Wine name: Cristal
Producer: Louis Roederer
Country / region: France / Champagne
Grape variety: 60% pinot noir, 40% chardonnay
Vintage: 2009
Price / place purchased: Le Refuge des Gourmets, Machilly
Category: France
Champagne de Castelnau – Blanc de Blancs Brut 2005
Wine name: Blanc de Blancs Brut
Producer: Champagne de Castelnau
Country / region: France / Champagne
Grape variety: 100% chardonnay
Vintage: 2005
Price / place purchased: 39.00 € / Cavavin Annecy
Lambert de Seyssel – Royal Seyssel Cuvée Privée 2014
Name of wine: Royal Seyssel Cuvée Privée
Producer: Lambert de Seyssel
Country / region: France / Seyssel (Savoie)
Grape variety: 70% molette, 30% altesse
Vintage: 2014
Price / place purchased: 12.50€ / Cavavin Annecy
Frey-Sohler – Crémant d’Alsace Brut Riesling
Wine name: Crémant d’Alsace Brut Riesling
Producer: Frey-Sohler
Country / region: France / Alsace
Grape variety: riesling
Vintage: non-vintage
Price / place purchased: 11.30 € / Cavavin Annecy
La Cave d’Azé – Mâcon Azé cuvée Jules Richard 2016
Wine name: Mâcon Azé cuvée Jules Richard
Producer: La Cave d’Azé
Country / region: France / Azé, Mâconnais (Burgundy)
Grape variety: chardonnay
Vintage: 2016
Price / place purchased: unknown (gift from the Confrérie des Vignerons de Saint-Vincent Mâcon at the time of my induction as a ‘chevalier’ on April 27, 2019)
Marie Ambal (Veuve Ambal) – Crémant de Bourgogne Tasteviné Brut
Wine name: Crémant de Bourgogne Tasteviné Brut
Producer: Marie Ambal (Veuve Ambal)
Country / region: France / Burgundy
Grape variety: not indicated
Vintage: non-vintage (selected & designated as “tasteviné” by the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin on September 28, 2018)
Price / place purchased: unknown (gift)
Domaine Marcel Deiss – Berckem 2015
Name of wine: Berckem
Producer: Domaine Marcel Deiss
Country / region: France / Alsace
Grape variety: 13 Alsatian varieties that were co-planted & harvested/fermented together
Vintage: 2015
Price / place purchased: 21.00 € / from the producer in December 2018