Richard Juhlin

The Path

The first dated honor is not given.

The Work Today

Champagne expertise here is built on range, repetition, and close attention. Richard Juhlin has made a practice of pursuing new bottles, new rooms, and new references, and that reach is part of how his work reads from the outside. In his own words, "My hunt for new champagne experiences has brought me to the most beautiful and exciting places in the world." The line points to a fieldwork mentality: Champagne as a subject to be tracked, compared, and kept in motion. That approach also shows in the way the work collapses into daily life. "My job has no weekdays or weekends, so that concept does not exist for me," Juhlin says, which puts the emphasis on continuity rather than occasion. For a Champagne expert, that kind of schedule is itself a method — constant tasting, constant reference-building, and a professional life organized around accumulation of experience rather than fixed hours.

Signature

Richard's signature dishes include Champagne Magnum Opus, Champagne Hiking, The Great Tasting, 3, and 000 Champagnes. Read together, they map a body of work that moves across scale and setting: Champagne Magnum Opus carries the weight of an organized project, Champagne Hiking suggests movement through place, The Great Tasting frames comparative scrutiny, and 3,000 Champagnes points to volume and breadth. The names are different, but the through-line is the same: Champagne treated as a subject for range, memory, and exacting attention.

In Their Words “My hunt for new champagne experiences has brought me to the most beautiful and exciting places in the world.” “We won! Guldägget for Champagne Magnum Opus!”

Acclaim

Richard's honors include Guldägget for Champagne Magnum Opus, International Champagne Writer of the Year (2005), and Mérite Agricole, rank Chevalier (2002). These recognitions place his work in both public and professional registers: one tied to a named project, one to writing, and one to agricultural merit. The dates matter here, because they show the span of that recognition and the long-standing authority attached to his name in the Champagne field.