Creating Dom PérignonOf Patience and ConfidenceThe story of Dom Pérignon Vintage 2006 is a story of patience and confidence, with parallel trajectories in the vineyard and in the cellar…Mar 22, 2016Mar 22, 2016
Creating Dom PérignonThe aesthetic ideal of Dom PérignonThe sensory universe of Dom Pérignon is infinitely complex — or at least that’s how it appears to me. Attempting to map it out is a…Mar 18, 2016Mar 18, 2016
Creating Dom PérignonChef Yim Jung-sik and Dom Pérignon “Snaacks”Chef Yim Jung-sik is at the avant-garde of new Korean cuisine. A true pioneer, his Jung Sik Dang restaurant in Seoul has been the first and…Jan 29, 2016Jan 29, 2016
Creating Dom PérignonTeam SpiritThe transition from one year to the next is always a great time for reflection. I usually prefer to look forward, to think of all the…Jan 27, 2016Jan 27, 2016
Creating Dom PérignonLooking back at the 2015 harvestWhen the 2015 harvest started, I mentioned that the main challenge would be to deal with the heterogeneity of the maturities. Thankfully…Jan 8, 2016Jan 8, 2016
Creating Dom PérignonDom Pérignon Vintage 2006I am a lucky man! The first decade of the new millenium has been prodigious for Dom Pérignon. I feel it might attain the golden eras of the…Nov 12, 2015Nov 12, 2015
Creating Dom PérignonA sense of PlénitudeBottles of fine wine can age gracefully and improve with time, developing what the experts call tertiary aromas, usually at the expense of…Sep 29, 2015Sep 29, 2015
Creating Dom PérignonThe 2015 harvestHeat. Drought. As you are surely aware, those are the keywords for 2015 so far. The heat was so intense at times that 2015 has already been…Sep 16, 2015Sep 16, 2015
Creating Dom PérignonFrom one harvest to the nextIn only a few weeks my attention will be fully devoted to the 2015 vintage. The month of August is the calm before the storm, the perfect…Aug 18, 2015Aug 18, 2015
Creating Dom PérignonDom Pérignon Rosé Vintage 2004The 2004 growing season is best typified by its generosity: the vegetative development was smooth, each step following the previous with…Jul 3, 2015Jul 3, 2015
