Champagne can now be bottled above 13% for the first time. Don't expect 15% wines from 2026, but the fact that the line had to move at all says a lot about this summer.

His Majesty King Harald V died this morning, aged 89. A tasting note for Mailly Grand Cru Les Échansons 2015 — the cuvée named after the officer who looked after the king's glass.

Roederer holds back a slice of every Cristal vintage for another decade before letting it go. Four magnums in Reims, and what all that waiting actually does.