An in-depth guide to Champagne

For as much as Champagne is beloved, there's a gaping void in advice about it once you move beyond the same few obvious names.

Part of this is intentional: Champagne more than most places is dominated by its largest brands (in turn run by large corporations with more than bubbles on their minds), and despite the endless enthusiasm of we writer types for many smaller houses, most have neither the money nor werewithal to compete. So Champagne remains wrapped in a well-woven mystique.

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