Champagne battle bubbles away as Penfolds pours at races despite rival’s rights
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Champagne battle bubbles away as Penfolds pours at races despite rival’s rights

The track wasn’t the only space at Flemington where the competition was hot. The Birdcage has become a battleground for champagne.

  • byCara Waters andStephen Brook

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See how the 1 per cent live inside Melbourne Cup’s exclusive marquees

See how the 1 per cent live inside Melbourne Cup’s exclusive marquees

“My crab sandwich,a glass of champagne,the races”:Melbourne Cup’s exclusive Birdcage enclosure is back – and it’s more decadent than ever before.

  • byCara Waters
Champagne family feud over non-alcoholic sparkling wine

Champagne family feud over non-alcoholic sparkling wine

Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger has vowed never to make a non-alcoholic sparkling wine. But some in his family have other ideas.

  • byDaniel Woolfson
Hawaii’s ‘famous macadamia nuts’ threatened by cheaper,undisclosed Australian imports

Hawaii’s ‘famous macadamia nuts’ threatened by cheaper,undisclosed Australian imports

Macadamia nut trees are native to Australia and were introduced to Hawaii in 1881 by a Scotsman. The nut has since become synonymous with Hawaii.

  • byAudrey McAvoy
Why does my champagne taste oxidised? How to sniff out wine faults

Why does my champagne taste oxidised? How to sniff out wine faults

Many factors can make your bottle of bubbly taste a little off. Here is how to avoid them.

  • byHuon Hooke
Lunch with champagne dame Kyla Kirkpatrick:‘Parenting for me is tough love. I believe in discipline’

Lunch with champagne dame Kyla Kirkpatrick:‘Parenting for me is tough love. I believe in discipline’

The champagne aficionado has firm ideas about how to host the perfect New Year’s Eve party – and how to raise a daughter as a single parent.

  • byStephen Brook
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Why the world’s second-largest champagne maker hates remote work

Why the world’s second-largest champagne maker hates remote work

Vranken-Pommery Monopole co-owner Nathalie Vranken wants you to come into the office more and then go for dinner and drinks.

  • byJessica Yun
Champagne is outperforming gold and Wall Street. Here’s what to buy
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Champagne is outperforming gold and Wall Street. Here’s what to buy

The finest bottles of champagne are pouring out heady investment returns. And as the market bubbled ever higher in 2021 and 2022,speculators pounced.

  • byElin McCoy
When it comes to champagne bubbles,does size matter?

When it comes to champagne bubbles,does size matter?

It takes more than bubbles to make a great champagne or sparkling wine.

  • byHuon Hooke
‘Champagne shortage is real’:Popular bubbly brands harder to find this Christmas

‘Champagne shortage is real’:Popular bubbly brands harder to find this Christmas

Drinks retailers are struggling to keep Moet and Veuve Clicquot on shelves and experts are urging Australians to diversify their palates.

  • byJessica Yun
It’s tradition:Champagne days in the rain at Flemington

It’s tradition:Champagne days in the rain at Flemington

From sparkling breakfasts in Flemington’s car parks to Mumm in the Birdcage,champagne is the traditional drink of choice at Melbourne Cup – although hot toddies were also welcome on Tuesday.

  • byCara Waters