15% Discount from the 20th of March to the 4th of April. 15% off on most wines in our wineshop. Offer excludes already discounted products, gift cards, wines under allocation or broking wines. The post 15% Discount for Easter appeared first on Champagnes & Châteaux ..read more

We all look forward to Easter, the lovely long break after Christmas and the cold winter months. It’s not spring yet, but it is getting milder, and everything is starting to bloom, and with Easter on the horizon, we can look forward to the long weekend indulging in good food and wine. Easter is a time for celebration with your family and friends. We have put a list of traditional dishes we like to eat at Easter with our pairing recommendations. The classic fish on Good Friday It is traditional to have fish on Good Friday. It doesn’t have to be just a simple conventional fish dish, depending on ..read more

Our March food and wine pairing does not require cooking – A seafood platter – paired with Champagne Thiénot Cuvée Brut. A seafood platter is a lovely treat and perfect for special occasions such as Easter, Christmas, or summer parties. The hardest thing is opening the oysters; the rest is easy. Starter or main event? First, you must decide if your seafood platter will be the starter or the main event. You want to do the full work if it’s the main event. Shopping List Next, decide on what you are going to have on your platter. If you plan to have it with friends or family – let’s face it, you ..read more

Tuesday 8th March marks International Women’s Day 2023, where countries worldwide unite to celebrate women’s achievements, past and present. This event raises awareness and encourages others to advocate for gender equality. The hashtag #embraceequity is a focal point for this year’s campaign; it focuses on creating a world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination and raising awareness of gender equality. Women winemakers are still very few in the world of wine, so we celebrate our women in wine on International Women’s Day: winemakers, viticulturists, ambassadors, and creative minds behin ..read more

Our February food and wine pairing is the very comforting and traditional French dish: Coq Au Vin. There are plenty of suitable matches with this dish, but as it is originally from Burgundy, we have paired it with a Beaujolais Cru, Morgon. This particular Morgon is a perfect match with coq au vin and is a recommended pairing by the winegrower. Coq au vin is quite a simple dish to make unless you make a very traditional dish that involves a cockerel. You can make it well in advance and heat it at the last minute. Coq Au vin and Morgon Pairing For about 4 people: One whole chicken, or if you do ..read more

Risottos are perfect for this time of year. It is a great comfort food, really easy to make, and the flavours are endless! You can cook different risotto recipes following the seasons. Wild mushroom is one of the most popular ones, but spring flavours such as pea and asparagus are perfect and make a delicious risotto. I tried an Amarone risotto that a friend cooked for me and it was terrific, but you only need a little bowl as it is super rich. Seafood or chicken risottos are also excellent, but I prefer veggie ones, as non-vegetarian risottos can be too rich. Because we are in winter, I love ..read more

You may have heard of an appellation called Viñedo Singular wine in Spain but don’t know the exact regulations and quality requirements to enter this restrictive category. So what is a Viñedo Singular wine? This is the highest quality category of the D.O.Ca Rioja, which recognises the uniqueness of a vineyard which, due to its characteristics, is different and distinct from those of its surroundings, and from which wines with exceptional qualities are obtained. Currently there are 121 Viñedos Singulares that represent, only, 203 certified hectares of the more than 65,000 that the appellation p ..read more

The new year has arrived, and it is cold and grey out there, so it is the perfect time to sit back and curl up by the fire – if you are lucky enough to have one – with a glass of red wine. In the winter chill, there is nothing quite like warming up your bones by the fire with a glass of rich red wine. We’ve done the Christmas parties and entertaining in December, so we are ready for some chilling at home! And if you don’t have a fire, light a candle, sit on the sofa with a blanket and enjoy a glass of rich red; it is guaranteed to make you cosy or hygge, as the Danish say. Here’s our selectio ..read more

Domaine Bousquet, Argentina’s largest producer and exporter of organic wine, is now certified B Corp. B Corp Certification is a designation that a business is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability, and transparency on factors from employee benefits and charitable giving to supply chain practices and input materials. Drinks Business 21 DECEMBER 2022 By Shauna Brown Founded in 1997, the winery has farmed organically since the very beginning, using only 100% certified grapes from their estate in the high-altitude region of Gualtallary. Beginning with the 2005 release of ..read more

François has got his Christmas sorted! Cold smoked” salmon with Champagne Canard-Duchene Charles 7 Blanc de noir to start with, Pan fried Scallops with sage brown butter accompanied with Lugana La Conchiglia Stuffed capon and roasted veg with Chateau de Ricaud red (in a Magnum) And the usual Dixon Double Diamond and Roquefort “Christmas day, belly full of niceties, everyone is collapsed in front of the telly to watch Christmas films and indulge in a bit of dozing when out of nowhere a cheese platter appears! No one wants any! It is 5pm and you just had dessert…  BUT… there is a Magn ..read more