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Champagne is often marked down in December

dec3You might expect Champagne prices to substantially increase in December, a month when festive gatherings are frequent and excuses to pop open a bottle of bubbly are quite common. No — Champagne is actually one of the best buys in December.

According to the Champagne Bureau, Washington, DC, Champagne prices drop in anticipation of New Year’s Eve. Because champagne is in such high demand at this time of year, retailers try to out-deal each other in an effort to gain more business. Consumers win in this bottle battle.

Cha Champagne Bar: Bubbly on a Balcony

Cha Champagne Bar expands the concept of Houston’s ever-multiplying wine bars with an emphasis on the bubbly. Patrons can relax in the casual-but-sophisticated atmosphere or spread out on the patio, which offers views of downtown. Prices start at $5 by the flute, and $20/bottle during happy hour — daily from 4 to 7 p.m.

If you feel like mixing it up, Cha also serves Champagne cocktails with organic bitters like lavender spice and baked apple, along with the staples.
Cha also has a retail license, so all wines and Champagnes are available to bring home (for 25 percent off) if the balcony doesn’t tempt you!

810 Waugh Dr Houston, TX 77019, United States
+1 713-807-0967

Charles Heidsieck is set to release revamped expressions of Brut Reserve & Rosé Reserve

Champagne Charles Heidsieck is set to release revamped expressions of its Brut Reserve and Rosé Reserve variants in the U.S. next month. The “newly refined” Charles Heidsieck Brut ($65) and Rosé ($80) are made from equal proportions Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. Both are aged for more than three years and are packaged in newly designed bottles made in the shape of magnums. The new Brut and Rosé offerings’ labels are a recreation of a 1926 vintage label found on bottles in Charles Heidsieck’s cellars in Reims. Rémy Cointreau USA serves as Charles Heidsieck’s U.S. importer.

Source:  Shanken

Champagne Deutz to Make U.S. Representation Transition in 2012

After 13 years within the Maisons Marques & Domaines USA, Inc. (MMD) portfolio, Champagne Deutz will soon enter a new phase in the U.S. market.

Starting in 2012 Champagne Deutz will initiate a Regional Representation strategy, which means the brand will be represented by importers/distributors independent from the Champagne Louis Roederer network; thus following the worldwide protocol for the brand.

Fabrice Rosset, Chairman & CEO of Champagne Deutz, states: “Our worldwide strategy has been to have a separate importer from the rest of the wineries within the Group Roederer. It has served us well and we feel now is the time for the U.S. to follow the same strategy. I would like to commend MMD and its marketing and sales teams for building the image of our House and for establishing our presence nationally.”

Gregory Balogh, President & CEO of MMD, comments: “We are proud of our achievement and our partnership with Champagne Deutz over these many years. It has allowed the brand to get the attention it deserves in the highly competitive U.S. market. We wish our colleagues and friends of Champagne Deutz success in the future. We will always remain fans of this great brand.”

CHAMPAGNE DEUTZ
One of the oldest members of Champagne’s prestigious Grandes Marques houses, Champagne Deutz of Ay, France, (www.champagne-deutz.com ) has been making distinctive champagnes marked by finesse, elegance and complexity since 1838. The house has upheld the traditions of fine Champagne making handed down through five generations. Owning a significant portion of its own vineyards, Deutz selects only top rated grapes from 275 acres of vineyards in the finest crus of Champagne. The wines are slowly and carefully aged in the chalk-walled cellars far beneath the historic village of Ay.

Liz Palmer
@champagnehouses

OpenTable Diners Reveal the Top 50 Wine Lists in the U.S.

OpenTable recently released a Top 50 Wine List of restaurants in the United States. The list, which was compiled from feedback from over 10 million OpenTable users between October 2010 and September 2011, had California on top earning 11 spots on the list, followed by establishments in New York, Maryland and Virginia, each of which earned 4 spots. In all, 21 states were represented with restaurants earning an award.

The restaurants named were (in alphabetical order):

20 Brix – Milford, Ohio

The 3rd Corner Wine Shop & Bistro – Palm Desert, California

4 Olives Restaurant – Manhattan, Kansas

Accademia Di Vino – New York, New York

Addison at The Grand Del Mar – San Diego, California

Artisanal Restaurant – Banner Elk, North Carolina

Aureole – Las Vegas, Nevada

bacaro – Champaign, Illinois

Bin 36 – Chicago, Illinois

BIN 38 – San Francisco, California

Bistro Blanc – Glenelg, Maryland

Bonterra – Charlotte, North Carolina

Carpe Vino – Auburn, California

Cinghiale-Enoteca (Wine Bar) – Baltimore, Maryland

Domaine Hudson wine bar & eatery – Wilmington, Delaware

Eno Vino Wine Bar and Bistro – Madison, Wisconsin

Enotria – Sacramento, California

Evo Bistro – McLean, Virginia

Frasca Food and Wine – Boulder, Colorado

Grand Cru Wine Bar & Bistro – Arlington, Virginia

The Hobbit – Orange, California

Iron Bridge Wine Company – Columbia, Maryland

Iron Bridge Wine Company – Warrenton, Virginia

Left Bank at Stonehedge Inn and Spa – Tyngsboro, Massachusetts

Los Olivos Wine Merchant and Wine Cafe – Los Olivos, California

Marche Bacchus – Las Vegas, Nevada

Mercy Wine Bar – Dallas, Texas

Metrovino – Portland, Oregon

Morrell Wine Bar and Cafe – New York, New York

Napa & Company – Stamford, Connecticut

Novita Wine Bar Trattoria – Garden City, New York

On The Square – Tarboro, North Carolina

Pairings Bistro – Bel Air, Maryland

palate food + wine – Glendale, California

Purple Cafe and Wine Bar – Seattle, Washington

Purple Cafe and Wine Bar – Woodinville, Washington

Reserve – Grand Rapids, Michigan

Ristorante Panorama – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

RN74 – Seattle, Washington

Robust – Webster Groves, Missouri

Soif Wine Bar & Restaurant – Santa Cruz, California

Sonoma Wine Bar & Bistro – Virginia Beach, Virginia

Stone Balloon Winehouse – Newark, Delaware

The Tasting Room Wine & Tapas – St. Augustine, Florida

Tastings Wine Bar and Bistro – Foxboro, Massachusetts

UPSTAIRS 2 – Los Angeles, California

Veritas – New York, New York

Vin 48 Restaurant Wine Bar – Avon, Colorado

Vinology – Ann Arbor, Michigan

The Winery Restaurant & Wine Bar – Tustin, California

Liz Palmer
@ChampagneHouses