We’ve joined forces with Heidsieck Monopole Champagne, official partner to Barclaycard presents British Summer Time 2016, to give away 20 pairs of tickets to the Hyde Park festival on 9th July. Heidsieck & Co Monopole Champagne is a firm favourite with savvy Majestic customers – and with good reason. Once the official supplier to the […]
Through a sparkling glass we gaze. Champagne is one of the most joyous wines we know. We’re making some pretty superb wine in the style of champagne in England now, but that doesn’t mean we’ve fallen out of love with the French. There are few wines as evocative as champagne. Here are our favourite 11 […]
Picturesque countryside, rolling hills, chalky soils, and a cool climate where the grapes are on the very edge of where they can ripen. If that sounds like a description of Champagne, it is. It is also a very accurate description of Southern England. Those chalky soils are part of Champagne’s secret. Buried in the soil, […]
“…and like the finest French Champagnes, it is vintage dated.” – Orson Welles, Paul Masson Commercial (1979) Vintage champagne carries a kind of cachet that’s hard to ignore. Its very existence is unusual in a region where the tradition is to produce a non-vintage wine that is consistent from year to year. But that’s why […]
If you thought that wine came in a bottle and that was the end of it, you’d be wrong. There are times when a single bottle of wine just isn’t enough. But why open an extra bottle when you could have a bigger bottle to begin with? Wine bottles range in size from the humble […]
“May I recommend Veuve Clicquot ’26, a good French wine” – Captain Louis Renault, Casablanca (1942) French History is studded with stars – women whose influence shaped the world we know today. Joan of Arc, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Coco Chanel, Edith Piaf; in the world of wine, Barbe-Nicole Clicquot, without whom we would not know […]
UPDATE: THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. When you imagine Formula 1, there are few moments more striking than the victory celebration on the podium. A trophy, a cheer, a kiss, a spray of champagne.Maison Mumm has been the official champagne of Formula 1, and the iconic celebration podium moment, for over 15 years. To celebrate […]
Ivan, from our Lytham St Annes store, has prepared his top 10 facts about English fizz. English sparkling wine is truly magnificent. It is probably the only sparkling wine, which is close to being Champagne by many parameters: climate, growing conditions, grape varieties, production method and many times by price as well. A lot of […]
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