Spotlight on... Champagne Guenin
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Spotlight on... Champagne Guenin

One of our most southerly producers, Daniel made the long trip down to meet them and came back raving about, not only their Champagne, but their g...

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Malolactic Fermentation
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Malolactic Fermentation

MLF, partial malolactic fermentation, blocked malo – all terms you're likely to have stumbled across if you have more than a casual interest in wi...

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The Other Side of Sip Champagnes
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The Other Side of Sip Champagnes

Many of you will be familiar with Peter Crawford or his @alavolee profile, in which he waxes lyrical about some of the superb Champagnes championed...

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Cellaring Champagne
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Cellaring Champagne

Whether decades old or just a handful of years, certain Champagnes and vintages become so much more given a little time...

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Autumn Champagne
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Autumn Champagne

As the weather turns a shade cooler, leaves begin to fall and everything takes on a sepia hue, we thought we'd take a look at a few of our favouri...

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Sip in Champagne
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Sip in Champagne

After a year of cancellations, rearrangements and rebookings, we finally made it to Champagne… albeit without Peter. In a whirlwind four-day round ...

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easter champagne
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Champagne Centrepieces

Whilst all of our Champagnes are hand-selected on their liquid merit alone, some are also noteworthy for their comely encasements.   As we head in...

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New Producers - March 2021
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New Producers - March 2021

Via a series of virtual meet ups and cuvées by courier, we are delighted to welcome seven new producers into the Sip collection. Some of these gro...

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The smaller producers barely get a look in. That is, until now.