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Five new release Champagne hits (and a few misses) from Taste Champagne 2025

Welcome back.

After almost three weeks drinking very little wine (but still preoccupied with deliciousness), I’m now back at the tasting desk and straight into a lineup of Champagne reviews that you might be interested in.

The fizz lineup here comes via the Taste Champagne event that rolled into Sydney this week, offering what is the largest annual Champagne tasting on the Australian calendar. It’s a walk-around, rather than a structured tasting, so it’s more about vibes than a detailed note-taking exercise, and such a handy annual benchmarking exercise (especially for the latest vintage releases), Especially so when all the big houses have a fullish range open.

Today then, let’s tap into these tasting vibes for a look at some Champagne hits and misses – including a selection of new wines that even I’d buy.

Let’s go:

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Andrew Graham was once voted the 23rd most trusted wine critic on the planet. A WCA Journalism Young Gun now old hack with 25yrs as a buyer, judge, journalist, marketer and too much more.