I recently told a few friends that I had tasted the latest release of Roderer Cristal - this from the 2014 vintage in Champagne. “How was it?,” one individual asked. This was not an idle question, as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tom Hyland writes about wine (and sometimes) food from Europe and US. The 2012 vintage of Louis Roederer Cristal has been released ...

Champagne Louis Roederer may not be as familiar a name to lovers of prestige bubbles as Cristal—its signature sparkler. But Louis Roederer has been one of region’s venerable producers since its ...

Louis Roederer Cristal has responded to a massive boycott over statements made about various rappers’ patronage of the pricey drink. In a special Summer 2006 article titled "Bubbles & Bling" in The ...

This is a sparkling David and Champagne Goliath story. Only in this telling of the tale the big guy has all the rocks. Louis Roederer makes Cristal, a $300 bottle of Champagne that graces the ice ...

Louis Roederer has released its top-tier Champagne, the 2013 Cristal vintage. By Florence Fabricant Graduation, Father’s Day, a wedding, all occasions that warrant raising a glass of bubbly. This year ...

Louis Roederer knew that to make great Champagne, one had to start with great still wines. And to make great wines, one must own their own vineyards. He started to acquire vineyards in Mont de Reims ...