Champagne Academy News & Blog

Jun 20, 20233 min read

And the winner is.....2023

Philip Dunne, Global Group Sommelier for The Doyle Collection for Ireland, UK & the USA. This years final day of the course, was greeted...

Jun 19, 20221 min read

And the Winner is....

Details on this years Candidates who passed the course successfully, and this years Course Winner.

Mar 22, 20214 min read

A love letter - Academie du Champagne 2004,

by Clare Tooley, MW I have a framed photograph in my office taken at the presentation ceremony on the steps of ‘Les Crayeres’. Standing...

Mar 1, 20214 min read

Sophie Birkbeck Golden Magnum Winner - class of 2016

“I drink Champagne when I’m happy and when I’m sad. Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I...

Feb 22, 20213 min read

Abi Hirshfeld Golden Magnum Winner - Class of 2007

It was, absolutely, one of the best weeks of my life and one that I will never forget. A lifetime ago in 2007, pre Covid, pre kids,...

Feb 21, 20215 min read

Rob Wade Golden Magnum Winner - Class of 2012

On the final day of the best week of my life, I sat in a 2 Michelin star restaurant, enjoying the food, the wine and the afterglow of...