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Welcome, Bubbleheads. I’m in Paris tonight. It’s the first time it has been a) light and b) warm during one of my evening stopovers since this time last year, when research for the Tim Atkin Champagne report was in full swing. These days, I’m fortunate that my trips can be a little more targeted, a little less hectic…in theory. I still seem to end up filling every last minute.
It’s a good time to reflect on the fact that, between Decanter and here, there’s now a home for pretty much anything I’d like to write about. It’s a huge privilege. Everything has to add up, though; paid subscriptions largely covered my trip to Printemps (for which subscribers got a lot of takes on the indie champagnes tasted), and also mean that I can spend some time doing things specifically for Six Atmospheres. Today is a good example; after chatting to the team at Henri Giraud about their oak work for Decanter, they kindly offered to take me into the Argonne forest to look at the whole process, top-to-bottom. I’ll be writing about it here.
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Then, you can read all of this brilliant, wide-ranging and occasionally very funny interview with Caroline Henry about Champagne’s ecological agenda:
Caroline Henry lets loose on Champagne's ecological sticking points
The view from the Moulin de Verzenay in April 2022, with varying soil management strategies clearly visible. Writer and Champagne resident Caroline Henry recently heard that a major figure in the region’s governing body labelled her ‘Public Enemy Number One’. Juicy stuff; especially for a region where journalists tend to give uncomfortable discussions a wide berth, fearful of the cold shoulder from those with the keys to the cellar doors. The reason?
And much more, too. Cin cin,
Tom