The Curator

Hi, I'm Lauren. I'm created this shop to help you find a bottle of Champagne that feels rights -- like something a friend pulled out just for you.

Behind Fonton is a specialist who chooses every bottle personally

  • MBA in Wine Management & Marketing INSEEC Bordeaux (top of class)
  • Certified Champagne Specialist counselor by Comité Champagne
  • 10+ years tasting and working with small producers

Before professionally picking up wine, work life was in minerals -- including limestone and chalk -- the same foundation that defines Champagne terroir.

I'm not trying to please everyone

  • My Philosophy

    Champagne is like art. You don't need to understand everything to know what you like. You just need to start exploring. One bottle tells us something, the next refines it. Over time, your taste becomes clearer and/or you find a preferred artisan.

  • The Experience Promise

    Fonton is not built from a catalogue. Every bottle is selected - tasted, compared, and chosen - for how it represents one or more defining factors of Champagne. This can be terroir, grape variety, process, or otherwise.

  • Who I Work With

    I work directly with small, independant producers who are completely involved in what they make. These are not anonymous brands. They are people who express themselves in every bottle, and therefore, every glass.

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