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SEPTEMBER 2024

Let the Champagne Journey Begin...

Dear Extra Brut Friends,

We're beyond thrilled that you've decided to join Extra Brut and accompany us on our Champagne journey. Champagne may or may not be the most delicious wine (debatable, we admit) but it is indubitably the most shareable wine. We couldn’t be happier to be sharing this journey with you.

To kick things off, we’ve picked two wines that we believe are not just straight up delicious, but also are beautiful examples of so much of what is special in Champagne today: fascinating tradition, unique terroir, and incredibly dynamic winegrowers guaranteeing a brilliant future. One wine is a “Grower Champagne,” an example of the most dynamic force in Champagne in the last generation or two. The second is from one of the greatest of the big houses, and shows both the incredibly rich tradition they are carrying on, and their ability to respond to a changing world without losing what makes Champagne so magical.

Cheers,

Your Friends at Flatiron Wines

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GROWER CHAMPAGNE

A guide to the best bubbles in the world and what makes them different from the Grandes Marques

Champagne is the world’s most famous sparkling wine. Hailing from the Champagne regions of France, its biggest names are among the biggest names in wine: Moet, Dom Perignon, Veuve Clicquot, Cristal.

But there’s another side to Champagne: a universe of small-scale producers preserving ancient family farming traditions and bottling wines you’ve never heard of.

These are the Grower Champagnes.