J. Vignier Champagne Deux Terres Blanc de Blancs 2010 Arugula a little tar and orange

a little tar and orange peel

learned the craft working in Saumur

Get the fiesta started with this delicious ready-to-drink margarita -- no mixing required

building on vines inherited from the Colin and Ponavoy families

Decant an hour ahead and serve it slightly cool

J. Vignier Champagne Deux Terres Blanc de Blancs 2010 Arugula a little tar and orangeThe Land Two parcels roughly 50 kilometers apart, and the wine is named for the distance between them. Le Bateau sits in Cramant, a grand cru village on the Cte des Blancs, where Cretaceous chalk lies close beneath a thin cap of clay. Les Bercottes sits in the Cte de Szanne, the warmer, softer, far less famous Chardonnay country to the south, on chalk and marl. The Szanne vines did not come from a nursery catalogue: they were propagated by slection