Region: Montagne de Reims Premier cru sites in Jouy-les-Reims, Pargny-lès-Reims, Villedommange and Coulommes-la-Montagne, Total vineyard holdings: 15 hectares Annual production: 10,000 cases Vines: 30% pinot noir, 40% pinot meunier, 30% chardonnay L. Aubry Fils (JOUY-LES-REIMS) Philippe Aubry works with his brother Pierre and brother-in-law Noël Poret …

To wander through the caves at Giuseppe Contratto’s masterpiece of a winery in Canelli is to shake the living hand of almost 150 years of tradition of Italian sparkling wine. The very first bottles of Italian method champenoise were made …