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Louis Roederer Hommage à Camille Coteaux Champenois Essi Avellan MW tastes the first Chardonnay and Pinot Noir releases from a promising project that raises the bar for quality in the rapidly growing Coteaux de Champagne still-wine scene In essence, this is a lab,” says Champagne Louis Roederer’s chef de cave Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon of the house’s new Coteaux Champenois project. “With these still wines, we seek to express the terroirs and to see them without the bubbles.” The climate during the last few decades of the 20th century wasn’t favorable for still-wine making in Champ...

The Drinks Business 19 February 2021 By Lucy Shaw Champagne house Louis Roederer has released a duo of single vineyard still wines from the region under the Coteaux Champenois appellation. Camille Volibarts 2018 is made from Chardonnay from Les Mesnil-Sur-Oger Named ‘Hommage à Camille’, after Camille Olry-Roederer, who ran Louis Roederer upon her second husband’s death in 1932 until 1975, the still wine range includes a Pinot Noir and a Chardonnay. Forward thinking in her approach, Olry-Roederer helped to modernise Louis Roederer and successfully steer it through th...

The week in pictures 22nd January, 2021 by Phoebe French Beer brand Natural Light installed what it claimed was the “most expensive piece of art in the world” in New York’s Grand Central station to highlight the rising cost of a college diploma and the impact of college debt. Entitled Da Vinci of Debt, the piece was created using 2,600 authentic diplomas donated by college graduates across the country. Based on the cost of each diploma achieved through four years of university education, ...

The Drinks Business 21 January 2021 By Lucy Shaw Liberty Wines has been appointed UK agent for grower Champagne producer Pierre Péters, which has gained a reputation for the quality of its blanc de blancs. Rodolph Peters in the Chetillons Vineyard The domaine is based in Le Mesnil-Sur-Oger, in the heart of the Côte des Blancs, and was one of the first grower producers to start selling its own Champagnes in 1919. Sixth-generation winemaker Rodolphe Péters took over the running of the estate from his father François in 2008, having been involved in the blending s...

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