Bottle vs Magnum Champagne Tasting Hosted by Jancis Robinson MW

London, July 30, 2015 (Newswire.com) - The Finest Bubble will be inviting guests to what will be the standout Champagne event of the year; providing an exciting opportunity to taste some of the rarest and most highly acclaimed Champagne in the world.

Not only will guests be able to taste some of the most expensive and exclusive Champagnes ever, they will also be experiencing thirteen prestige cuvée Champagnes and how they have developed their unrivalled reputation in bottle vs magnum or jeroboam. 

In 40 years of writing about wine I can't remember a similar exercise so I'm really looking forward to it - especially as champagne in magnum is conventionally so revered. The chance to put the theory that champagne ages best in magnums to the test is what really excites me about this tasting.

Jancis Robinson, Master of Wine

Nick Baker of TFB comments “something happens to Champagne aged in magnum; their evolution slows, factors come into play that we can't always explain and it's like a little magic is sprinkled: what was a superbly rich Champagne in bottle, seems even more opulent and complex in magnum - they are ‘differently amazing’.” Add to the mix three now very scarce and excellent vintages of Champagne, 1996, 1998 and 2002 and this event is truly one of a kind.

Fittingly, along with these world-class prestige cuvée Champagnes, we have the world's leading wine critic Jancis Robinson MW presenting this event and she will be talking guests through what promises to be a fantastic discovery, tasting these thirteen superb Champagnes. This is The Champagne Event of the year and one not to be missed.

Jancis comments “In 40 years of writing about wine I can’t remember a similar exercise so I’m really looking forward to it – especially as champagne in magnum is conventionally so revered. The chance to put the theory that champagne ages best in magnums to the test is what really excites me about this tasting.”

Where: 67 Pall Mall, St James’s, London, SW1Y 5ES When: Thursday 8th October 2015
Presenter: Jancis Robinson MW
Time: 18:30 until 21:00

Tickets: £395.00 per person
Places are limited to 48 people so order tickets early on-line at to avoid disappointmentwww.thefinestbubble.com

The Champagnes that are going to be tasted on the night are as follows:

Cristal, Louis Roederer 1996 – Bottle and Magnum A magnum today costs £1278

Dom Ruinart 1998 – Bottle and Magnum A magnum today costs £299

Krug 1998 – Bottle, Magnum & Jeroboam A magnum today costs £575

Pol Roger Sir Winston Churchill 1998 – Bottle and Magnum A magnum today costs £599

Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2002 – Bottle and Magnum A magnum today costs £450

Bollinger RD 2002 – Bottle and Magnum A magnum today costs £345 

Our host for the evening 

Jancis Robinson MW - Described by Decanter magazine as ‘the most respected wine critic and journalist in the world’, Jancis Robinson writes daily for JancisRobinson.com (voted first-ever Wine Website of the Year in the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers

Awards 2010), weekly for The Financial Times, and bi-monthly for a column that is syndicated around the world. She is also editor of The Oxford Companion to Wine, co- author with Hugh Johnson of The World Atlas of Wine and co-author of Wine Grapes, each of these books recognised as a standard reference worldwide.

An award-winning TV presenter, she travels all over the world to conduct wine events and act as a wine judge. In 1984 she was the first person outside the wine trade to pass the rigorous Master of Wine exams and in 2003 she was awarded an OBE by Her Majesty the Queen, on whose cellar she now advises.

She loves and lives for wine in all its glorious diversity, generally favouring balance and subtlety over sheer mass. 

Our venue for the evening - 67 Pall Mall

67 Pall Mall - Founded by wine lovers, for wine lovers, 67 Pall Mall is a unique private members' club. In the heart of historic St James's, Sir Edwin Lutyens' magnificent building is being transformed into a luxurious, convivial and welcoming clubhouse. Here, members will be able to enjoy access to some of the finest and rarest wines in the world, direct from the Club's extensive cellars.

The founders' disappointment at being unable to enjoy fine wine at sensible prices is what originally prompted the development of 67 Pall Mall and the goal is to encourage members to pull the cork and discover a new wine as and when they wish. Having already attracted 1,000 members, it's opening in August promises a new era for the world of wine in London and we are thrilled to be hosting our Bottle vs Magnum tasting here.

The Finest Bubble is a relatively new online retailer based in Islington, which concentrates on same day delivery in London of a range of champagnes.

For more information, larger photographs and ticket sales:

http://www.thefinestbubble.com/tasting-bottle-vs-magnum

Telephone: Chris or Nick on 020 7359 1608 or email [email protected] or [email protected]