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The Champagne Stories | nov'23 | Champagne Club by Richard Juhlin
Dear Champagne lover!
As the days grow shorter and a crisp winter chill fills the air, there's a magical feeling that takes hold – it's the unmistakable arrival of the festive season! This is the time when our hearts are aglow with warmth, and our spirits are lifted by the joyous anticipation of celebrations with loved ones.
And what better way to usher in the festivities than with the effervescent charm of champagne? The clinking of glasses, the pop of the cork, and the golden bubbles dancing in the glass – champagne embodies the spirit of celebration like no other.
In this special edition of our newsletter, we invite you to embark on a journey through the world of champagne, where every sip is a celebration in itself. From discovering the art of pairing champagne with delectable festive treats to exploring the rich history and craftsmanship behind each bottle, we're here to elevate your festive experience.
Join us as we uncork the secrets of this iconic sparkling beverage and learn about the various styles, from the classic brut to the indulgent rosé. Whether you're a seasoned champagne enthusiast or a curious newcomer, there's always something new to discover and savor during this magical time of year.
Stay tuned for expert tips on selecting the perfect champagne for your celebrations, festive cocktail recipes that will dazzle your guests, and exclusive insights into the world of prestigious champagne houses.
Let's raise our glasses to the festive season – a time of joy, connection, and the sparkling magic of champagne!
Cheers to making memories that sparkle and last a lifetime!
Warmest wishes,
The team @ Champagne Club by Richard Juhlin
X-mas gifts 2023
Champagne Master Class by Richard Juhlin This serie is a Champagne Master Class with Richard Juhlin. In 14 episodes, you will immerse yourself in the wonderful world of Champagne and discover its secrets and taste sensations under the guidance of the wine’s greatest connoisseur. Introducing the world’s leading Champagne expert – Richard Juhlin. Richard is launching his very first Champagne Master Class where you will learn everything you need to know about the world’s greatest drink, Champagne!
In a unique 14-episode online course, you will learn about the different types of Champagne, evaluating Champagne as a professional, hosting your own Champagne tasting and much more.
You will also get access to a complete 297-page guide where Richard compiles his knowledge and insights from over 30 years in the Champagne industry. Dive deep into his favorite Champagnes, the best Champagne houses, the history of Champagne and various other interesting facts. The ultimate guide for every Champagne lover! [order the master class here]
Champagne Hiking Bag Together with Richard Juhlin and Reijmyre Glasbruk, Palmgrens presents a hiking bag – a unique fusion of leather, champagne and crystal glass, where nature acts as a frame and engages all the senses. The unique hiking bag is produced in Stockholm and each bag is numbered, during production the customer is also offered to stamp their initials on the bag. It is sewn in vegetable tanned leather in Palmgren’s classic cognac colour. The bag also holds four crystal glasses designed by Richard Juhlin, made by Reijmyre’s experienced glassblowers, metal cooling blocks, lined with a woolen lining and a custom space for a champagne bottle. [order the Champagne Hiking Bag here]
The Champagne Glass Richard Juhlin by Reijmyre With this champagne glass from Reijmyre Glasbruk, the champagne expert Richard Julin offers an aroma and taste experience beyond the ordinary. [order the book here]
Membership Champagne Club by Richard Juhlin [order the book here]
BOOK Champagne Magnum Opus by Richard Juhlin [international version] This is a grand and luxurious compendium on the most elegant beverage by world-renowned champagne expert Richard Juhlin. [order the book here]
BOOK Allt du skulle vilja veta om Champagne (och lite till …) Detta är en liten bok med ett överflöd av information. Genom dess tio kapitel får du insikter i champagneproduktionens grundläggande principer, fördjupa dig i fascinerande ögonblick från champagnens historia och upptäcka dess roll inom områden som film och musik. Dessutom lär du dig hur man häller upp champagne med elegans och får en lektion i rätt etikett för vinprovning på restaurang. [svensk version] [order the book here]
Champagne Hiking Bag by three Swedish artisans
Three Swedish artisans launch an exclusive champagne hiking bag – Palmgrens, Champagne Club by Richard Juhlin and Reijmyre Glass company.
Together with Richard Juhlin and Reijmyre Glasbruk, Palmgrens presents a hiking bag – a unique fusion of leather, champagne and crystal glass, where nature acts as a frame and engages all the senses. The hiking bag was presented in Palmgren’s store in Stockholm on November 10, 2022.
The Champagne Hiking Bag
A meeting between three Swedish craftsmen.
Made to order, available here. To know more, please contact info@palmgrens.se
Champagne Master Class by Richard Juhlin @ Champagneclub.com
[link to the Champagne Master Class by Richard Juhlin]
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ABOUT CHAMPAGNE HIKING
As You might know Richard Juhlin is passionate about his concept of Champagne Hiking [read about the full concept]
Watch as Richard & his photographer Pål Allan have a chat about their trips together. [link here]
THE APP – Champagne Club & Champagne Hiking
Welcome to the champagne world's instagram!
As a member in Champagne Club You can access the app with the same log-in. [read more about the app]
Now we ask You to be an ambassador of the app & to fill the app with all Your fantastic Champagne Hiking photos & experiences [both old & new photos can be used.]
The new concept is as simple as it is wonderful for the champagne lover;
You post your own champagne experiences in different places. Find a great spot, take a picture of an open bottle and glass when you drink champagne. Post it in the app. Share it in the app & social media, build your own champagne community. Post Your tasting note & score & compare with Richard Juhlins tasting note & score.
Have fun with Champagne Hiking!
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IN THE NEW APP You will find; more than 15,000+ unique tasting notes & scores by Richard Juhlin [you can put in your own tasting notes], You can enjoy ’Champagne Hikings’ [post your own hikings, build champagne clubs with friends, follow leaderboards, read the book Champagne Hiking, listen to all the chapters in the book, post them on social media etc]
THE CONCEPT ‘Champagne Hiking’ is available in both as a book & a new app [both for iOS & Android]
Champagne is the language of luxury. This is your dictionary.
LATEST TASTING NOTES
In the life of Richard Juhlin a lot is evolving round new vintages & new releases of champagnes. The Tasting library contains 15,000+ unique tasting notes & reviews almost 900 new since December. When will he hit 16,000? And which champagne will it be? Stay tuned? [latest reviews & tasting notes - link here]
Latest releases are Bollinger ‘La Côte aux Enfants’ 2013, Bollinger ‘PN AYC 18’,Dom Pérignon Rosé 2008, Dom Pérignon 'P2' 2004 Louis Roederer 'Cristal' 2015, Bollinger 'R.D.' 2008, Pol Roger 'Cuvée Sir Winston Churcill' 2015, etc.
The goal was to hit 14,000 for the international version of 'Champagne Magnum Opus' publishing date planned for April'23] but already in August'22 the magic number was hit!
Some of the latest releases tasted by Champagne Club by Richard Juhlin;
[featured partnership by Vigneron ]
In our world, it is wine masters – Vignerons – who are the heroes behind the production of wine.
After 20 years of experience with wine coolers, wine storage cabinets and wine cellars, we created Vigneron. Vigneron are high-quality wine coolers with a wide range for all spaces in the home and a range of accessories that give you exactly the wine storage you are looking for. Vigneron products are equipped with the latest technology and innovative solutions to ensure that your wine only gets better with time.
Market-leading components
All wine coolers from Vigneron are equipped with hand-picked and market-leading components. Compressor is from Brazilian Embraco - the world's best inverter compressors. Fans are from Japanese Sanyo, among the world's quietest fans. The electronics are handpicked from a range of suppliers to ensure the best results.
The glass is high-quality Low-E glass.
Wine coolers created by appliance and wine cellar experts
We who developed Vigneron have been designing wine cellars for over 20 years, in the company we have almost 70 years of experience in white goods. We know what we're talking about, everything from component quality and product specifications to accessories and space for your wines.
Shelves in solid beech wood
All the shelves in Vigneron's wine coolers, including accessories, are produced in robust beech, partly because this is antibacterial and the last vibration damping, but also for the sake of aesthetics. Beech wood is also a very neutral type of wood with a low particle content, which ensures that it does not flavor the wine.
Shelves on rails
All wine coolers over 40 cm wide are equipped with rails where the shelves can be pulled out to also provide access to the rear bottles in a problem-free manner.
Tri-color lighting
All Vigneron cabinets (2022 onwards) are equipped with 3 different colors for lighting, orange (eurocave standard) blue (former wine cooler standard) and white (which is most common) This so that the customer does not have to decide which color they want before purchase, as well as so we don't lose sales on "but I want blue lighting"
The market's most complete range under one brand
No brand in Scandinavia has so many unique models under the same umbrella. We have everything from micro size to full size integrated, with or without front. A complete underbench range and also storage cabinets - always in the same quality and with the same eye for detail. If you need to store wine, Vigneron has the solution.
VIP-trip to Champagne [Monday 22th of April - Thursday 25th of April '24]
Every spring & autumn we travel with a VIP-group to Champagne. Planned visits; Charles-Heidsieck, Taittinger, Krug, Bollinger, Moët & Chandon, Bonnaire, Palmer, Bilelcart-Salmon, Louis Roederer, Deutz & Selosse.
The next VIP-trip will be in April'24.
10,000,000 VIEWS @ champagneclub.com!
We are very happy to announce that our new web have been flying since the re-launch in September’20. We just passed 10 million viewed pages. Thank You all for sharing our passion for Champagne!
THE CONCEPT Friday Champagne
Every Friday The no1 Champagne expert in the world will taste new & old Champagne s to give You a tip or two for the weekend. [view the 50+ Friday films here]
RECIPES - champagne & food
Need gastronomical inspiration? we've posted a lot of recipes by Tommy Myllymäki from the gastronomical chapter from the new book ‘Champagne Magnum Opus’. Each month Champagne Club will share recipes & menus for those of you who do not think it is enough to drink champagne as aperitif. The recipes comes from travel in Champagne, memorable restaurants in Sweden and internationally, unforgettable meetings between champagne, food and people. [for more gastronomical inspiration - link here]
THE INTERVIEWS 5 bottles & 5 questions
Every bottle tells a story. What's Yours? Every week we interview people in the world of Champagne on their iconic bottles. So far we’ve interviewed Champagne lovers from Sweden, France, Norway, Denmark, Russia, Lithuania, Hungary. Latvia, US, UK, Germany, Italy, Brazil, Switzerland, Serbia, Greece, Australia, Japan, Kazakstan, South Africa, Finland, Romania, Slovenia, Canada & Singapore. [the interview-series 5 bottles & 5 questions]
THE CHAMPAGNE INTERVIEW with cellar masters
Every bottle tells a story. What’s Yours? Every week we interview people in the world of Champagne on their iconic bottles. Now & then TheChampagneSommelier will interview some of the true people of Champagne. He will ask a few questions about their company, their profession, current trends, etc.
We had a bubbly chat with Pierre Larmandier, from Larmandier-Bernier, Charles Philipponnat från Philipponnat, Alice Tétienne, Cellar Master from Champagne Henriot in Reims & Bertrand Lhôpital, Cellar Master from Champagne Telmont in Damery. [read more champagne interviews]
PREMIUM PARTNERS
Here is a list of your premium partners;
REIJMYRE GLASS COMPANY
Our partner & manufacturer of the premium champagne glass 'Richard Juhlin by Reijmyre'. Reijmyre glassworks dates from 1810, when it was founded in 1810 by Johan Jacob Graver and Baron Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg. Reijmyre is one of Sweden's oldest and still active glassworks. The mill is known for genuine craftsmanship and stylish design in both clear crystal and colored glass. At Reijmyre, everything is made entirely by hand. Reijmyre is perhaps mainly characterized by characteristic glass design, combined with form and function in fantastic colors, especially red, green and blue. In 2021, furnace 3 in the cabin was prepared and commissioned.
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MONDIAL
Our publishing company for the new epic book 'Champagne Magnum Opus'. Founded in 2017, Mondial is a sharp and agile publishing house with a broad and eclectic book list. Our focus is bringing accessible, interesting books to a broader market. We specialize in narrative non-fiction, journalism, current affairs and high-profile biographies. Having said this—we love surprises: so we could publish just about anything with potential. We publish around 40 titles a year.
FRANKENSTEIN STUDIOS
Frankenstein Studios is a design and advertising agency and was founded in 2007 by Pontus Frankenstein. Renowned for its versatility and eclectic executions, the studio in content-driven and based on an expertise in building brands within popular culture. We offer design and communication consultancy for our clients that enhance the profitability of their businesses. We grow strategies, create concepts, develop brands and their identities through visual and tangible communication. Using imagery, spaces, campaigns, objects and films for our clients, we translate must have status into sales volume.
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RIZZOLI PUBLICATIONS
Rizzoli New York joined such prestigious American institutions as Tiffany’s, Saks, and Cartier when it first opened the Rizzoli Bookstore on Fifth Avenue in 1964. In the following years, its landmark building in New York became the center for the company’s national expansion, adding new bookstores throughout the country and, a decade later, establishing an eminent publishing house renowned today for high-quality, illustrated books.
Rizzoli New York began its publishing operation in 1974 and has become a leader in the fashion, interior design, culinary, art, architecture, and photography fields. Rizzoli’s Universe Publishing imprint was added in 1990, marking Rizzoli’s entrée into the pop-culture worlds of humor, beauty, sports, performing arts, and gay and alternative lifestyles, as well as a highly successful calendar program. In 2011, Rizzoli established Ex Libris, an imprint dedicated to publishing up-market literary fiction and nonfiction with a transatlantic character. Starting in January 2018, Rizzoli produces its museum and exhibitions publishing under the new imprint Rizzoli Electa, in collaboration with leading Italian book publisher and sister company Mondadori Electa.
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CHEFLIX
Cheflix is our new partner with their digital platform for our 'Champagne Master Class by Richard Juhlin'. Cheflix is the latest streaming service for anyone who loves cooking and food. The ‘Netflix of Michelin Star Chefs’, which will provide you with unlimited access to online master classes by the best chefs in the world. Delve into your own kitchen, together with the chefs, and learn all the finer tricks of the trade. Our chefs know all the tricks, secrets and pitfalls and will allow you to cook the stars out of the sky at home! From starting out home chefs to experienced chefs, the master classes are perfectly accessible at any level! The chefs will provide you with a step-by-step demonstration of how to simply and quickly prepare culinary dishes. From beautiful starters, signature dishes to the most delicious desserts. Each master class comes with a written recipe with a handy shopping list, allowing you to quickly get started.
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RARE WINE INVEST
Wine is a solid alternative investment as it combines a stable return with low risk. Wine constitutes a solid base in every sound investment portfolio because investments in wine perform better in times of crisis than other investments. At RareWine Invest, we provide you with personalized advice and a tailored portfolio adapted to your investment horizon, risk profile, and required rate of return.
An extraordinary selection of fine wines and spirits. With more than 25,000 bottles representing more than 2,500 different wines and vintages from the best and most exclusive wine producers in the world, RareWine offer the most comprehensive selection of fine wines in Scandinavia.
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PALMGRENS
Palmgrens, with its 120 years of heritage, is one of Sweden’s most established producers of leather goods. The company first opened its doors in 1896 as a Saddler and became a Royal Warrant Holder servicing booth the Royal Court as well as military and private customers. The company has developed over time, keeping the focus on solid crafts in natural tanned leather. In particular handcrafted handbags, suitcases, travel requisites and interior pieces.
The essence of Palmgrens has always been functional products in classic designs for the quality conscious consumer. The Rattan Bag, first launched in 1950 and now a Swedish icon as popular as ever, is exclusive in its design and craftsmanship combining tanned leather and rattan. Our assortment of jewelry holders, storage and boxes are unique in their exquisite finish and luxury detailing. We also carry an extensive offering of leather accessories - wallets, purses, key holders and passport covers to mention a few.
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BERKELEY SHIRTS
Our suppliers of premium shirts. Or as they say 'We are devoted to quality. Every detail matters. We put all our knowledge, passion, and effort into our products, just to fall in love with them. To make them be like our favorite song, food, or film. Things we never get tired of. That is what we are trying to do. We do it with devotion. Our reward is your satisfaction.'
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TRAVEL BEYOND
Travel Beyond was founded in 2005 by Helena Andrén and Annika Björkroth. Our travel agent who tailors exclusive and unique travel arrangements around the world. We turn to them with high demands on quality and service, regardless of whether we travel as a couple, family, group or company.
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VIGNERON & VINLAGRING.SE [for the Swedish market only]
Letar du efter marknadens bästa produkter för vinlagring i toppklass? Då måste du kontakta Vinlagring.se. Vi på familjeföretaget Stenlunds firar nu 50 år i branschen och är inne på fjärde generationen handlare. Under åren har vi samlat på oss unika erfarenheter och kunskaper. Idag har vi Sveriges största sortiment med allt från vinlagringsskåp och vinkylskåp till skräddarsydda vinkällare. Vi är kort sagt ledande i branschen – och bland våra många kunder finns både superkräsna vinexperter och färska nybörjare. I samarbete/partnerskap med Vinlagring.se vill vi erbjuda en exklusiv rabatt till våra medlemmar. Med rabattkoden Champagneclub15 får ni 15% rabatt på vinkylar & vinställ.
