February 15, 2017

A Guide To Aging Champagne: Sommelier Cara Patricia Higgins On Why It's Worth Cellaring Champagne

 We do a lot of things with Champagne. We celebrate holidays and weddings with it, we kick off an elaborate meal with glass of racy Blanc de Blancs, and we shoot it out of Champagne guns off yachts in St. Barts (not really, such a waste!). But there are also many things that the majority of wine collectors and enthusiasts do not do. For one, they don’t drink Champagne on any of those hundreds of days that are not a special occasion. Many collectors barely drink it beyond a celebratory toast, and it’s rare that you’ll find a collection of Champagne aging alongside Burgundy, Barolo, or Napa Cabs in a cellar.