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The first seven issues of The Champagne Warrior Newsletter have rolled off of the cyberspace presses.  It has been a long journey, but I hope you find the end result worthy of the wait.  Each issue of The Champagne Warrior Newsletter will have tasting notes as its core.  In addition to this, there will be various features such as:

 

·        Vintage reviews

·        Producer profiles

·        News on the happenings in Champagne

·        Up and Coming Champagne and sparkling wine producers

·        Sneak previews of wines well before they are released

 

So far, through seven issues, the following has been published:

 

·        In-depth profiles on numerous producers

·        Reflections on Champagne vintages

·        Discussion on the issues that affect Champagne

·        Over 1500 Champagne and sparkling wine reviews

·        Over 725 pages of information

 

The key features in each issue published to date are below:

 

Issue 1 (January 2009):

 

·        Top Wines & Review of the 1996 Vintage

·        Profile on Henri Billiot

·        Laurent-Perrier’s Grand Siecle Policy

 

Issue 2 (April 2009):

 

·        The Champagne AOC Expansion

·        Champagne and the Economic Crisis

·        Profile on Alexandre Chartogne

·        Rising Quality at Mumm

·        In-Depth Feature on the Sparkling Wines of Michigan, New York, & Virginia

 

Speical Bonus Issue 2.5 (June 2009):

 

·        Profile on Ayala – They’re Back!

·        Updates on Mumm and the 1998 Rene Lalou

·        Champagne Vintage Reviews 1959-2008

 

Issue 3 (July 2009):

 

·        Feature on Bollinger’s Vieilles Vignes Francaises and Krug’s Clos du Mesnil

·        Profile on Pierre Peters

·        A review of the 2008 Champagne vintage

 

Issue 4 (November 2009):

 

·        Profile on the Dom Ruinart Cuvees

·        Features on Henri Giraud and Drappier

·        A Closer Look at Paul Bara, Diebolt-Vallois, Pierre Gimonnet, A. Margaine, & Jean Milan

·        The Latest Happenings in Champagne and the Status of the 2009 Vintage

 

Issue 5 (February 2010):

 

·        Four Decades of Jean Laurent

·        Bereche: 2009 Champagne Producer of the Year

·        Vilmart's Coeur de Cuvee

·        Moet's Grand Vintage

·        Cedric Bouchard

·        Pascal Doquet

·        Making Champagne More Consumer Friendly

·        Phenolics and the 1996 Vintage

·        A Conversation with Olivier Krug

 

Issue 6 (May 2010):

 

·      Taittinger’s Comtes de Champagnes Cuvees

·      Charles Heidsieck’s Stunningly Good NV Brut Reserve/Mis en Cave

·      The Top 30 Wines from 1993

·      A Candid Conversation with Richard Geoffroy of Dom Pérignon

 

Issue 7 (July 2010):

 

·      Pehu-Simonet – A Star in Verzenay

·      Philipponnat’s Clos des Goisses 1970-2000

·      The Tasting I Never Thought I Would Do

·      A Candid Conversation with Anselme Selosse

 

 

I invite you to give the newsletter a try as I think you will enjoy it.  Now published six times a year, I challenge you to find a better value in Champagne.  In fact a trial issue is available for only one dollar with no further obligations.  Just click here to go to the Subscribe page and request a copy.

 

For anyone who would like their wines sampled and reviewed, please send me an email and we’ll coordinate the details.

 

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