Champagne producers

Independent Champagne producers: Top trends & names to look out for in 2023

Key trends and the exciting names to know...

First taste: Charles Heidsieck Brut Millésimé 2013

Two new vintages from this well-reputed Champagne house...

First Taste: Louis Roederer Cristal 2015

An early-drinking vintage...

Champagne Telmont pushes ahead with lightest-ever Champagne bottle

Success for lighter-weight bottle trials...

First taste: Champagne Bollinger RD 2008

This hotly-anticipated release does not disappoint...

First taste: Champagne Henriot Cuvée Hemera 2008

Tasting Henriot's top cuvée from 2008, 2005 and 2003...

First taste: Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2015

The new release of Veuve Clicquot's prestige cuvée...

Champagne Deutz Berceaux Vinothèque: a dazzling new release of back vintages

A newly-released back catalogue of extra-aged prestige Champagnes...

First Taste: Champagne Leclerc Briant Abyss Rosé 2018 and Le Clos des Trois Clochers 2016

Another sea-aged cuvée and a single-vineyard wine...

Charles Heidsieck masterclass at Decanter's London Fine Wine Encounter 2022

A recap of the Charles Heidsieck masterclass at Decanter's recent Fine Wine Encounter...

First taste: Gosset Celebris Blanc de Blancs 2012

The house's very first vintage blanc de blancs...

Regional profile: Champagne's Côte des Bar

An outlier and a hotbed for small, quality producers...

Champagne Lanson Noble vertical: 1979 - 2012

A historic tasting of Noble Cuvée now with a new identity as well as a new name, Noble Champagne

Through the lens of time: Taittinger Comtes de Champagne

A fresh look at this prestige blanc de blancs cuvée...

A restless innovator: Champagne Jacques Lassaigne producer profile

Unique, compelling Champagnes that should be on your radar

First Taste: Charles Heidsieck's Champagne Charlie

The much-loved multi-vintage Champagne is reborn

Decanter New York Fine Wine Encounter masterclass: Krug

A rare look at one of Champagne's most illustrious stars...

First taste: Dom Ruinart 2010

A new era for this flagship Champagne

First taste: Bollinger PN TX 17

Terroir-focused Bollinger cuvée PN TX 17 focuses on Pinot Noir from Tauxières

First Taste: Champagne Palmer & Co's Grands Terroirs 2015 and 2012

Notes and scores for two new Grand Terroirs premium cuvées...

Champagne Collet: 100 years of Champagne’s first cooperative

Collet's Art Deco design is a nod to the 'Roaring Twenties'...