Press Reports
'Could Jack Grimston taste 50 champagnes in four days - and still remember anything about the trip?' - The Sunday Times — 13/01/2008
'..and learning on the job about the best champagnes to go with different types of food. Take seafood mousse, if possible cooked by a Michelin-starred chef and served in a private dining rooms of a bubble baron, with a glass of Philipponnat's own sharp tasting - all chardonnay Grand Blanc - poured for you by Charles Philipponnat, head of the family business. Serious indulgence requires education and our tasting sessions were part gluttony, part seminar.'
'....to the headquarters of Pol Roger. We were greeted by Hubert de Billy, the current member of the Pol Roger family to head the business, and a jovial raconteur. De Billy took us on a leisurely tour of the production line and cellars before dinner...'
'....at Hautvillers abbey, where Dom Pierre Perignon first blended a recognisable champagne...his heir is Richard Geoffrey, chief wine maker at Dom Perignon....conducted a tasting of four of his wines. As he took us through the Dom Perignon 1999, the rose, the 1993, and finally, the 1975...'
Jack Grimston
The Sunday Times
