About Champagne…
Typically made with Pinot noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay
Méthode Traditionnelle formerly known as Méthode Champenoise is the method by which it is made, involving a second fermentation in bottle after a base wine is made….
Monsieur de la Riviere stubbed out his Gitanes and polished off his pastis as the sun glinted off the Mediterranean - its light piercing through the stench of last night's dinners that had washed out onto the streets from the innumerable restaurants that adorned the dock front of Marseille.
It's a cool afternoon in late spring, and as the sound of leather on willow rings out around the village green, WG hoists a short, leg side delivery to deep on, and tea is taken early.