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June 2025

Can Champagne Shrink?
Vineyard area in France is shrinking. Could that happen in Champagne?
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Tom Hewson
Paper planes
How time flies in Champagne.
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Tom Hewson
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Video - vinespotting around Cumières
I parked up to take a photo in the village of Cumières in the Grande Vallée - the stretch of Pinot-Noir heavy vineyards facing South over the Marne…
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Tom Hewson
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If these scores could talk
How to read the unwritten rules (and non-linearities) of wine scoring
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Tom Hewson
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May 2025

[free] Should I write about unicorns?
The pros and cons of covering highly coveted wines
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Tom Hewson
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The wines of Eric Rodez
Reporting on a full lineup of new releases from an Ambonnay legend
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Tom Hewson
An unfiltered recent vintage guide to Champagne
Tips for finding the best wines from recent years
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Tom Hewson
Video - Bubbles Behaving Badly
Why looking at bubbles in a glass tells you (almost) nothing
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Tom Hewson
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10:29
[free] In the Prosecco chamber
Champagne likes to think it isn't competing with Prosecco. Netflix says otherwise
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Tom Hewson
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