Louis Roederer has long been among my very favorite Champagne houses. So, when presented with an opportunity to enjoy a personal tasting and tour of Roederer's Champagnes and caves during a recent ...

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 ...

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 ...

For decades, visits to Roederer Estate, the California sparkling wine house owned by the famed Maison Louis Roederer Champagne family, were underwhelming. Guests were greeted by a dark barn with a ...

Before Champagne became synonymous with bubbly, the region produced wine, of course; it was just meant to be still. And while some of sparkling’s precursors might have enjoyed a modicum of fame (what ...

REIMS, France — Back in 1996, Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon, a young assistant at Louis Roederer Champagne, took on the daunting task of forecasting the next 30 years for the venerable house. The project ...

Venerable Sonoma County winemaker Merry Edwards, one of California’s first female vintners, announced Friday she has sold her Sebastopol winery and tasting room plus ?79 acres of vineyards to French ...