Printemps 2 | Cercle des Créateurs, Les Fabulleuses

Two smaller groups show their wares

Welcome, bubbleheads. Onwards with my thoughts from independent Champagne bonanza that was Printemps 2023. Here was part one:

Printemps 1 | Bulles Bio

The idea with this Substack is to be useful, which, to me, means not only recommending wines but occasionally pointing out weaker wines too. There’s no point in setting out to diss wines, but not all portfolios are even in quality and I’d rather readers knew where to put their money. Wine writing as-SEO-advertising-social-media-platitude formalism and PR-dependency relies on pure praise, but the economics of Substack make independent opinion, and even balanced criticism, add up. I aims to please, but it’s you, dear readers, I’m aiming at - not anyone else. Thank you for supporting my work (not only here, but for Decanter Premium, where the agenda is set for a diverse picture of champagne this year).

Picks, now, from two smaller groups: The ‘Cercle des Createurs’, a group loosely-themed on oak fermentation, and the ‘Fabulleuses’, a group of female winemakers from all over the region.