The Champagne Guide tells you everything you need to know about how champagne is grown and made and how to buy, open, serve and store, all for less than the price of a bottle of Champagne! A fully-updated colour edition of the internationally acclaimed se
The world's most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to Champagne, featuring all the latest vintages. The Champagne Guide 2020-2021 contains fully independent assessments, with profiles and ratings, of over 120 champagne producers and 800 cuves. New in the 2020-2021 New format, fully double the size of the past five editions Independent assessments and ratings of more than 800 cuves, all tasted recently All the latest insights on the top 120 champagne houses, growers and coopratives A Hall of Honour to acknowledge the best producers in Champagne this year Highlights of all the best champagnes of the year at every price and style Updated assessments of the past 24 vintages in Champagne Brand new chapter on decoding champagne labels and bottling codes Maps of the champagne villages and vineyards All set off with photographs of the region by Tyson Stelzer and full-colour bottle images
The screw cap represents the most significant change in wine closure technology in history. This book details how it is used to create the most reliable seal available for bottle wine. Detailed technical discussion of the screw cap and the bottle, reasons for choosing screw caps, winemaking procedures, chemistry, bottling, capping, handling, storage and ageing. More than 200 technical drawings, diagrams and photographs. Detailed brand-specific data sheets and specifications. In-depth quality control procedures. Detailed trouble-shooting guides. Comprehensive index.
The 2016-2017 edition profiles 100 Champagne producers, from the smallest growers to the largest houses, and includes chapters on the current issues facing Champagne, from global warming to excessive yields and the antiqued cru system, The Champagne Guide tells you everything you need to know about how Champagne is grown and made and how to buy, open, serve and store Champagne, all for less than the price of a bottle!The Champagne Guide celebrates the craft of Champagne creation and the people behind making the wine in your glass smell, taste, and bubble like no other. More than 400 Champagnes of the latest, freshest vintages have been tasted, reviewed and rated, and are assessed independently with honest, eloquent descriptions.