Table of Contents

Introduction, Preface, Foreword 1. Have No Stint of It... 2. On Your Marques 3. Eleven Eras of Champagne 4. Its Own Kind of Beauty 5. Tangoing with Terroir (for a change)... 6. Blame it on the Fizzics... 7. Better, Brighter, Bubblier... 8. Champagne on the Move... Index

About the Author

Susan Keevil started her life in wine as a 'cellar rat' cooling Chardonnays in Australia's Hunter Valley, none of which prepared her for the world of book publishing back in the UK where she honed her wine knowledge working with Hugh Johnson on six editions of his international best-seller, the Pocket Wine Book. Susan then landed her dream job as editor of Decanter magazine (the path to many worldwide wine adventures) and later became author of the Which? Guide to Wine as well as a regular magazine columnist and contributor. The launch of the Academie du Vin Library in 2019 saw a return to specialist wine books for which Susan is a writer and editor-in-chief.

Reviews

"On Champagne is the wine book that every lover of the world's most famous bubbles has been waiting for - whether they realised it or not." - Club O Enologique
"...if you love champagne, this is another must-buy. And apologies for the terrible pun, but it is genuinely true - this book fizzes with wonderful stuff." - Jancis Robinson
"It is full of interesting and sometimes entertaining stories and if you remember looking for a gift for a champagne lover: this is it." [Translated via Google Translate, original language: Dutch] - Het Financial Dagblad
"Among the other good wine books out this year is On Champagne: A Tapestry of Tales To Celebrate the Greatest Sparkling Wine of All." - The Telegraph
"Writers in this sparkling collection include former secretary general of NATO Pater Carrington. The latter recalls transporting cases of Champagne in a Sherman tank - as he says, "no limousine"." - Waitrose Magazine
"Presenting the story of the iconic French fizz from its accidental beginnings to the present day and looking to the future, there is plenty for Champagne-lovers to enjoy." - Decanter
"Presenting the story of the iconic French fizz from its accidental beginnings to the present day and looking to the future, there is plenty for Champagne-lovers to enjoy." - Decanter
"A wide-ranging and fairly stellar anthology, mostly a state-of-the-art overview by such luminaries as Serena Sutcliffe MW, Tom Stevenson, Elin McCoy, Tyson Stelzer, Hugh Johnson, and a dozen other experts, past and present." - Wine Conversation