Richard Juhlin - Best Champagne Critic of the World

Tb: What aspects you consider particularly crucial to succeed as a wine critic, and how have you succeeded in them personally?

"As a wine critic, several crucial aspects contribute to success:  A wine critic must have a well-developed palate to accurately assess and evaluate wines. Effective communication skills are vital for conveying evaluations and recommendations to readers or consu...

All of the tasting notes of the wine critic mentioned above in tastingbook, comes from press releases from wine importers and vineyards, or directly from the critic and can also be found on the critic’s own website, which can be easily accessed by clicking on the link above.

Shipwrecked 1830's Champagne uncorked!

Wednesday, the 17th of November will always be a day to remember for champagne lovers around the world. It was the day when the 150-year-old shipwrecked bottles were opened and the worth of the Baltic Sea’s champagne treasure was assessed.

Some think that I live a life of luxury and am a bit spoiled. As I tasted an estimated six million euros worth of shipwrecked champagne in just three days, it is ...

Bollinger Treasures

 During a couple of rainy days at the end of June, we were a small select group of international champagne journalists who was invited to Bollinger to take part in something quite unique. The first night I ended up alone in an old nostalgia awakening restaurant in Reims overlooking the park where my interest in champagne started with a bottle of Bollinger Special Cuvée 30 years ago. I sat there and dreamed myself away ov...

Richard Juhlin is the number one Champagne expert in the world.

He is world famous for his skills in blind tasting. At the annual Spectacle du Monde tasting in Paris in 2003 he correctly identified 43 out of 50 champagnes when the runner-up identified 4.

 Richard Juhlin was awarded the Chevalier del Arc in 1997

He was awarded the Merite d’Agricole by the French Ministry of Agriculture in 2002 and upgraded to the highest level in 2010....

Would you like to gild your existence with some help from Richard?

Richard is available for wine tasting, lectures, dinners, tours, consulting, journalistic assignments, media events, interviews and more. The possibilities are nearly endless! If you are interested or would like to discuss the possibility of engaging Richard’s services, please send your request to contact@champagneclub.com.

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Welcome to The Richard Juhlin Champagne Club

Whether you are a loyal visitor, a revered member or a new acquaintance, we hope you will enjoy these pages. As many of you already know, the primary idea behind the site is to offer access to Richard Juhlin´s vast digital library of tasted and evaluated champagnes. In order to get access to the digital library, as well as to articles and other material produced mainly by Richard himself, you mus...