As we edge closer to the most celebrated night of the year (which also happens to be #internationalchampagneday ), we thought it particularly appropriate to revisit our trip to the home of the drink of special occasions, and in our opinion, one of the finest wines around. Our recent trip to Champagne included a combination of well known Champagne Houses and along with some lesser known gems including Champagne Taittinger, Champagne Alfred Gratien, Champagne AR Lenoble, Champagne Bollinger, Olivier Horiot. Click the link below for the video & visit advinetures.ca for individual write ups and recommendations. Cheers!
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Bienvenue a Taittinger.
The name Taittinger will be well known to Champagne drinkers. It is one of the region’s top 5 largest producers and is one of Champagne’s original Grande Marques, a syndicate of 24 of the top houses that includes Bollinger, Krug, Pol Roger, Dom Perignon, among others. They are thought of as among the most elite and prestigious producers within Champagne. Taittinger is also known for its extensive vineyard holdings, 700 acres, among the largest in Champagne, that supply about 50% of the grapes Taittinger ferments in a typical year.
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Best BC wineries for a wedding.
The holiday season is one of the most popular times for popping the question and if the New Year has you planning your nuptials, wineries have a lot to offer in terms of venue choice. However, since the pandemic, there are several wineries that either no longer host weddings or have put events on hold. Our latest article for the Daily Hive lists 6 BC wineries that range from small to large, down to earth to lavish, and intimate to grand, that all offer something distinct to help make your special day exclusively yours. Click here for the full story.
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The tasting lineup at Alfred Gratien.
It’s safe to say, we’ve rarely met a champagne we haven’t loved. But as we’ve delved deeper into the different houses and their comparable styles, we’ve discovered how seemingly subtle choices can have a profound effect on the finished product. In the case of Alfred Gratien, none are likely to question the House’s respected reputation as a top producer, and likely everyone will acknowledge its dedication to certain methods that have resulted in a truly distinct quality.
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Our first trip to Burgundy definitely didn’t disappoint. We visited larger well known wineries (Domaine Louis Jadot, Maison Joseph Drouhin) and discovered some wonderful new gems (Domaine Truchetet, Domaine David Moreau, Domaine Philippe et Arnaud Dubreuil). We ate fantastic farm-to-table fare at terrific local restaurants and sipped sensational wines at some quintessentially Burgundian wine bars. We hiked through some of the most renown Grand Cru and Premier vineyards in the world and delved deep into historic cellars beneath Beaune. Click on the link below for a highlight reel of some of our favourite moments and visit www.advinetures.ca for more on each. If you’re planning your own trip to Burgundy, feel free reach out to us directly for more recommendations. Cheers!
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At Domaine de la Romanée-Conti.
Burgundy is among the most highly revered wine producing regions in the world. But a lot of Burgundy fans will admit their knowledge about the wine they love pretty much stops there. Burgundy is generally thought of as too big and too complex to ever get your head around it. We felt that way too, until our recent trip to the region. Being there and seeing it and experiencing it sorted out a lot of things for us. It gave us a better overall understanding and showed how the little snippets of information we had picked up over the years fit into the whole Burgundy picture. In fact, it allowed us to simplify understanding Burgundy into 5 straightforward and easy to remember concepts.
This brief article should allow you to come away with a good general understanding of Burgundy and its wines. It will give you the lay of the land so that you won’t just grasp the basics of Burgundy, you will also have a simple structure that will allow you to remember these concepts when you next need them; like when choosing which Burgundy to have next!
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Our tasting lineup.
For almost a century and a half, the Drouhin family has been a mainstay in the heart of Beaune representing some of the best wines of Burgundy. In today’s wine world, it’s a rarity to find larger reputable houses that are still in family hands, however Maison Joseph Drouhin has managed to buck the trend with respect to its longevity, while simultaneously maintaining an impressively consistent level of quality throughout that time.
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From our numerous AdVINEtures across the world’s wine regions, the common thread we hear from all good winemakers is that it all starts in the vineyard—you must have good fruit to make great wine.
David Moreau
Nowhere is this respect for the terroir more evident than in Burgundy, arguably the most revered wine region in the world. Given the diversity within that region, they don’t just specify the region from where their wines are produced, they specify the actual plot of land. David Moreau works with just 5 hectares of vineyards in and around Santenay and he is making wines of exceptional quality that have landed him at the top of our ‘hidden treasure’ list.
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