{"id":2391,"date":"2012-03-21T12:35:52","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T12:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2391"},"modified":"2014-04-30T15:52:10","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T15:52:10","slug":"lea-sandeman-independent-champagne-retailer-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/03\/lea-sandeman-independent-champagne-retailer-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Lea &#038; Sandeman &#8211; Independent Champagne Retailer of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Lea &amp; Sandeman &#8211; Independent Champagne Retailer of the Year<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Harper&#8217;s magazine<\/strong> is the wine trade&#8217;s leading review and at their recent annual champagne summit awards Lea &amp; Sandeman were announced as the <strong>Independent Champagne Retailer of the Year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are delighted with this accolade, since we take great care in our selection of champagnes, from our house label Benedick, through our range of excellent quality <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/00005-grower-s-champagnes-822-03.html\">growers champagnes<\/a>, to\u00a0our careful selection of Grandes Marques.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately we do not have a photo of either\u00a0Charles or\u00a0me collecting the award, since although we had been told we were nominated, neither of us made it on the day which was a\u00a0little embarrassing. 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