Tom Stevenson Champagne Laurent-Perrier Such disappointing news.

More toast than a full English breakfast, this 16 year young Ca' del Bosco Annamaria Clementi is bristling with fresh reductive fruit and extraordinary finesse. Note the agrafe remover, an essential piece of kit for all fizz fanatics.

Fining trials..I don't think it was ever really worth the effort somehow. Down the rabbit hole you can go.

After a gorgeous Roederer Collection 242, we were mesmerized by a perfectly cellared Paul Jaboulet Heritage La Chapelle 1978. What could be better to go with a locally produced pasty?

Never tried Kiboni closures before and an unsolicited, unpaid declaration that they are the best in the world and by a long chalk. Nothing I have ever used comes close 👏

When writing about cycle paths, the BBC credit David Gregory Kumar plain and simple, yet for this medical topic he is credited as Dr David Gregory Kumar without clarifying he is not a medical doctor, but holds a PhD in Physics. Why? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

As Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships celebrates 10 years we sit down with founder Tom Stevenson Tom Stevenson in first of a two part report to assess the impact it's had on the sector, how the competition is run, and how exhaustive the judging process is. On The_Buyer here the-buyer.net/awards/tom-ste…

Bloody hell! And there's a second part too? Obviously I talk too much 😂

Boom in biodynamic entries, fall in TCA faults, drop in clear glass bottles & emergence of Trento & Franciacorta as contenders to #Champagne are some of the trends Tom Stevenson has seen in 10 years of Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships. He also predicts future trends in sparkling the-buyer.net/awards/tom-ste…

Excellent piece by sophie claeys. Hopefully, if and when they retrieve the Champagne from this Baltic wreck, it will not be botched operation like the Veuve Clicquot 1835 & Juglar from Aaland was! lachampagnedesophieclaeys.fr/nouvelle-decou…

A light bodied vintage that critics of the day recommended drinking early, yet 53 years later and it is still going strong. Light complexity does not get in the way of its beautifully elegant fruit, which remains fresh. No overtime oxidation.

Tom Stevenson nice color!

Tom Stevenson Color looks quite good for 50+ years old.

Tom Stevenson Frequently find so-called lesser vintages outperform expectations. In my house, though not 1971, 1978 has been magnificent.

Warmest congratulations to the 5 new MWs. So much hard work! 👏👏👏👏👏 thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/08/five-n…

Good question 😉😂🍷🍇🤣 #wine #winelover #winelovers #wineoclock #winetime

Cannot overstate how brilliant this is, with dense black fruits held together by silky tannins. Pretty much what the back label states and 23 years later it's as true as it was then. Classic & classy TBarocca & CabS, beautifully balanced 16 months of new & used oak. #SouthAfrica

The opposite of a great vintage 🤭

The obvious solution is to send it to the sun. Will that ever become viable Elon Musk? The UK alone currently spends £2b storing 5,000 tonnes a year at Sellafield and is planning to spend £20-53b on a new GDF that won't become fully operational until 2075. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…