Tagged: Champagne Ambassador
Belgium may be small, but it is home to a rich gastronomic culture and a wide array of top-notch artisans, chefs and sommeliers. And when they combine forces, the results are truly magical. Head...
If you are still wondering about the what, why and how of champagne, and you understand (Flemish) Dutch: I was recently interviewed for Wijncast, a podcast by radio journalist and avid wine lover Dennis...
April is a fantastic month for those of us who are professionally involved with champagne. It’s when the Printemps des Champagnes takes place in Reims, where more than 20 winemakers’ associations present their wines...
‘Champagne: a wine to keep your smile, or to win it back’ [Update 2019] This interview happened in June 2018, shortly after the official announcement that Séverine Frerson would be the new cellar master...
After 3 editions in Flanders, one that crossed the border with The Netherlands in the Meuse Valley ánd a tour in Wallonia, this year the Flemish Wine Guild took its wine rally to the...
Le Printemps des Champagnes (= The Spring of Champagnes) is an annual event where different groups of champagne growers present their champagnes to journalists, wine traders, restaurateurs and sommeliers from all over the world. 22...
2017 was a great year for me, with becoming Champagne Ambassador for Belgium and Runner-Up in the European Champagne Ambassador finals. So far in 2018 this streak seems to continue: earlier this week, I...
(Note: I admit, this post is unforgivably late, but as you can understand, these past few months have been insanely busy. 😉 On the plus side: in the meantime the official videos from the...
Exciting times here at Wine and Words – earlier this week I was declared the winner of the Belgian finals of the Concours Européen des Ambassadeurs du Champagne, the European Champagne Ambassadors’ Awards Competition,...