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We would like to share our knowledge with you. Here you will find our latest articles on the subject of wine.
How to store champagne properly
Champagne and good sparkling wine are stored protected from light at a constant temperature, preferably close to 12°C. If you think that you can store champagne in your cellar without any problems, you are mistaken - and really mistaken. Champagne is one of the most light- and heat-sensitive beverages there is (along with milk, freshly squeezed juices and white wine). Therefore, special attention must be paid to its storage. This means that champagne should be stored protected from light in a dark room at 12° - under the very conditions that prevail in our wine storage cellars. Of course, for [...]
What do I do when I subscribe to wine?
Subscription is a term that always leads to question marks among less experienced wine drinkers. We would like to counteract this and clarify a little. Subscription, also called en primeur, is nothing more than a commodity futures transaction: I pay for a wine that I will only receive in the future. In the wine world, this concept has really only been used in Bordeaux for decades. In other countries, it is done, if at all, at most for the very large and rare wines. In Germany, for example, it has been possible to subscribe to certain great growths for a [...]
The champagne and the yeast – a story about time.
Champagne is wine. When it comes to wine, time is a topic that not only has outstanding significance but also often divides opinions. A hotly debated point is whether a wine is in the right drinking window and thus provides the greatest possible enjoyment. Time also plays an immensely important role with champagne. To discuss this, let's start from the beginning: First, Champagne is no different from any other wine in terms of production, because as a still wine, it too undergoes an initial fermentation. The result is the so-called "vin claire". Whether it is then subjected to malolactic fermentation [...]