by Amanda | Dec 20, 2016 | Experiences, Tasting The Stars
Champagne foraging is my new favourite pastime! I wish I had more time for it in my day to day life, but I am on holidays now, in France, and my time is my own. Foraging champagne I will go! So what is champagne foraging? I kind of don’t really want to say too...
by Amanda | Nov 20, 2016 | Experiences, Tasting The Stars
Last week, when two Chefs de Cave came to town, I was in my own little piece of heaven. So what is so special about the Chefs de Cave? In Champagne, the Chefs de Cave are the alchemists. They are the ones responsible for looking after what will become the beautiful...
by Amanda | Nov 10, 2015 | Experiences
The bubbles are settling. Not that I ever want them to fully settle, but they are not quite so effervescent as they were a couple of weeks ago. I am home now, and looking through all the photos of the Fabulous Ladies Champagne Tour and I feel like I am back there! It...
by Amanda | Oct 3, 2015 | Experiences, Social
10 days time. In just 10 days, I will be leaving Australia in an Air France jet, sipping champagne in Business Class heading towards a dream that has been about 20 years in the making. My champagne dream is becoming a reality. And I am slightly terrified! When I first...
by Amanda | Aug 23, 2015 | Educational, Experiences
There is always something new to learn. Always. One of the things I love most about champagne is that with somewhere in the vicinity of 2000 independent growers, I will probably in my lifetime never taste them all. And with each new one I taste, I learn something new,...
by Amanda | Nov 24, 2014 | Educational, Experiences
There has been a lot of talk lately about what the correct style of glass is for tasting champagne. Coincidentally, when I was on my Fabulous Ladies Tour of Champagne in May, I believe I found the ultimate vessel to tasting perfection! It was the unlikeliest of times...
