Author(s): Tyson Stelzer

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The world's most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to Champagne, featuring all the latest vintages. The Champagne Guide 2020-2021 contains fully independent assessments, with profiles and ratings, of over 120 champagne producers and 800 cuvées. 

New in the 2020-2021 edition: New format, fully double the size of the past five editions. Independent assessments and ratings of more than 800 cuvées, all tasted recently. All the latest insights on the top 120 champagne houses, growers and coopératives. A Hall of Honour to acknowledge the best producers in Champagne this year.

Highlights of all the best champagnes of the year at every price and style. Updated assessments of the past 24 vintages in Champagne. Brand new chapter on decoding champagne labels and bottling codes. Maps of the champagne villages and vineyards. All set off with photographs of the region by Tyson Stelzer and full-­colour bottle images.

Praise for The Champagne Guide: 'The best guide ever published on Champagne.' -- Huon Hooke 'A truly global publication and one of the most comprehensive of its type in the world.' -- The Age 'Attention to detail is quite extraordinary.' -- James Halliday 'The definitive guide to all things Champagne.' -- Drinks Trade 'The benchmark global reference to champagne.' -- goodfood.com.au 'Like all good books, when you put this one down, you feel you know the players personally in all their Champenois resilience, variety and valor.' -- Michael Edwards, World of Fine Wine 'The greatest companion to champagne since Michelle Pfeiffer in Scarface.' -- GQ Australia