
If you're looking for a toasty, rich, fruity Champers, this is not it. Sébastien Mouzon is a 9th-generation winemaker in Verzy, Montagne de Reims, and he specializes in angular, low-sulfur, unfiltered, pure, crisp bubbles.... Read More
Patrick Piuze currently makes a whopping 23 wines. That number is easier to achieve because Piuze does not grow Chardonnay and instead purchases hand-picked fruit from the best climats across Chablis. Whether Grand Cru, Premier... Read More
In the late 1990s, Nick and Andy Peay and Nick's wife, Vanessa Wong, were looking for an undiscovered wine-making spot. They finally settled in a remote part of the newer AVA known as Sonoma Coast, an hour north of San Francisco... Read More
The Moncuit family likes to make all their Champagne with single-harvest wine -- including non-vintage bottlings. It's their way of capturing the interplay between terroir and harvest, so no two wines are ever alike. Delos... Read More
Fabrice Pouillon makes some serious Biodynamic Champagne. All the hand-harvested fruit is crushed in an old wooden press, and the juice flows into enameled iron fermentation tanks before aging in oak barrels and stainless steel.... Read More
With a cool climate, limestone soils, and elevage in steel and neutral wood, the Chablis region yields more austere, acidic, and mineral-driven Chardonnay than other parts of Burgundy. But Savary Vieilles Vignes (old vines) integrates... Read More
Founded in 1862 by Jacob Schram and revived in 1965 by Jack & Jamie Davis, Schramsberg is one of California's original sparkling wine brands. It is made the same way as Champagne, and nowadays, the quality fetches nearly the... Read More
Stéphane Coquilette's mentor was an esteemed winemaker, his father Christian Coquillette of Champagne Saint-Chamant, whose dense, well-aged vintage wines enjoyed cult status. At 25, Stéphane took his winemaking... Read More