Champagne – surprise winners

Those who read my detailed account of the Great Danish Wine Dinner in Even better 'wines of the century'? will have read that the other foreign guest was Pekka Nuikki, Finnish publisher of FINE super-glossy magazines about fine wine. Champagne is something of a speciality for them as the editor is Finland's first Master of Wine Essi Avellan, herself a champagne specialist. FINE Champagne Magazine, described as 'the world's only international champagne publication' has just conducted a rigorous tasting and ranking of what they reckon are the 100 best champagnes currently available. The FINE team blind tasted over 1,000 samples...