The wine region of Crémant de Die is located in the region of Clairette de Die of Rhone Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Jaillance or the Domaine Jaillance produce mainly wines sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Crémant de Die are Aligoté et Clairette, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Crémant de Die often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus, apples or apricot.
In the mouth of Crémant de Die is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble. We currently count 9 estates and châteaux in the of Crémant de Die, producing 15 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Crémant de Die go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks.
At 8.23 metres tall (27ft), a three-sided pyramid made from 54,740 Champagne coupes has officially set a new Guinness World Record for the ‘largest drinking glass pyramid’. A specialist team spent five days between Christmas and New Year delicately constructing the wine glass tower at luxury Dubai resort Atlantis, The Palm, which announced the news. It said the attempt was co-organised by Moët & Chandon, as part of Champagne house’s ‘Effervescence’ event series. Guinness Wo ...
Christie’s said the bottle of Perrier-Jouët ‘Brut Millesimé’ from the ‘outstanding’ 1874 Champagne vintage sold for £42,875 ($56,981, €50,292), far outstripping its pre-sale high estimate of £15,000. The winning bidder will also get a VIP experience at Perrier-Jouët. It was part of a collection of rare vintages sourced directly from Maison Perrier-Jouët and 100% sold by Christie’s at a wider wine and spirits auction held in London on 2 and 3 December. While the 1874 bottle’s ap ...
The French shipment of 600 bottles of De Haartman & Co Cognac – plus 15 boxes of Bénédictine liqueur – is believed to have been destined for Tsar Nicholas II, but was intercepted in the Baltic Sea and sunk by a German submarine in May 1917. Now Cognac house Birkedal Hartmann has refilled 300 of the recovered bottles with Cognac dating from the early 1900s, using packaging identical to the original, and is selling them for €9,000 each. The wreck of the SS Kyros was discovered by Swedish explo ...
