The Champagne Stories. So what have Richard been up to lately? Quite a lot actually!

The Champagne Stories. So what have Richard been up to lately? Quite a lot actually!

• After almost a month on the road, Champagne Club went to Champagne to celebrate Richards 60th birthday with family and friends. But that“s another story …

Stockholm, November 22nd, 2022

In the life of Richard Juhlin a lot is evolving round new vintages and new releases of champagnes. The Tasting library contains more than 14,100 unique tasting notes and reviews. Latest reviews and tasting notes, more …

The goal was to hit 14,000 for the international version of “Champagne Magnum Opus”—publishing date planned for December 2022—but already in August the magic number was hit.

Some of the latest releases tasted by Champagne Club by Richard Juhlin

• 2008 Krug “Clos du Mesnil”
• 2012 Bollinger “La Côte aux Enfants”
• Egly-Ouriet “Blanc de Noirs Vielles Vignes” (2014 Base)
• 2015 Savart and Drémont “Grand Cru Éphémère 009”
• 2016 Dhondt-Grellet “Le Bateau”
• 2020 Roses de Jeanne “Bolorée”
• Charles Heidsieck “Blanc de Blancs” (2017 Base)
• 1999 Bollinger “R.D. Collection”
• 2013 Robert Moncuit “Les Chètillons”
• 2012 De Venoge “Louis XV”
• 2008, 2000, 1995, 1990 Legras and Haas “Collection Privée”
• 2008 Legras and Haas “L. T. S.”
• Selosse “Excuise” (2015 Base)
• Selosse “Initial” (2015 Base)
• Selosse “V. O.” (2015 Base)
• Selosse “Rosé” (2015 Base)
• Selosse “Substance” (2015 Base)
• Selosse “Les Carelles Non Dosé” (2015 Base)
• Selosse “Mareuil-Sur-Aÿ Sous Le Mont” (2015 Base)
• Selosse “Le Bout du Clos Ambonnay Non Dosé” (2015 Base)
• Selosse “Cramant Chemin de Chalons” (2015 Base)
• Selosse “Les Chanteraines” (2015 Base)
• Selosse “La Côte Faron Aÿ” (2015 Base)

Champagne Hiking, Season2022

Summer means drinking #Champagne outdoor in our hemisphere in Scandinavia and Europe. We just love the chameleon that Champagne is and its possibility to adapt and to the environment.

Richard shot some tastings during Champagne Hiking this summer in …

1. The island of Gotland with Dom Perignon 2004 and 2013, more …
   
   
2. The island of Gotland with Pierre Peters 2014, more …
   
   
3. The island of Gotland with Paul Bara 2015, more …
   
   
4. Meteora in Greece with Louis Roederer Cristal 2006, more …
   
   
5. Meteora in Greece with Louis Roederer “Blanc de Blancs” 2004, more …
   
   
6. Beach hiking in Greece with Laurent Perrier “Cuvée Alexandra Rosé“ 2004, more …
   
   
7. Hiking on the terrace at Hotel Regina Isabella—Ischia (Italy) with Dom Ruinart 2010, more …
   
   
8. Hiking with a great view in Ischia (ITA) with Guy Charlemagne Mesnillésime 2014 and Les Coulmets 2014, more …
   
   
9. Hiking on the island of Lidingö, where Richard lives—Legras and Haas @Hustegaholm (Sweden), more …
   
   
10. Hiking during a friends 60th birthday weekend in Finland—Krug and Cristal @Haikko Manor (Finland), more …
    
    
11. The Champagne Sommelier went to London to taste Deutz Les Berceaux @Pan Pacific Hotel, (United Kingdom), more …
    
    
12. Hiking while premiere tasting Bollinger “La Côte aux Enfants” 2012 (Sweden), more …

Premiere this month, Bollinger—a champagne from the legendary La Côte aux Enfants plot, a Grand cru from Aÿ

Richard Juhlin and Björnstierne Antonsson had an extraordinary premier tasting with Denis Bunner and the Bollinger team with their new release – 2012 Bollinger “La Côte aux Enfants”, more …

Krug—2008 Krug “Clos du Mesnil”

Richard Juhlin visited Champagne Krug on Boulevard Lundy in Reims to taste the new vintage of Krug “Clos du Mesnil“. Read the tasting note and review on the #web plus #app “Champagne Club by Richard Juhlin”, more …

Richard Juhlin x Rarewine Invest (3 episodes)

Welcome to the three episodes of Meet The Wine Critic. In this series, we will bring you closer to the authorities of the wine world. More …

The Annual Richard Juhlin Tasting 2022

For the twelfth year in a row, Richard Juhlin organized “The Richard Juhlin Champagne Tasting” on Lidingö outside Stockholm. Previously, the selected tasting group from Champagne Club has, among other things, tasted the market“s leading blanc de blancs, rosé, prestige cuvées and comparisons between a number of vintages.

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• Story of cuvée de préstige, more …
  
  
• Story of vinothêque, more …

Two new gold medals for Champagne Magnum Opus—Gourmand Cookbook Awards (june 2022)

In November 2021 Richard Juhlin was awarded Gold for the book “A scent of Champagne“. This year RJ is nominated as “Winer author of the year“ and “Best French Wine Book“ for the epic book Champagne Magnum Opus.

Past week in Umeå, a city in the north of Sweden ot was time for Gourmand Cookbook Awards. Unofficial world championship for cook books and books on drinks. Richard Juhlin was awarded two new gold medals.

The two gold medals was awarded to Champagne Club by Richard Juhlin and Richard Juhlin in the categories; Best French Wine Book and Wine Author of the Year.

The selection of the Gourmand Awards give an overview of the best around the world. There are 1,558 selections from 227 countries and regions. It is the maximum we ever had. There are 1,393 for Food Culture and 165 for Drink Culture.

Exiting news is that “Champagne Magnum Opus“ will be published in English by Rizzoli in December 2022.