The Fourth Day of Christmas with Champagne and Sparkling Wine: A Grower's Champagne

Among the hottest items in the hipster world of wine are "grower" or "farmer" Champagnes, that is, Champagnes made by a person or family who also grew the grapes rather than bought the grapes from other sources. The contrast is between that bucolic, artisan's ideal and the large, established firms that purchase tons of grapes (as well as using their own…