Friday, August 16, 2013

Piper-Heidsieck

It is absolutely astonishing that Regis  Camus, head winemaker at Champagne Piper-Heidsieck should have recently received the trophy for Sparkling Winemaker of the Year from the International Wine Challenge in the UK for the seventh year in a row. This is the most credible of all the UK (indeed European) wine competitions, with the high-powered head tasting panel of Tim Atkin MW, Oz Clarke, Sam Harrop MW, Peter McCombie MW, Charles Metcalfe, Derek Smedley MW, not only validating the gold medal winners, but also the regional or national/international trophies.