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    Try finding a wine writer who doesn't love Alfred Gratien Champagne
    • Aug 26, 2016

    Try finding a wine writer who doesn't love Alfred Gratien Champagne

    Chef de cave Nicolas Jaeger who still ferments everything in oak barrels Alfred Gratien must be one of the least visited of Champagne aficionados’ favourite houses, which is a slightly more tortuous way of saying something I’ve said before: every wine writer I can think of loves Alfred Gratien Champagne, but (and this I haven’t said before) it’s not a house that’s been on many itineraries. This summer, after decades of visiting producers of every size and persuasion from mult
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