High dining has the potential to knock your socks off. Unknown flavours and daring combinations can make you lose your grip and
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Parisians are like coconuts. Tough on the outside but deeply interesting when you get through the shell. They seem to understand the
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Paris is a scary place. With its class and air, the city can make you feel like a stupid tourist that has
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Not all great champagnes start great. Sometimes, they make you work for it. It happened to me in Boston last September, where
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All parents have a favourite kid. That one child that’s the most special, beautiful and talented of all. Fine, this may not
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Did you know that Champagne terroir is bursting with fossil seashells? In the so-called eocene period, most of the region was part
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A new rockstar has entered the champagne stage and his name is Flavien Nowack. Everywhere I went, people mentioned his name: Aline
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Paris is not exactly Champagne territory. But hear me out. When you go to Rue Saint Bernard, you’ll find Mokonuts: a restaurant
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Great champagne is made in the vineyard, not in the cellar. It’s something the greatest of great natural champagne producers seem to
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This is not a story about natural champagne. There’s some natural champagne in the story, but the focus lies on l’Arpège, the
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This website was launched because I wanted to learn about champagne. I just had so many questions about champagne that I turned it into
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The French village of Trépail is even quieter than I thought. The houses seem deserted, and the shutters are closed. Here and
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