A World of Non-Vintage and Vintage

Description

For one day only, Johannesburg becomes a sanctuary for Champagne’s philosophers. Peter Liem leads an intimate journey through the evolution of great houses and visionary growers, showing how the tension between non-vintage consistency and vintage individuality defines the region’s soul. Guests will taste not simply wines, but eras—moments suspended between chalk and light.

And yet, this is no closed circle of connoisseurs. Each seat welcomes both the passionate amateur and the seasoned expert to share in the same sensory dialogue. It is a lunch to taste, to learn, to question — to stand together at the threshold of understanding what makes Champagne so endlessly alive.

“The most rewarding tastings,” says Peter Liem, “are those where we rediscover what has long stood before us.” These wines invite us all—expert and novice alike—to look closer, and see differently.

Every bottle invites you to rediscover the familiar with new sensitivity — to find depth where once there was brightness, and to sense nuance where once there was certainty.

A James Beard Award-winning writer and educator, Peter Liem has served as senior editor and tasting director for Wine & Spirits magazine and as consultant to The World Atlas of Wine. His work bridges scholarship and pleasure, making Champagne accessible to all who seek its truth.