Ruinart
The first Champagne House, since 1729. Chardonnay is its signature: the Blanc de Blancs is made from it alone, and the Rosé pairs its freshness with the fruit of Pinot Noir.
Champagne houses
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Laurent-Perrier
Family-owned and independent since 1812, and built on three techniques: blending reserve wines, maceration of Pinot Noir, and non-dosage. Grand Siècle blends three complementary years to recreate the perfect one.
Wine estates
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Jackson Family Wines
Farmers first. Its “Flavor Domaine” approach plants each variety where its terroir suits it, and since 1991 a partnership with a stave mill in north-eastern France has let the family control the quality of its own barrels.
Gusbourne
Estate-grown English sparkling wine: mostly Burgundian clones of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier on 60 hectares at Appledore, pressed in whole bunches and aged long on lees and cork.
House of Arras
Traditional-method sparkling wine from cool-climate Tasmania since 1995. Its style rests on tirage — extended ageing on the lees — all the way to the E.J. Carr Late Disgorged.
AXA Millésimes
Seven estates, led by Château Pichon Baron, a Second Grand Cru Classé in 1855, alongside Suduiraut, Petit-Village, Pibran, Domaine de l’Arlot, Disznókő and Quinta do Noval.
Austrian wine
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Austrian Wine
Austria’s wine marketing board. Forty-two grape varieties — 28 white and 14 red — are approved for Qualitätswein, grown across 17 specific wine-growing regions.
Österreichische Traditionsweingüter
91 wineries in eight regions. Since 1991 they have championed the classification of Austria’s finest vineyards, the Erste Lagen, and pour 300 of those wines over four days at Schloss Grafenegg.
In the glass
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Zalto Glasperfektion
Mouth-blown by a team of eight. Only the bowl goes into a mould; the rest is shaped free-hand, in thin-walled, lead-free crystal cooled slowly so that it stays elastic.
Coravin
A needle pours through a natural cork while argon — heavier than oxygen — takes the wine’s place, so the rest of the bottle goes on ageing untouched, for weeks, months or years depending on the system.
Merchants
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Fells
Founded in London in 1858 and owned by three wine families: the Symingtons, the Torres and the Hill-Smiths. Its wines reach every three-Michelin-star restaurant in the UK, and it leads the country in fortified wine.
Flint Wines
An independent merchant working with wineries as independent as it is, from Burgundy to California — bought en primeur, in bond or duty paid.
