Press
Ambonnay and founder David Speer have been featured in USA Today, Food and Wine, Wine Spectator, Bon Appetit, Wine Enthusiast, Wine and Spirits, Sunset, Imbibe Magazine, Portland Monthly, The Oregonian, and Oregon Wine Press.
Eater Portland - Portland Won’t Be Losing a Fabulous Champagne Bar After All
Food and Wine Magazine - Best Wine Bars in the US
Wine and Spirits - Conversations & Tastings with 50 Masters of Place - David Speer on Cote des Blancs Chapagne
Travel & Leisure - 7 Best Champagne Bars in America
Thrillist 21 Best Wine Bars In America - also featured on Yahoo Food
Oregonian - Portland's 10 Best Wine Bars
Wine Enthusiast - 100 Best Wine Restaurants in America 2014
USA Today - Pop The Bubbly for $20 or Less
Wine Spectator - The New Portland Sept 30th 2013 issue (subscription required)
Food and Wine April 2013 - Sommeliers of the Year 2013
The Sweet Home - Best Champagne Glass
Epicurious - 8 of the Best Sparkling Wines Under $25
Wine without Worry Podcast w David Speer
Portland Monthly - 50 Best Wines of Oregon - Panelist
Imbibe Magazine - July/August 2013- Easy, Breezy Bubbly
Bon Appetit - Orange You Glad You Tried this Wine
MIX Magazine - Sparkling Holiday Wines
Eater.com - 22 Restaurants with Best Value Wine Lists Across the US
Portland Monthly - Popping the Cork on Oregon Bubbly
Food and Wine Oct 2012 - 25 Places to Drink Wine Now
Portland Monthly - 2012 Best Restaurants - Wine + Food = Love
Portland Monthly - 50 Best Wines of Oregon - Panelist
Eater.com - Dining Confidential
Foodista.com - I'm Considering Giving up my Flute
Portland Montly - Strawberries get Savory
Eater.com - Some of America's Best Wine Bars
Sunset Magazine Feb 2012 - Bubble Bars -6 places where sparkling wines take center stage
Thrillist.com - featured video
Eater.com - 10 Hottest New Wine lists in America
Eater.com - Where to drink now in Portland
Oregonian - Things We Love: Where we'll be when we're not cooking
MIX Magazine Best New Restaurants of 2011
The Oregonian - Last Minute New Year's Eve dining options
PORTLAND MONTHLY - Eat Beat Neighborhood News - November 2011
PORTLAND BUSINESS JOURNAL - Portland bubbles over as first champagne bar opens