Deutz is back and we are celebrating! It’s been three years since Champagne Deutz has been available down under and we have missed this beloved house! Holding a coveted place in my top ten champagne houses, Deutz stands tall alongside Billecart-Salmon and Pol Roger in my ‘holy trinity’ of the most elegant of all champagnes. […]

It’s my great pleasure to invite you to join me in introducing Krug Vintage 2008. I could wax endlessly lyrical. But it’s Krug. It’s 2008. Enough said. Except that we’re prefacing it with the first vertical of Krug Grande Cuvée I have ever presented, spanning Éditions 162 to 168. The rarity of these cuvées dictates […]

Introducing the most advanced champagne tasting course Read the full story of my inaugural Advanced Champagne Certificate, including photos and guest reflections. Throughout my champagne journey, I have been privileged to countless ‘epiphany moments’ – tastings with chef de caves of unique components that offer a profound insight into the terroirs and techniques of the […]

It’s my great pleasure to invite you to join me for the launch of the fabled Bollinger R.D. 2007. The best La Grande Année since 2002 has become the first R.D. since the thundering 2004. And, my, has it been worth the wait! The ravishing cuvées of Bollinger rate among the greatest in Champagne today, […]

It’s my great honour to invite you to join me for the highly anticipated launch of Billecart-Salmon Cuvée Elisabeth Rosé 2008, Cuvée Nicolas François 2007 and Vintage 2009. Billecart has long held a coveted position in my exclusive list of just five 10/10 champagne houses, and upholds its mantle as the most elegant of them […]

It’s my great pleasure to invite you to join me for the much anticipated launch of Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millénaires 2006 and Millésime Vintage Rosé 2008. Charles Heidsieck Chef de Cave Cyril Brun will join us by live video link to introduce his cuvées. Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millénaires 2006Charles Heidsieck Blanc des Millénaires […]

You are invited to the champagne tasting of the decade. Perhaps of a lifetime. 1996 was the most legendary and revered vintage of the 1990s. It has taken decades for its full greatness to be revealed. This moment has finally come. Showcasing the top 14 wines of the vintage, this tasting is devoted exclusively to […]

It’s my great honour to invite you to welcome my great friend Vitalie Taittinger, recently appointed President of Champagne Taittinger, to a tasting at your place! I have come to a deep admiration for Vitalie over the past decade in her role as Artistic and Marketing Director of her family house. She personifies more generously […]

It’s our great pleasure to invite you to welcome Natalie Fryar and Hugh McCullough to a tasting at your place to launch their new releases including the inaugural Bellebonne-bis Rosé NV! Australia’s sparkling rosé queen crafted just 2100 bottles of the very first non-vintage under her own name. I’ve just tasted it… Bellebonne-bis Rosé NV […]

It’s our great pleasure to invite you to welcome Stephen and Prue Henschke, custodians of their fabled eponymous estate, to a tasting at your place! It goes without saying that Henschke is Australia’s most famous and celebrated family winery, but what impressed me most about this salt-of-the-earth Barossa family when I spent harvest filming with […]