Top 100 Best High-End Champagne Brands & Houses

"Only the first bottle is expensive." - French proverb.

"Champagne is the wine of civilization and the oil of government." - Winston Churchill.

"My only regret in life is that I did not drink more Champagne." - John Meynard Keynes.

"Too much of anything is bad, but too much Champagne is just right." - F. Scott Fitzgerald.

"If you think champagne, you'll drink champagne." - Ellen Dean (in Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights).

"I drink Champagne when I win, to celebrate . . . and I drink Champagne when I lose, to console myself." - Napoleon Bonaparte.

"I only drink champagne when I'm happy and when I'm sad. Sometimes I drink it when I'm alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I'm not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it - unless I'm thirsty." - Madame Lilly Bolinger.

CHAMPAGNE is a sparkling wine produced by inducing the in-bottle secondary fermentation of the wine to effect carbonation. It is produced exclusively within the Champagne region of France, from which it takes its name.

Champagne first gained world renown because of its association with the anointment of French kings. Royalty from throughout Europe spread the message of the unique sparkling wine from Champagne and its association with luxury and power. The leading manufacturers devoted considerable energy to creating a history and identity for their wine, associating it and themselves with nobility and royalty. Through advertising and packaging they sought to associate Champagne with high luxury, festivities and rites of passage. Their efforts coincided with an emerging middle class that was looking for ways to spend its money on symbols of upward mobility.

The Romans were the first to plant vineyards in this area of northeast France with the region being cultivated by at least the 5th century, possibly earlier. Wines from the Champagne region were known before medieval times. Churches owned vineyards and monks produced wine for use in the sacrament of Eucharist. French kings were traditionally anointed in Reims and Champagne wine was served as part of coronation festivities. The Champenois were envious of the reputation of the wines made by their Burgundian neighbours to the south and sought to produce wines of equal acclaim. However, the northerly climate of the region gave the Champenois a unique set of challenges in making red wine. At the far extremes of sustainable viticulture, the grapes would struggle to ripen fully and often would have bracing levels of acidity and low sugar levels. The wines would be lighter bodied and thinner than the Burgundy wines they were seeking to outdo.

Contrary to legend and popular belief, Dom Perignon did not invent sparkling wine. The oldest recorded sparkling wine is Blanquette de Limoux, which was apparently invented by Benedictine Monks in the Abbey of Saint Hilaire near Carcassonne in 1531. Over a century later, the English scientist and physician Christopher Merret documented the addition of sugar to a finished wine to create a second fermentation six years before Dom Perignon set foot in the Abbey of Hautvillers and almost 40 years before it was claimed that the famed Benedictine monk invented Champagne. Merret presented the Royal Society with a paper in which he detailed what is now called méthode champenoise in 1662.

Although Dom Pérignon did not invent Champagne, he did develop many advances in production of the drink, including holding the cork in place with a wire collar (muselet) to withstand the fermentation pressure. In France, the first sparkling Champagne was created accidentally; its pressure led it to be called "the devil's wine" (le vin du diable) as bottles exploded or the cork jolted away. Even when it was deliberately produced as a sparkling wine, Champagne was for a very long time made by the méthode rurale, where the wine was bottled before the only fermentation had finished. Champagne did not utilize the méthode champenoise until the 19th century, approximately 200 years after Christopher Merret documented the process. The nineteenth century saw an explosive growth in Champagne production going from a regional production of 300,000 bottles a year in 1800 to 20 million bottles in 1850.

10 Best Champagnes

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• Champagne Philipponnat Clos des Goisses 1999 Brut
• Champagne Henriot CuvÉe des Enchanteleurs 1995 Brut
• Champagne Perrier-JouËt Fleur de Champagne 2000 Brut Blanc de Blancs
• Champagne Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs 1998 Brut Vintage
• Champagne Henri Giraud CuvÉe Fut de Chene 2000 Ay Grand Cru
• Champagne Krug Clos du Mesnil 1996 Brut Blanc de Blancs
• Dom Ruinart Champagne 1998 Brut
• Champagne MoËt & Chandon 2000 Dom PÉrignon
• Champagne Pol Roger Extra CuvÉe de Reserve 1999 Brut Blanc de Blancs
• Champagne Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 1998 Brut

Champagne News, Reviews & Resources

• 5 things you should know about the champagne you'll drink tonight - The Verge.
• 7 Best Champagnes to Pop This New Year’s Eve - "Ring in 2024 with these superb bottles of bubbly."
• 8 Ways You're Probably Drinking Champagne Wrong - TIME Magazine.
• 9 Of The Best Champagne Cocktails To Serve This Holiday Season - Forbes.
• 10 Most Expensive Champagnes in the World (2024) - "Discover the most expensive Champagne wines of 2024, according to Wine-Searcher: Louis Roederer Cristal 'Gold Medallion' Orfevres Limited Edition Brut Millésime. - Jacques Selosse Millésime. - Louis Roederer Cristal Vinothèque Edition Brut Rosé Millésimé. - Jacques Selosse 'Origine' Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Brut. - Krug Clos du Mesnil Blanc de Blancs Brut."
• 10 of the best regions in Europe for sparkling wine - "The bubbles don’t just stop in champagne country. Here’s where to find the fizz from Germany to Romania via Dorset and Catalonia."
• 100 bottles of champagne found in 19th Century wreck - "When divers in the Baltic Sea first saw the wreck on the sonar, they thought it was a fishing boat. But when they went to investigate, they found a 19th Century sailing ship, 'loaded to the sides' with champagne, wine, mineral water and porcelain. They counted more than 100 bottles of champagne in the wreck, off the coast of Sweden."
• 100-Point Champagne Wine Finds A Perfect Balance Blending Three Outstanding Vintages - "Last year, the recently released Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle Itération N.26 was given a 100-point score by world-renowned wine critic James Suckling, and he also named it his 'Wine of the Year' out of a selection of 39,000 bottles."
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• 1907 Heidsieck & Co. Monopole Champagne GoÛt AmÉricain Baltic Wreck JÖnkÖping - Wikipedia.
• 2023 World's Best Champagne - According To The 2023 Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships - "The formidable title of 'Supreme World Champion' went to a 2008 vintage of Millésime Rare Champagne from producer Piper-Heidsieck."
• A good year for Champagne - drought problem elsewhere - "The Champagne region is set for a good harvest with output seen above the five-year average, helped by rainfall in June and limited vine disease, it said."
• A wine-lover’s guide to Champagne - The Telegraph.
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• Alessi - since 1921. "For the home sommeliers and mini bar enthusiasts, our barware and wine accessories range from uniquely Alessi corkscrews and bottle openers to cocktail mixing kits."
• Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt To Start New Champagne Partnership - "Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are beginning a new business partnership to start producing rosé champagne. It’s an extension of their successful Miraval rosé wine label in Provence."
• Another record year for Champagne expected - "Champagne sales are expected to reach a new record this year, despite inflation that could have made consumers shun the expensive bubbly, producers said ahead of the start of year-end celebrations around the world. Champagne sales reached an all-time high last year at 5.7 billion euros ($6.05 billion), as the relaxation of pandemic-related curbs fuelled a surge in exports."
• Aristocrat takes legal action as former erotic film star promotes champagne brand founded by his forefathers - The Telegraph.
• Artemest - "Bar Cabinets & Cool Accessories for the Connoisseur." A selection of stylish bar cabinets manufactured by some of the most talented cabinet makers in Italy and accessories any connoisseur would fall for - crystal whisky bottles, silver ice buckets and champagne holders, and exquisite decanters in Murano glass.
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• Avenue de Champagne - famous street located in Épernay, the 'Capital of champagne', in the Champagne-Ardenne Région of France. Its name derives from the presence of many leading champagne producers such as Moët et Chandon, Mercier and De Castellane. Residents say that this avenue is the most expensive in the world, more so than the Champs-Élysées in Paris, because of the millions of bottles of champagne stored in the kilometres of chalk cellars beneath it.
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• BACCARAT - champagne flutes & coupes.
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• BACCARAT CHAMPAGNE COOLER - Harcourt champagne bucket.
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• Baccarat Crystal Champagne flutes & coupes Glasses - since 1764. "The World's Finest Crystal." A symbol of beauty and crystallized perfection, Baccarat has been a celebration of transfigured senses since the Age of Enlightenment.
• Balthazar - 12-litre champagne or wine bottle.
• Belgium crushes 2,000 cans of Miller High Life over ‘champagne of beers’ slogan - "Comité Champagne asks for destruction of shipment on grounds Miller High Life’s motto infringes champagne’s protected origin."
• Best Value Champagnes for 2024 - "Often associated with the finer things in life, these 10 Champagnes prove you can have all that without straying into ruin."
• BLIND WINE TASTE TESTING - in marketing, a Blind Taste Test is often used as a tool for companies to compare their brand to another brand. To ensure impartial judgment of a wine, it should be served blind - that is, without the taster(s) having seen the label or bottle shape.
• BOTTLED & BOXED - "Champagne delivery next day in the U.K. Worldwide in 2 to 3 days."
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• Carrs Silver - since 1977. "This elegant swizzle stick is made to the highest standards from 925 Sterling Silver offering a timeless product that is perfect for a gift or to add a touch of class to your drinks cabinet."
• List of Champagne houses - Wikipedia
• CHAMPAGNE - Wikipedia.
• Champagne bubbles: the science - "As you uncork that bottle and raise your glass, take time to toast physics and chemistry along with the New Year. The complex science in your glass of champagne. A flute or coupe filled with a sparkling wine has become the very essence of celebration, but there is more going on with the bubbles than you might think."
• Champagne Cheat Sheet - The New York Times.
• Champagne In Crisis Talks - Grapes Might Be Destroyed Due To Poor Sales - "Champagne producers have been hit hard by the pandemic–fewer people are able to celebrate occasions and come together in groups where champagne is traditionally drunk. A crisis meeting has been called for August 18th, where decisions will have to be made about whether to destroy excess grapes or sell them to make hand sanitizer–both of which would have been unthinkable one year ago."
• Champagne in space: High-tech bottle gets test flight - "Future space tourists may be sipping champagne in orbit if a uniquely designed twin-chambered bottle with 'egg cup' glasses proves a success."
• Champagne on the Rocks? It’s This Summer’s Drink - The New York Times.
• CHAMPAGNE PRODUCERS - Wikipedia.
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• Champagne Room - at The Connaught hotel, Mayfair, London, U.K. "A hidden gem, at the heart of the hotel, the Champagne Room is a beautiful yet intimate place, perfect for drinks for two or a party of 25. Choose from a selection of eight prestige champagnes, fine wines and rare spirits."
• CHAMPAGNE SERVING - "On the Losses of Dissolved CO₂ during Champagne Serving." Rules for pouring champagne correctly.
• Champagne’s formula is changing for the first time in 90 years - "After nearly 90 years, the French have allowed a new grape variety to be added to the sparkling wine in attempt to future-proof production of the beverage."
• Charles Heidsieck celebrates 150th anniversary with the Collection Crayères auction at Christie's - The Telegraph.
• ComitÉ Interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne | CIVC - since 1941. "Champagne Only Comes From Champagne, France." Organisation grouping the actors of the Champagne production and trade - growers, cooperatives and merchants - under the direction of the government.
• Co-op own-brand champagne better than MoËt, says Which? - "Supermarket’s bubbly deemed as good as Mumm and best value for Christmas."
• CUVÉE - Wikipedia.
• CUVÉE CHAMPAGNE - eHow.
• Dom PÉrignon offers the ultimate dining experience with Alain Ducasse at the ChÂteau de Versailles - The Telegraph.
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• Dom PÉrignon RosÉ 1959 Vintage - reaches a record price of US$84,700 at a historic rare champagne auction in New York.
• Dom PÉrignon Scrapped Its Entire 2023 Champagne Vintage - "Inside the cellar master's decision to walk away from an entire year. Realizing the entire 2023 vintage was just not good enough, Chaperon rejected the entire cellar of base wine."
• Domaine Evremond: Champagne moment: Sophie raises glass to Taittinger’s sparkling Kent wine - "'God could not have done it better than that,' said Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger, the honorary president of Taittinger champagne, as rain poured over the Kent countryside on Thursday afternoon. Nine years after the champagne house bought land in Chilham, the Domaine Evremond winery will sell a sparkling wine with hints of the county’s ‘sea and soil’."
• Drinking from shoes - has historically been performed as both a bringer of good fortune and as a hazing punishment. Drinking champagne from a lady's slipper became a symbol of decadence in the early 20th century.
• English wine that's rivalling Champagne - "As a result of climate change, English wine producers are now able to grow grapes traditionally associated with Champagne and producing top-quality sparkling wine."
• EPERNAY - "Pays de Champagne." Official website.
• F1 signs deal with $3000-per-bottle Carbon champagne brand - motorsport.com.
• FINE Champagne Magazine - the first champagne magazine in the world.
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• FOUET - (also in French: moser, mosser, batteur, agitateur or moussoir. English: swizzle stick). A slender (gold) tube from which retractable spines emerge in a whisk-broom effect which can eliminate the carbonated effect from the wine, when briskly agitated in the glass.
• France to make twice as much Champagne 2022 - "Champagne production in France is expected to almost double this year, with overall wine production up 16% compared with frost-ravaged 2021 output, although drought and heatwaves have curbed prospects in some regions, the farm ministry said on Wednesday. Overall wine production was projected at 44.0 million hectolitres this year, in the middle of an initial range of 42.6-45.6 million projected by the ministry last month. A hectolitre is the equivalent of 100 litres, or about 133 standard wine bottles."
• French champagne industry group fumes over new Russian law - "The law, signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, requires all foreign producers of sparkling wine to describe their product as such on the back of the bottle - though not on the front - while makers of Russian 'shampanskoye' may continue to use that term alone."
• Glass of Bubbly - since 2011. "Champagne & Sparkling Wine news, views & expert advice website and Global Magazine."
• Growers & producers at odds in France's 'champagne wars' - "Coronavirus has hit the industry hard, with division over how to respond."
• Harvesting Grapes in France, With Champagne as Reward - The New York Times.
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• Henry Tuke - Damascus Steel & Sterling Silver Champange Sabre: £27,000.
• Here's Why You Should Think Twice Before Refrigerating Your Champagne - HuffPost Life.
• HISTORY OF CHAMPAGNE - Wikipedia.
• Hot, dry summer forces early start to Champagne harvest - "Champagne grape pickers have had to start the harvest earlier this year, as climate change forces the makers of the French sparkling wine to rethink how they make the coveted bubbly."
• How three widows came to rule Champagne - "The little-known history of Champagne. While women were barred from owning businesses in 19th Century France, three widows, who were exempt from the rule, created some of Champagne's most lauded empires."
• How To Build A Champagne Tower - "Step one: The first step is to figure out how many tiers tall you want your tower to be. You have 1 glass on the top (1×1=1) and then 4 on the ..."
• How to Make Bubbly Punch - The New York Times.
• How Veuve Clicquot, Louboutin & the Luxury World Fight to Protect Their Colors - "From Tiffany, to Veuve, to Louboutin, luxury brands have used signature colors be quickly identified. They have to fight to keep it their own."
• JEROBOAM - a wine bottle holding the equivalent of four normal bottles (approximately 104 ounces). Also called: double-magnum.
• KATHARINE POOLEY - champagne buckets.
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• KRUG PICNIC TRUNK - by Pinel & Pinel.
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• LAGUIOLE Champagne Saber
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• Louis Vuitton Champagne Case Monogram - "The Champagne Case Monogram celebrates the Maison’s art de vivre. A functional layout fuses with creativity to create an elegant and noble case."
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• Louis Vuitton X Dom Perignon Limited Edition Champagne Carrier - price: US$1,780. Collector's item. Limited numbers of 1,000 pieces were manufactured in year 2000.
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• LUISA Beccaria - since 1991. "Luisa Beccaria encompasses a bespoke lifestyle that extends to fashion, homeware, accessories, interior design, and even special Italian delicacies produced in a time-honoured way - sustainably and biologically." Set Of Six Flute Multi Color.
• Maison Veuve Clicquot launches Extra Brut Extra Old - The Telegraph.
• Meet Madame Clicquot: the trail blazing widow who changed the face of champagne - The Telegraph.
• Most Expensive Champagnes in the World - Forbes.
• Myths & facts about treating a hangover - "Are you celebrating the first day of 2023 with a hangover? If so, you might be looking for a method to ease your misery. There are certainly a lot of so-called hangover cures, some dating back centuries."
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• N'Damus London - since 2006. "Champagne & Wine Holders." Handmade leather bottle holders offers a safe and stylish way to carry champagne and wine to dinner or as a luxury dinner gift.
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• Nebuchadnezzar - "15 Litres of Champagne and are equal to 20 Standard Champagne Bottles."
• Never put your champagne in the fridge - The Telegraph.
• Party over for Champagne as sales set to drop after two record years - "Champagne sales and exports are expected to fall this year, pressured by inflation and a return to a more normal rhythm after record sales in the past two years due to the lifting of pandemic-related curbs, producers said on Wednesday. Sales are expected to reach around 314 million bottles in 2023, French industry group Comite Champagne (Champagne Committee) said in a statement. That compared with 326 million sold in 2022."
• Perrier-JouËt reopens Maison Belle Epoque - Vintage art nouveau.
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• PHILIP STEIN - wine wands.
• Plunge Champagne in ice bucket for 40 minutes to create the perfect cork 'pop' - The Telegraph.
• PRESTIGE CUVÉE - "A Guide to Deluxe Champagne." The Cult of Champagne. Gayot.
• Prosecco no longer considered a luxury, experts say - The Telegraph.
• Rehoboam - a wine bottle, used especially for champagne, holding the equivalent of six normal bottles or 4.8 liters (5 quarts, approximately 156 ounces).
• SABRAGE - technique for opening a Champagne bottle with a saber, used for ceremonial occasions. The wielder slides the saber along the body of the bottle to break the entire neck away, leaving only the base of the bottle, open and ready to pour.
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• Saint-Louis Cristallerie - founded in 1586. The oldest & one of the most prestigious manufacturer of Glassmaking in Europe. Champagne & ice buckets.
• 'Shamefully good': Stephen Colbert reacts to Tom Hanks' new cocktail creation - "During an appearance on 'The Late Show,' actor Tom Hanks recreated his unusual cocktail creation with host Stephen Colbert. See how the duo react to The Diet Cokagne, a mix of Diet Coke and champagne."
• Shampanskoye: French champagne industry in a fizz over Russian law - "Non-Russian producers now required to mark their bottles as sparkling wine. If anything is guaranteed to get French wine producers in a fizz, it is the suggestion that champagne can be made anywhere outside the Champagne region in France. As a protected appellation, the term is jealously guarded and legally defended. As the Champagne committee’s website clearly states: 'Champagne only comes from Champagne'."
• Shoey - the act of drinking an alcoholic beverage from a shoe.
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• SIEGER by FÜRSTENBERG - "Sip of Gold." Champagne goblet is a combination of wafer-thin porcelain and the finest precious metal.
• SodaStream’s new concentrate lets you mix your own champagne - engadget.
• Sotheby's to Hold the Biggest Champagne-Only Auction to Date - "The Largest Private Wine Collection Ever Auctioned Is Heading to Sotheby’s. Part of a series of sales around the globe, the next two will feature Champagne and Burgundy."
• SPARKLING WINE - Wikipedia.
• Supermarkets' own-brand champagne beats French houses in Which? test - "Morrisons’ Adrien Chopin Brut tops list followed by Waitrose’s Brut, while Moët & Chandon and Veuve Clicquot trail."
• surprising truth about champagne - "The little-known history of Champagne. While women were barred from owning businesses in 19th Century France, three widows, who were exempt from the rule, created some of Champagne's most lauded empires."
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• SWAINE ADENEY BRIGG - Double Champagne / Wine Bar." Uniquely handcrafted portable bar covered in bridle leather, lined in green bonded leather and complemented with solid brass fittings.
• The art of drinking Pinot Noir - "It’s called the heartbreak grape, not only because it’s tricky to grow, is picky about its soil, doesn’t like the heat and is so thin-skinned that it’s susceptible to mildew, rot, frost, but also because fine Pinot wine is just so hard to find. All too often it flatters to deceive and just when you’ve found a great one, you try another only to leave cruelly disappointed, suffering from what I term post-Pinot tristesse. Don’t you hear the devil’s laughter?"
• The Champagne fairs - fairs that were held in the city of Troyes during the festival of Saint-Vincent (9-15 July), and Saint Remi (1st or 2nd November).
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• The Champagne Key - "The $100,000 Solid Gold Champagne Opener." Transforms the opening of a champagne bottle, from an art, into a science. A precision tool, that incorporates patented technology, specifically designed to allow the cork to be used as an easily controlled valve, for a perfect open every time.
• The Finest Bubble - "Prestige Champagnes & English Sparkling Wines." Same day Champagne delivery.
• The State Of Champagne: An Interview With G.H. Mumm - "With so many sparkling wine competitors in the world market, from Spain, Italy and California, Champagne has managed to maintain a healthy growth rate, even with the introduction of smaller estates in Reims and Epernay joining the big established marques. To assess the current state of Champagne, I interviewed Laurent Fresnet, Cellar Master at G.H. Mumm, while he was visitng New York last month."
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• The White Company London - since 1993. "Everything you need for stylish living - mainly in white." It’s easy to raise a glass with this elegant new champagne flute. Made from quality crystal, it’s just the thing to celebrate in style. Just add something sparkly.
• THE WORLD'S MOST COVETED CHAMPAGNES - Forbes.
• The Year of Champagnes You’ve Never Heard Of - The New York Times.
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• Tiffany & Co. - since 1837. "A perfect drink starts with top-shelf bar tools and accessories that allow you to shake or stir like a pro. Set up your bar, pour your favorite cocktail and raise a glass to the ultimate happy hour with Tiffany." All collections.
• Treasure trove of 120 year-old Pol Roger champagne unearthed from collapsed cellar - The Telegraph.
• Ultra-Exclusive $3,000 Champagne Comes Wrapped In Carbon - Forbes.
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• Varga Art Crystal - handcrafted in Budapest Hungary by master glass Artisans. Champagne buckets.
• Veuve Clicquot & Yayoi Kusama Come Together For A Limited-Edition Bottle & Sculpture - "Champagne and dots. The connection seems disparate at first, but it’s a connection Veuve Clicquot quickly realized when they brought on artist Yayoi Kusama to design a new collector’s edition bottle featuring the artist’s favorite subject, the dot, which she uses as a bridge to champagne’s most famous quality, the bubble."
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• VEUVE CLICQUOT REFRIGERATORS BY SMEG - DESIGN & INNOVATION - since 1948. "Smeg launches a new line of colourful fridges in partnership with Veuve Clicquot to celebrate the French Maison's 250th anniversary. 13 years after the first historic collaboration between Smeg and Veuve Clicquot in 2009, the two brands are back with a new special edition partnership to celebrate the first 250 years of the French Maison."
• Vintage - Wikipedia.
• Vintage Champagne - Decanter.
• Why France's champagne buble has burst - "France's champagne industry goes flat amid pandemic. It's been an exceptional year in Champagne."
• Wine bottle sizes - Wikipedia.
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• Winston Churchill drank 42,000 bottles of champagne Between 1908 & 1965 - 1,411 QI Facts To Knock You Sideways.
• Why Do We Celebrate with Champagne? - LiveScience.
• world bought more champagne than ever 2021 - "Champagne houses are celebrating after sales and exports set new records last year even as pandemic lockdowns forced many bars and restaurants to close. Comité Champagne, a trade association representing more than 16,000 winegrowers and 320 Champagne houses, said Wednesday that France exported a record 180 million bottles of bubbly in 2021, an increase of 38% over the previous year. Global sales of champagne also hit a record €5.5 billion ($6.2 billion)."
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• World of Diamonds Group - swizzle stick with 20 white diamonds on an 18-Karat gold spinning globe as its crown.
• World’s Best Champagne - According To The Experts - Forbes.

Champagne Brands & Champagne Houses: A-Z

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• ABELÉ 1757 - founded in 1757. "The fifth oldest Champagne House." More than two and a half centuries after its creation, Abelé 1757 is reinventing itself. A custodian of time, reaffirming its unwavering link with its origins, and making the ‘Coronation City’ the cradle of a Champagne House firmly anchored in history.
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• Ace of Spades - by Armand de Brignac. "The first release from Champagne Armand de Brignac, the Brut Gold remains the most iconic cuvée in the range. Rich with the old-world tradition of champagne blending, it is a trio of vintages from some of the most lauded terroirs of the region, resulting in a cuvée expressing vibrant and fresh fruit character with a soft texture."
• Alfred Gratien - founded in 1864. "If exceptional had a name, it would be Champagne Alfred Gratien. Alfred Gratien champagnes are handcrafted for guaranteed quality and consistency. A few miles away from Epernay’s bustling town center, deep in the heart of a Champagne vineyard, are the Alfred Gratien champagne cellars. It was here, on Rue Maurice Cerveaux, that Alfred Gratien set up his business and created his first cuvées in 1864. For over a century and a half, Alfred Gratien champagnes have remained a family affair perpetuated by the expertise and know-how of their founder."
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• Alfred Rothschild et Cie - Grande Reserve Brut. 85 points: Pale yellow. Vanilla, apple, zesty lemon with a slight hint of biscuit on the finish. Reasonably fine bubbles, good acidity.
• AndrÉ Clouet - founded in 1741. "A little patch of heaven on earth."
• AR Lenoble - founded in 1920. "In 1920, Armand-Raphaël starts to produce his own wines under the name of Champagne Graser, although he quickly changes the name of his house to AR Lenoble. With the armistice still fresh in mind, he decided that a name with German connotations was perhaps not the best idea. He creates his own brand called 'AR Lenoble', combining his initials 'AR' with 'Lenoble' as a tribute to the nobility of the wines of Champagne."
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• ARMAND DE BRIGNAC - "Rated No. 1 Champagne in the World." Non-vintage Champagne brand produced by Champagne Cattier, and sold in opaque metallic bottles. The brand's first bottling, Armand de Brignac Brut Gold, is identifiable by its distinctive gold bottle with pewter Ace of Spades labels. Like much Champagne, the Brut Gold cuvée is a blend of the grape varieties Pinot noir, Pinot meunier and Chardonnay, making use of only Premier Cru and Grand Cru-rated grapes. Two other cuvées, a Rosé and a Blanc de Blancs (100% Chardonnay) were released in 2008. In November 2009, FINE Champagne Magazine published the results of a blind tasting of 1,000 champagne brands, with Armand de Brignac the top finisher.
• AYALA - founded in 1860. "Pure Art of Champagne." Ayala is first and foremost a unique place, at the crossroads of the Grands Crus of Champagne. Here, everything is done on site and according to the Rules of Art, that of the blend. The House celebrates a modern conviviality, where sincerity meets tradition, all while being carried by innovation.

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• BAUDRY - "Vignerons Créateurs de Champagnes." Enter the magic of the effervescence ... and immerse yourself in the history of Maison BAUDRY: winemakers since 1660 in the Côte des Bar, the 11th generation continues today the commitment, always for excellence.
• Besserat de Bellefon - founded in 1843.
• BILLECART-SALMON - founded in 1818. "Extraordinary Vineyards." The champagnes of Maison Billecart-Salmon are above all created thanks to the knowledge of the men who rigorously cultivate an estate of 100 hectares, obtaining grapes from an area totalling 300 hectares across 40 crus of the Champagne region. The majority of the grapes used for vinification come from a radius of 20km around Epernay, where the Grand Crus of Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay co-exist, in the ethereal vineyards of the Montagne de Reims, the Vallée de la Marne and the Côte des Blancs.
• Billionaires Row Champagne Brut RosÉ - "A dance of scintillating bubbles against a pretty salmon pink background. On the nose: aromas of crushed strawberries and Morello cherries. On the palate: elegant red fruit flavours in abundance. The finish is pleasantly fresh with a hint of almond paste and cocoa."
• Bochet-Lemoine - "Winegrowers in Champagne since 1948." Our vineyard extends over an area of 8.5 hectares, in the municipalities of Cormoyeux and Faverolles-et-Coëmy. We work with Champagne’s three grape varieties: Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, which allows us to create some ingenious blends.
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• BoËrl & Kroff - since 1995. "Smooth, onctuous and generous, an acidity specific to the finest wines, the Champagne Boërl & Kroff is composed by a palett of very complex flavors, rich and above all, an outstanding length in the mouth. Such a tiny bubble that we might forget sometime that we certainly taste one of the greatest wines from Champagne of all times. A wine that can envelop both the mouth and the mind and that lingers a very long time." Bottled only in magnums.
• BOIZEL - founded in 1834. "Every detail counts when it comes to creating sincere and authentic Champagnes. Champagne Boizel’s artisan approach goes hand and hand with its constant quest for excellence and progress. The Boizel House places the emphasis on high standards during every stage of the winemaking process, from the vineyards right through to the cellars. Compromise is simply never an option. Every day Florent and Lionel Roques-Boizel strive to create the highest quality wines possible and make the right decisions for the future of this family Champagne House which will soon be marking its 200th anniversary."
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• BOLLINGER - founded in 1829. James Bond's favorites: RD and La Grande Année.
• BOLLINGER 002 for 007 - limited edition of 30,000 bottles of La Grande Année 2002 James Bond special edition for the 007 film Skyfall.
• BRICE - founded in 1994. "La Passion des grands Terroirs."
• BRUNO PAILLARD - founded in 1981. "Slow & sustainable viticulture." The respect of this inimitable terroir is a guiding principle for the Maison. It requires both rigour and a delicate touch. This means: a special focus on ploughing, encouraging the development of root systems to extract the chalky minerality; short pruning, which helps the roots of the plants to grow continually, directing nutrients to the roots rather than the leaves; paying increasing attention to soil microbiology and the biodiversity of our plots.
• Buckingham Palace Vintage Champagne - "This champagne is a real pleasure, especially for those fans of Chardonnay. The nose is a rich bouquet of citrus fruits, pears and peaches with a subtle hint of acacia honey. This mixed vintage champagne is very fresh yet rich in the mouth and reveals a sweetness that is perfectly balanced by the acidity. The finish has tastes of limes and orange flavours. The perfect gift for any special occasion. Available in large quantities for corporate gifting needs."

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• CAMILLE SAVÈS - à Bouzy depuis 1894. "Each vignette has a long rest in the silence and darkness of our deep chalk caves."
• Canard-DuchÊne - founded in 1868. "Canard-Duchêne’s passion stems from a unique blend of family values and an identity deeply rooted in the Champagne region."
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• Carbon - since 2011. "F1 Official Champagne. Wherever Carbon goes, exciting things happen. From festivals to performances, backstage to tastings, debates to digressions, it sparks deeply human experiences."
• Castelnau - founded in 1916. "Champagne Castelnau, located in the heart of Reims, represents the very essence of the region. It has 900 hectares of vineyards across 155 crus, creating a unique grape growers’ collective that guarantees exceptional supply possibilities and the production of outstanding Champagne."
• Cattier - founded in 1918. "Le Devoir d'Excellence." The story goes back all the way to 1625, and probably even further, when the Cattier family first started planting vines in Chigny-les-Roses, in the heart of the Montagne de Reims. We’ve maintained our original philosophy over the centuries, and have taken an environmentally sustainable approach to our 33 hectares for more than two decades. We are proud to be one of the pioneers of sustainable vine-growing in Champagne.
• Champagne A. Desmoulins & Cie - founded in 1908. "Grâce à son implantation privilégiée à Epernay, elle bénéficie de raisins de grande qualité provenant des meilleurs crus de Champagne. Les trois cépages: chardonnay, pinot noir et pinot meunier sont associés dans la plus parfaite harmonie pour donner aux cuvées le caractère frais et racé qui fait le succés du Champagne Desmoulins."
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• Champagne Barons de Rothschild - created in 2003 by three extensions of the Rothschild family. The house style is focused on Chardonnay-predominant cuvées produced from the some of the top crus in the Côte des Blancs and Montagne de Reims.
• Champagne Barons de Rothschild RÉserve Ritz Paris Brut
• Champagne Carbon - founded in 2011. "The historic skill of fermenting the very best Chardonnays and Pinot Noir in small oak barrels adds complexity and elegance to the incomparable style of our champagnes."
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• Champagne Diebolt-Vallois - "Jacques Diebolt has been making Champagne at Diebolt-Vallois since 1959. The winery and vineyards are based in the village of Cramant, although he also has vineyards in some of the top spots in the villages of Chouilly, Cuis and Epernay. This is one of the top artisanal, family run estates in all of the Côtes des Blanc region of Champagne."
• Champagne GisÈle Devavry - "Sophisticated, yet attainable. Targeted to those who like to celebrate in style. We cultivate vines since 1920."
• Champagne Guy CHARLEMAGNE - founded in 1892. "Champagne Guy Charlemagne is situated in the heart of the Côte des Blancs, in the small village of Mesnil sur Oger. As father to son winegrowers since 1892, we only harvest and vinify grapes from our own vineyards. We produce around 130,000 bottles per year, sold 30% in France and 70% abroad. Our motto "QUALITY IS MY TRUTH" is a constant motivation. Surrounded by a highly qualified staff, we all work together to elaborate our wines with the same objective. As a family business where tradition finds its path, we wish to share with you the values of our prestigious terroir by highlighting quality, authenticity and our dream."
• CHAMPAGNE HENRI CHAUVET - since beginning of the 1900s. "Tradition, Passion, Accueil..." Henri Chauvet, viticulteur and grafter created his own brand at the beginning of the last century. Since then three generations have continued with the same passion for the vines and the wine. Today, Mathilde and Damien CHAUVET are continuing this tradition for your pleasure. Situated in Rilly la Montagne, a village "1er cru" near to Reims, the family vines enjoy a privileged position. White or red, vinificated within the laws of the art and judicioulsy Blended, each of the three grape varieties bring their own character, indispensable for the creation of our Champagne.
• Champagne Launois - "The history of our family goes back to 1872 when the house of Launois Père et Fils was founded in the village of Le Mesnil-sur-Oger. Ever since that time we have always remained true to the traditional values of champagne making. Located on the prestigious Côte des Blancs, the home of the very best Chardonnay grapes, our vineyards are classified as 'Grand Cru': la crème de la crème."
• Champagne Lavergne - founded in 2007. "Champagne Lavergne Brut has been named one of the Top Three Lesser Known Champagnes in 2019 by Taste of France Mag. Most recently, the product was evaluated 92/100 GOLD (Unique or exceptional product, it represents the best in absolute terms) by 160 judges out of 600 products for the International Taste Awards 2020."
• Champagne Louis Massing - "In the heart of the Côte des Blancs since 1936." Avize is a good terroir for Chardonnay. lts wealth cames from its chalky subsoil but also from the advantageous exposure towards the west. The village vines (planted with Chardonnay) are sunny all day long. That’s why this white grape variety gives birth to supple and floral wines.
• Champagne Soutiran - founded in 1970. "Faced with the standardization of tastes dictated by mass production, we defend the notions of terroir and artisanal know-how; these values constitute our roots and make our champagnes authentic."
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• Champagne Telmont - founded in 1912. "In 2021 Telmont launches its first certified organic cuvée: Réserve de la Terre, the result of a decade of passion and determination. Telmont is setting new standards for its production: no more transparent bottles, no more packaging and innovative labels."
• Chanoine FrÈres - "Founded in 1730, Chanoine Frères is the second-oldest Champagne house. Nearly three centuries later, Chanoine continues to develop its heritage and pass on the pleasure of Champagne, from generation to generation, in France and around the world."
• Charles de Cazanove - founded in 1811. "Champagne Charles de Cazanove is synonymous of Family and dedication and today reveals a unique expertise preciously handed down through the generations. Through the quality of our vineyards and the excellence of our methods, which remain respectful of the vinification process, our champagnes offer you the heritage of an inimitable style created to delight you and make those great occasions very special. At the dawn of the bicentenary of our brand, we are now one of the key houses in the world of champagne."
• Charles Dufour - "Charles Dufour took over the family business in 2008, when he immediately started a conversion towards organic viticulture. Quickly thereafter, he was certified by Ecocert. Charles Dufour has fine vineyard plots around the aforementioned villages and between 2008 and 2016 has made beautiful, characteristic single vineyard champagnes from some of these plots. However, Dufour has recently decided to stop producing single vineyard champagne."
• Charles Heidsieck - Maison fondée à Reims en 1851. "The cellar master, much like the conductor of an orchestra, produces champagne by emphasizing the best features of each selected wine in the blend. Each note of a wine is impressed during the blending with the Charles Heidsieck style, the House trademark. Over the past two decades - and not less than 12 times in only those 20 years - the Charles Heidsieck Cellar Masters have been awarded the prestigious title of 'Best Sparkling Winemaker of the Year' at the London International Wine Challenge. Their immense expertise and talent has brought them international renown. Each Cellar Master declares having been inspired in their winemaking by Charles’ audacity and his penchant for wandering from the beaten paths."
• Charles Lafitte - founded in 1848. "The art of Champagne." "The champagnes blend mirrors the diversity of nature, reflected in differences between crus, varietals, and years. Each blend is a harmonious combination of wines from the current harvest and our reserve wines. Cellar Master Dominique Pichart, along with his team of oenologists, is responsible for blending the Charles Lafitte vintages in order to preserve, year after year, their signature style."
• Charles Mignon - founded in 1995. "With the modernity of its stainless steel thermoregulated, small capacity winery, the Charles Mignon House produces precise champagne wines. Enhancing their terroirs and three grape-varieties (Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir) through exceptional champagnes has earned them, since 2003, to be listed beside the greatest and most prestigious houses of champagne with UMC - the Union of Champagne Houses."
• Christophe Mignon - since 1882. "Our Champagnes are elaborated according to methods that integrate the wisdom and knowledge of our ancestors with the latest 21st century advances. Certain approaches, today called 'alternative', were actually part of our ancestors ways of working. On our land, we work the soils, we dynamise our treatments, we follow the lunar calendar... Our primary quest is the balance between heaven and earth, roots and branches, mineral and fruit, fragrance and flavour... Welcome in our universe!"
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• Comtes de Dampierre - founded in 1986. "Crafting the best champagnes, a true work of art." At Comtes de Dampierre, we are dedicated to crafting the best champagnes by selecting partner winegrowers from the best terroirs of Marne area. We exclusively secure chardonnay & pinot noir grapes, mostly from premier cru or grand cru vineyards, the two highest grades. In our constant quest of quality, we make no compromise on the art of blending and maturing wines. Our family size 'maison' is known worldwide for her commitment to offer subtle, charming and seductive champagnes with character.
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• Comte de Mazeray - "Created as Luxor in 2005, Comte de Mazeray combines two luxurious products, Champagne and gold. The brainchild of Frenchman Jean-Christophe, Mazeray is a very limited series and is only available in the world's most prestigious locations. Containing flakes of 24 carat gold, added during dosage, this Champagne offers the previously unthought of luxury of drinking gold."
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• CRISTAL - the brand name of a Champagne produced by Louis Roederer. Created in 1876 for Alexander II, tsar of Russia. Cristal has a flat-bottomed clear, "crystal" bottle, anti-UV cellophane wrapper, and gold label. Due to its high price and status, it is considered a Veblen good. "Cristal, which is bottled in a natural-colored glass that displays its pale blaze, a chilled fire of such prickly dryness that, swallowed, seems not to have been swallowed at all, but instead to have turned to vapors on the tongue and burned there to one damp sweet ash." - from Answered Prayers, the unfinished novel by American author Truman Capote.
• Cristian Senez - founded in 1973. "Our house is located in the emblematic champagne vineyard, the Côte des Bar, which stands out for the quality of its Pinots Noirs and the rarity of its Pinots Blancs. Observation, listening and patience are the key words for the development of great Champagnes wines."
• Cuperly - founded in 1845. "Grand Cry Vineyard." The Champagne region counts 319 crus (villages) but only 17 of them are classified as "Grand Cru". 10 of them are located in the Montagne de Reims including Verzy, Verzenay, Mailly-Champagne and Beaumont sur Vesle, which are our exclusives sources of grapes for Champagne Cuperly. The Cuperly historic vineyard is located on the village of Verzy, were we still grow the 2 premium quality grape varieties: Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, on around 20 plots which picturesque names like Blanchette, La Renarde, Buissons, and Champs-des-Cuves...

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• De Castellane - founded in 1895. "An uncompromised style." The elaboration of quality and consistent champagnes requires a patient, precise and meticulous hand. Therefore, all harvesting is carried out by hand in order to preserve each grape up to pressuring. The character of the grapes from each village or cru is then preserved by individual vinifaction of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier in specially adapated vats. Fermentation takes place at low temperatures to emphasize the elegance and aromatic complexity of each variety and cru. A meticulous selection, orchestrated by the cellar master, brings together all of the different wines into one harmonious blend, encapsulating the "de Castellane style".
• De Sousa - since 1986. "Our 'Brut Tradition' Champagne is a blend of several vintages. It owes its roundness to the Pinot Noirs, its vinosity to the Pinot Meuniers and its freshness to the Chardonnays."
• De Venoge - founded in 1837. The Cuvées Princes: Wine of the Princes, Prince of wines. Princes cuvée, first made its appearance in 1850, and is said to have been exclusively produced for the Princes of Orange. At the time, the Royal Family of Holland used a decanter to serve Champagne in order to remove sediment from it. In 1961, the owner of de Venoge decided to use this decanter shape to produce their emblematic bottle. The Princes result from a careful selection of grapes from the best crus of Champagne. They are characterized by their elegance and freshness underlined by a subtle bitterness.
• DELAMOTTE - founded in 1760. "A Great Champagne is First and Foremost a Great Wine!" This is the golden rule in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, where Delamotte was founded in 1760. If Delamotte is one of the five oldest champagne houses, it is because we respect the traditions, we are dedicated to flavour and we craft our wines in the heart of the legendary Côte des Blancs terroir.
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• DELBECK - founded in 1832. "Delbeck was a Flemish banker who invested in vineyards, and the husband of baronne Balsamie Ponsardin who was a niece of the Veuve Clicquot. Delbeck champagne found favour with the court of Louis-Philippe of France, and was in 1838 named the official Champagne of the French monarchy. Subsequently Delbeck is the exclusive Champagne allowed to bear the royal emblem & the motto 'Fournisseurs de l'Ancienne Cour de France'."
• DEUTZ - founded in 1838. "Un champagne avec une histoire. Un champagne avec des histoires." The champagne house Deutz has developed since 1838 a champagne with a particular style combining finesse, complexity and vinosity.
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• DOM PÉRIGNON - "Sir, I have given you twenty-six bottles of the best wine in the world." - the monk Dom Pierre PÉrignon wrote those words on September 29, 1694. "Each vintage is a creation, singular and unique, that expresses both the character of the year, and the character of Dom Pérignon. After at least eight years of elaboration in the cellars, the wine embodies the perfect balance of Dom Pérignon, the Plénitude of harmony."
• Dom PÉrignon Scrapped Its Entire 2023 Champagne Vintage - "Inside the cellar master's decision to walk away from an entire year. Realizing the entire 2023 vintage was just not good enough, Chaperon rejected the entire cellar of base wine."
• Dosnon - founded in 2007. "La Maison Dosnon is located in Avirey-Lingy, in the heart of a unique terror called La Côte des Bars. Found in the southern part of the Champagne region, the vineyards are situated on rolling hills of hard limestone soils like Chablis. This terroir, dominated by clay-limestone soils, inspires particularly rich aromas and flavors in the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, which acquire an exceptional finesse and fruitiness as they age. Our knowledge of the most suitable terroirs for this wine, as well as our discerning selection of grapes and crus, allows us to craft complex and enticing wines."
• Dosnon & Lepage - "Located in the Aube, the far south of Champagne, less than an hour by car from Chablis. Created and run by Davy Dosnon and Simon-Charles Lepage, natives to the region, their wines are often described as 'full bodied' and 'mineral laden'."
• DRAPPIER - founded in 1808. "Our vineyards are like family archives that perpetuate our history. We grow heirloom grape varieties that deserve to be remembered: Fromenteau, Arbanne, Petit Meslier and Blanc Vrai. While many seek to achieve sophisticated excellence, we prefer natural and authentic qualities. We also highlight the many facets of our terroirs through our vinification techniques: our low sugar dosage and moderate use of sulfites - especially in the production of Drappier Brut Nature Sans Soufre."
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• DUVAL-LEROY - founded in 1859. "Nearly 160 years of innovation in Champagne... and an excellent future on the horizon." A family business and a French institution, our House has dedicated itself to the noble craft of champagne-making since 1859. Champagne pioneers, Duval-Leroy has always been driven by a quest for high standards and innovation in every aspect of the business, from quality, consistency and certification through to partnerships with sommeliers and chefs.

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• EugÈne Ralle - "Pierre Arnould Champagne and Eugene Ralle Champagne are both located at Verzenay, classified 'Grand cru', 100%. Tradition, quality and family are the third main values of these two houses. Eugene Ralle Champagne was created in 1925 by the Grandfather, who transmited all his ability and passion to his grandson Pierre Arnould, who created his own brand in 1955."

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• Fleury - founded in 1895. "Biodynamique depuis 1989."
• Francis Orban - founded in 1929. "Our vineyard lies in the heart of the Marne Valley, the birthplace of champagne, 15km from Epernay, champagne’s capital city. Today, still spurred on by the desire to satisfy you, you will find in the Francis Orban Champagne range a natural elegance and an inherited, authentic and genuine skill specific to our family and our terroir."
• Frerejean FrerÊs - founded in 1778. "The Grand Cru village of Avize nestles between rolling hills of vines in the Côte des Blancs, Champagne. The chalky soil in the area produces the beautifully mineral Chardonnay in our Grands Vins de Champagne."

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• Gardet - founded in 1895. "Deeply attached to its roots in the Champagne region, Maison Gardet combines 21st century technology with the tradition inspired by the founder of the House, to produce champagnes of outstanding quality."
• Gauthier-christophe - "The Gauthier family has been producing Champagne from father to son for three generations. Serge Gauthier and his wife Jacqueline Christophe created the house of Gauthier-Christophe in 1988 and successfully demonstrated their savoir faire over the years."
• GDD Chapuy - founded in 1911. "The Ultra Luxury Champagne." With a perfect 100% Grand Cru rating, Champagne GDD Chapuy’s vineyards represent the top 2% of the entire Champagne region. Only these prestigious 2% of Champagne villages have the coveted ability to produce the pinnacle of Champagne excellence. A 100% rated Grand Cru, pure chardonnay Champagne, as exemplified by GDD Chapuy’s esteemed Blanc de Blancs & Vintage Cuveés.
• G.H. Martel - founded in 1869. "Nowadays, the new G.H. Martel & Cie group now extends over a large stock of vineyards planted with Chardonnay and Pinot. The company has three traditional pressing centres, 20,000 m2 of cellars and 55,000 hl of vats, some of which are of the most modern stainless steel design with temperature regulation."
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• G.H. MUMM - founded in 1827. Situated in Reims in northern France, is one of the largest Champagne producers and it is currently ranked 4th globally based on number of bottles sold in 2015.
• GONET - founded in 1893. "A strong vineyard intention." A brilliant and luminous trail illuminates their lives. They are daughter and son of chalk, white, sweet and glowing. They led their steps under the light of a path drawn since 1830 in the heart of The Côte des Blancs, in Champagne. Chantal and Pierre Gonet, the brother and the sister, are carrying it on.
• GOSSET - founded in 1584. "The story of the GOSSET family begins over four centuries ago with the first official ancestor of the family line, Jean GOSSET (1484–1556), 'Seigneur of Aÿ and Mareuil'. Following in his footsteps, sixteen generations, all born in Aÿ in Champagne, would go on to win fame not only as deputy mayors, mayors, prosecutors, but also in growing and trading the wines of Champagne."
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• GOÛT DE DIAMANTS - "A Trbute To Luxury." Goût de Diamants is a handmade luxury champagne from a family run estate in the beautiful village of Oger, France, made with 100% rated Grand Cru grapes. "Taste of Diamonds" - the world’s most expensive champagne - houses a real diamond right on the face of the bottle. Price tag: US$1.8 million.
• GUY CHARLEMAGNE - founded in 1892. "Champagne Guy Charlemagne is situated in the heart of the Côte des Blancs, in the small village of Mesnil sur Oger. As father to son winegrowers since 1892, we only harvest and vinify grapes from our own vineyards. We produce around 130 000 bottles per year, sold 30% in France and 70% abroad. Our motto 'QUALITY IS MY TRUTH' is a constant motivation. Surrounded by a highly qualified staff, we all work together to elaborate our wines with the same objective. As a family business where tradition finds its path, we wish to share with you the values of our prestigious terroir by highlighting quality, authenticity and our dream."

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• HEIDSIECK MONOPOLE - founded in 1785. "The House is founded by Florens-Louis Heidsieck, a young German from Westphalia. As cloth manufacturer, he established a trading company for wool and wine in Reims and named it Heidsieck & Co. He soon gives up selling wool and focuses exclusively on trading in wine from the Champagne region. For a number of years, we have crafted reserve wines used in the production of our vintages. A portion of the harvested grapes showing great end note potential is preserved for 2 to 3 years. These wines play an important role in the blending process for the vintages, representing more than half of their composition. More structured, they add a certain roundness, and help to sustain the Heidsieck & Co Monopole style. Very fine wines, its bruts are made primarily from dark grape varieties, which lend a lovely structure and wonderfully powerful aroma. Thanks to vision of cellar master, our champagnes can last for decades and generations, combining the great champagne tradition with today’s tastes."
• HENRI CHAUVET - since beginning of the 1900s. "Tradition, Passion, Accueil..." Henri Chauvet, viticulteur and grafter created his own brand at the beginning of the last century. Since then three generations have continued with the same passion for the vines and the wine. Today, Mathilde and Damien CHAUVET are continuing this tradition for your pleasure. Situated in Rilly la Montagne, a village "1er cru" near to Reims, the family vines enjoy a privileged position. White or red, vinificated within the laws of the art and judicioulsy Blended, each of the three grape varieties bring their own character, indispensable for the creation of our Champagne.
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• HENRI GIRAUD - founded in 1975. "From the beginning, our estate has been involved to make the Champagne “the Great Wine of Champagne” again. Each of our cuvées explores new aestheticism and gives a powerful message which goes well beyond the simple repetition of the winegrower/craftsperson’s ancestral gestures moving aside to the advantage of Mother Nature; and the complete opposite of the industrial simplification that strips these gestures of their very essence for the benefit of a mass production. Connected to dreams of perfection and to freedom to innovate, we naturally create great wines that concentrate and transpose the energy of our Ay Grand Cru terroir. Learning from the experience of History without fear of revolutions, Pinots Noirs and Chardonnay grape varieties are only revealed in the heart of noble materials: Argonne oak casks, terracotta or sandstone." This may be the finest Champagne house virtually no one has ever heard of. - Robert Parker.
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• HENRIOT - founded in 1808. "The finest Blancs de Champagne are at the heartof the history, the vines and the very essence of Maison Henriot. The champagne house incorporates an exceptionally high proportion of Premiers and Grands Crus in its cuvées, which come from the best Chardonnay parcels. Signature Cuvées: Champagne Henriot unveils the signature cuvées of its collection, incarnating the unique expression of the House. Exceptional Cuvées: These exceptional cuvées illustrate the perfect, luminous, pure expression of the great Champagne terroirs, perfected by human talent."

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• Irroy - founded in 1820. Taittinger also owns Champagne Irroy, a faded star, near extinct, but at one time a member of the old Syndicat des Grandes Marques. Made from Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay.
• Ivernel - founded in 1963. Made from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier.

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• J. Lemoine - founded in 1945. "This unbranded brut champagne is from the Laurent-Perrier group. The champagne is fruity and has light aromas of citrus fruits to entice you in. The complex flavour is well balanced and features a lengthy finish. The golden liquid is aged for a minimum of two years in the cellars and due to this the champagne is rich, light and elegant."
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• JACQUES SELOSSE - founded in 1960. "Our domain is located in the village of Avize, situated in the Côte de Blancs. A family-run property which encompasses close to 8 hectares of vines in the crus of Avize, Cramant, Oger, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, Ay, Mareuil-sur-Aÿ and Ambonnay. From 1990 to 1996 the principles of agro-biology were applied in the vineyards, from 1996 his focus turned to bio-dynamics. In 2002 Anselme distanced himself from the bio-dynamic doctrine, defying the usual codes and processes as he did not wish to have any hand in influencing nature. The thoughts and reflections of Masanobu Fukuoa and permaculture had begun to inspire him and subsequently the attention he pays to the vines and the wine."
• JACQUESSON - founded in 1798. "Until 1999, Non-Vintage Brut reigned supreme over all Champagne. A convention of homogeneity which tied the hands of those who made the wines. And then, everything changed. Our revolution took the world by surprise but quickly won followers when they were presented with the results. Since then, every bottle proclaims its independence with the three digits of its birth, starting with the 728th Cuvée from the Domaine."
• Jacquinot & Fils - founded in 1947. "The elaboration of Champagne starts with good viticulture to ensure the production of quality grapes. The 3 Champagne grape varieties are grown on the estate: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. The growth cycle takes place throughout the season under the control of our technicians who are the quality controllers of our grapes."
• Jeeper - founded in 1949. Jeeper is a young, solid and dynamic team entirely focused on turning its plans into reality. With a strong and enthusiastic team anything is possible."
• Joseph Perrier - founded in 1825. "Tradition inspires us." The House of Joseph Perrier is an individual and historic one. Each champagne is carefully made to demonstrate the precise and particular style of the cuvée. Joseph Perrier leaves the Champagne to age in peace in just under 2 miles of historical cellars dating back to the 4th century.
• JUGLAR - defunct Champagne house in 1829 merged into Jacquesson.

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• KRUG - "Only Prestige Champagnes since 1843." Since summer 2011, all bottles of Krug Champagne feature a KRUG ID located on the left-hand side of the back label. For Krug Grande Cuvées, the KRUG ID reveals the oldest and youngest wines that went into the making of the bottle, as well as the details and challenges of that particular season.

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• Lallier - "The LALLIER brand was founded in 1906 by a famous figure from Champagne and relaunched by his grandson in 1994. Francis Tribaut took over the helm of the company in 2004. LALLIER is a craft manufacture creating prestigious crus de Champagne. Our wines are highly expressive and an invitation to share the art of drinking well. Francis Tribaut aspires to create exceptional Champagnes in our cellars, where manual craftsmanship celebrates beauty in every gesture."
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• LANSON - founded in 1760. "Lanson, it’s all about Love." At Lanson, we’re among those who believe in love. Love for the soil, for the terroir, of a job well done, A sustainable love. A love of sharing, of being together, of making people happy. At Lanson, we will always stand for the values of openness, kindness, humility, authenticity and elegance. Since 1760, we’ve been for those who hold out a hand, who love each other, and prove it. Each in their own way, but always the most beautiful way.
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• LAURENT-PERRIER - founded in 1812. "At Laurent-Perrier, passion guides the hand. An unrivalled creator of style and emotions since 1812, Laurent-Perrier suits every occasion and offers a unique experience for all senses through its innovative and comprehensive range of champagnes. Laurent-Perrier shares an epicurean vision with champagne lovers all over the world and has no higher ambition than to demonstrate an elegant Art de Vivre à la française, charged with emotion."
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• Laurent-Perrier Grand SiÈcle - "Grand Siècle is a Prestige Cuvée that is a unique concept, different from the others. It is the only Cuvée de Prestige in Champagne based on the blend and not on the vintage. Grand Siècle is not a vintage wine. Each iteration is numbered, much more rarely than vintage years in Champagne. Only 24 iterations have been produced in 65 years compared to the 45 vintages declared for the entire profession over the same period."
• 100-Point Champagne Wine Finds A Perfect Balance Blending Three Outstanding Vintages - "Last year, the recently released Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle Itération N.26 was given a 100-point score by world-renowned wine critic James Suckling, and he also named it his 'Wine of the Year' out of a selection of 39,000 bottles."
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• Le Chemin du Roi - founded in 2018. "This gleaming and vibrant pink Champagne illuminates The King’s Path. Chemin du Roi Rosé is made from grapes grown in some of the finest vineyards in Champagne. Aged for over 4 years on it's lees to create a crisp and smooth Champagne, notes of strawberries, and black currants shine on the palate."
• LEGRAS & Haas - founded in 1991. "In the heart of Champagne." Our assemblages are always a tribute to the diversity and depth of Champagne terroirs. Founded by Brigitte Haas and François Legras, we craft most elegant Blanc de Blancs.
• Leon Launois - founded in 1872. One of the oldest established families in Le Mesnil Sur Oger, a prestigious "Grand Cru" listed village in the Côte des Blancs.
• Lombard - founded in 1925. "Soil, climate, topography and viticulture are the 4 factors that define 'terroir'. We observe their influences from a cru or even a single parcel in order to reveal every terroir that we vinify."
• Louis de Sacy - "Our family owns vineyard in Champagne since 1633, and André Sacy, in 1962, make The decision to produce Champagne, creating at the beginning Champagne Sacy Père et Fils which will become Champagne Louis de Sacy in 1986. The Estate is located in a very famous terroir in Montagne de Reims, Verzy. This is where we have grown vines for 13 generations with passion and the wish of transmission of our knowhow always in mind."
• Louis Massing - "Situated in the heart of the Côte des Blancs area, Louis Massing is a familial Champagne House since 1936. Its champagne is the product of a centuries old champagne-making tradition. We will be pleased to welcome you in our House for a tasting of our Cuvées."
• Louis Perdrier - founded in 1878.
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• LOUIS ROEDERER - founded in 1776. "Time, the ultimate luxury." The Louis Roederer champagne house has been creating wines for over two centuries. The crafting of a fine champagne requires a slow rhythm, patience and restraint. Time is the ultimate luxury. The time to reflect, to mature and to question. The time to patiently blend components, the time to go back and start again, to choose a better path, the time to share experience and work together towards the creation of outstanding champagnes from unique terroirs, worked with respect, passion and humility.
• Louis Tollet - "A glorious cuvée of 55% Pinot Noir & 45% Chardonnay from this noble house in Epernay. Aromatic and harmonious with distinguished and complex notes of hazelnut and apricot."
• L&S Cheurlin - "Wine producers for several generations to date, our expertise was initiated by our ancestors... My brother Sébastien still remembers long walks in the vineyards with our great grandfather Etienne, who would stand in the middle of the vines, teaching him to listen to and feel nature. Our father, Richard, still spends time teaching us how to observe our Earth, the flora and fauna being such valuable indicators of the health and condition of the soil. Studying the surrounding microcosm in this way helps us to work our vines in a balanced, harmonious manner. We invite you to get to know our champagnes, which are the fruit of our experience, a 'terroir' of exception and our attachment to vines and wine."

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• MAILLY Grand Cru - founded in 1929. Produces only Grand Cru Champagne from its 70 hectares of vineyards, using just Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes.
• Maison Burtin - Maison founded in 1930, Epernay, private-label supplier for the European mass retail market and also producer of Champagne Alfred Rothschild.
• MANDOIS - "The 'birth certificate' of the Mandois vineyards dates back to 1735 when the family decided to acquire some vineyards in Champagne. At that time, Jean Mandois, a contemporary of Brother Oudart, possessed and worked a few plots of vines on the hillsides of Epernay. 1860 was a revolutionary year in the long family history. This was the year when Jean Mandois’ great-grandson, Victor Mandois, a visionary and trailblazer, took the decision that he would vinify and sell the wines of Champagne in Epernay. Thanks to Victor’s passion for his craft, shared by the ensuing generations inspired by his work, Champagne Mandois is now available around the world and is reputed to be among the great Champagne Houses."
• Mansard - founded in 1910. "The Mansard family has been making distinctive champagne wines for 4 generations. Its vineyards are in the delightful village of Cerseuil in Champagne, on the champagne tourist route overlooking the Marne Valley. As the brand’s reputation increased over the years, the company’s rapid growth led to a need for new facilities and more spacious buildings. In 1969, some superb caves 20 m deep in the heart of Epernay were chosen as the site on which Maison Mansard would develop and prosper. The splendid, large-capacity winery, with its ultra-modern equipment, means that each wine can be separately vinified and selected, thus providing total continuity for this much sought-after product ... Mansard champagne. At the end of the 20th Century, the company was sold to a Champagne family, which has retained and perpetuated the Mansard family tradition."
• Marguet - "Benoit Marguet, the man behind this exciting Champagne house belongs to the generation of young wine growers who revolutionized Burgundy and Champagne over the last decade. Champagne Marguet is located in the Grand Cru Village of Ambonnay, where the property was first founded in 1870. Benoit is the 5th generation of the Marguet family, changed it dramatically applying both to his vineyards management and wine making philosophy. The domaine’s holding consist of total 8 ha under vines - all Grand Crus: 7.30 ha in the village of Ambonnay (Lieux dits: Les Saints Remys, Les Beurys, Les Crayeres, La Grande Ruelle, Les Bermonts and Le Parc), and 0.70 ha in the village of Bouzy (Lieux dits: Les Loges, Les Hannepes). The average age of the vines is over 40 years, and the yield consists of 58% of Pinot Noir and 42% Chardonnay. Benoit has converted the entire estate to extreme biodynamic & aromatherapic farming since 2009. The well being of the soil is priority of Benoit, and since 2010 exclusively 2 horses, which belong to the domaine, plough all the vineyards, which is unique in Champagne and very rare in the world of wine. Benoit works with Claude & Lydia Bourguignon and uses Biodinamic massale selection."
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• Marie Stuart - founded in 1867. "A tribute to Marie Stuart. She was Queen of Scotland and Queen of France, wife to Francis II and the rival of Queen Elizabeth I of England. The story of this monarch, her passionate and glamorous personality, her weaknesses and grandeurs, has always inspired artists, writers and poets of every age. She was very fond of the Champagne region where she stayed with her aunt Renata of Lorraine, at the time Abbess of Saint-Pierre-les-Dames Abbey in Reims. There she won the hearts of the local population. A street in Reims was renamed in her honour (one of its buildings is currently home to the Union of Champagne Houses). Established in Reims in 1867, La Maison de Champagne Marie Stuart belongs to the prestigious world of grand champagne houses. Its story began in 1867 in the heart of Reims, but its recent development dates back to the 1960s when it moved to 8, Place de la République."
• Massing - "Situated in the heart of the Côte des Blancs area, Louis Massing is a familial Champagne House since 1936. Its champagne is the product of a centuries old champagne-making tradition. We will be pleased to welcome you in our House for a tasting of our Cuvées."
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• MAXIM'S DE PARIS - "Our Blanc de Blanc, Blanc de Noir, Brut and Rose champagnes are dressed in their finest evening wear." Our champagnes are not only tasty and top-of-the-range, they are also affordable and are in themselves true gourmet gift sets. Alone or in its case, our champagne bottles are elegant and can easily be integrated into larger compositions. Of course, you can combine them with our Maxim’s branded flutes also available on our online shop, also, you can even add accessories such as the sommelier’s knife and the hermetic button, must-haves for any champagne amateur. Our champagne range is regularly enriched with new creations such as the 'Belle Époque' and its very festive decoration or the rose champagne, an interesting novelty that will awaken your gustatory curiosity.
• MERCIER - founded in 1858. "Designed and decorated to impress, to this day the Mercier cellars are among the most often toured cellars in Champagne and receive over 100,000 visitors every year. One of the most remarkable objects to be seen on the Mercier tour is the 'giant wine cask,' which bears witness to another of the founder’s flashes of genius. Eugène Mercier arranged the building of the world’s biggest wine barrel, which was designed for assemblage."
• Meunier & Cie - founded in 1894. "Boutique French Champagne." Founded in the heart of the idyllic Chatel St Germain, in the wine-growing region of Moselle in northern France, the House of Meunier Champagne was born of kindred passion. From the bonds of friendship and the careful alchemy of the finest wine-producing experts emerged sophisticated and majestic champagne. Meunier & Cie 1894 Champagne now stands out proudly as a drink of pure excellence supplying the community of London and overall Europe and the US with quality products at a fair market price since 1894. Whether you are in the need of Brut or Rose Champagne, our team of devoted hard-working associates will have them delivered to you in no time.
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• MOËT & CHANDON - founded in 1743. "The legendary Moët & Chandon is celebrating 270 years as the world’s most loved champagne. For over a quarter of a millennium, the renowned French winemaker has been sharing the magic of champagne across the globe. Every glass overflows with the House’s hallmark values of history, generosity, savoir-faire, success, boldness and elegance—values still at the heart of its global appeal. Toward the end of the 18th century, Jean-Remy Moët, grandson of founder Claude Moët, became famous as the man who introduced champagne to the world. The important figures of the era, from the Marquise de Pompadour to Talleyrand to Napoleon quickly fell in love with the House’s effervescent wine. Moët & Chandon was soon the icon of success and elegance that it remains to this day."
• MOËT ICE IMPÉRIAL - "Ice Impérial, the first and only champagne especially created to be enjoyed over ice. A new champagne experience combining fun, fresh and free sensations while remaining true to the Moët & Chandon style, a style distinguished by its bright fruitiness, its seductive palate and its elegant maturity."
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• MONOPOLE HEIDSIECK - founded in 1785. "The House is founded by Florens-Louis Heidsieck, a young German from Westphalia. As cloth manufacturer, he established a trading company for wool and wine in Reims and named it Heidsieck & Co. He soon gives up selling wool and focuses exclusively on trading in wine from the Champagne region. For a number of years, we have crafted reserve wines used in the production of our vintages. A portion of the harvested grapes showing great end note potential is preserved for 2 to 3 years. These wines play an important role in the blending process for the vintages, representing more than half of their composition. More structured, they add a certain roundness, and help to sustain the Heidsieck & Co Monopole style. Very fine wines, its bruts are made primarily from dark grape varieties, which lend a lovely structure and wonderfully powerful aroma. Thanks to vision of cellar master, our champagnes can last for decades and generations, combining the great champagne tradition with today’s tastes."
• Montaudon - Founded in 1891, Montaudon is a very old and traditional champagne house. It was managed by the founder’s family since 4 generations, and it now belongs to the Alliance Group since December 2010. Today, thanks to the richness and quality of the sourcing from the 2400 hectares of the Alliance Group vineyard, the style and heritage of the House Montaudon are respected and transmitted in each of their bottles.
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• MOUTARD - founded in 1927. Brut Champagnes, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay varieties. Discover the new sulphur-free ranges. The Moutard family’s vineyard covers 23 hectares. Côte des Bar is characterised by an oceanic/continental climate and soil animated by a Kimmeridgian band. It is made up of a succession of marls and clay limestone aged from 152 to 157 million years old, renowned for their extensive marine fossils and Exogyra Virgula fossilised oysters. This characteristic offers wines with greater roundness, character and complexity than other Champagnes.
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• MUMM - founded in 1827. One of the largest Champagne producers and it is currently ranked 4th globally based on number of bottles sold. For nearly two centuries Maison Mumm has been refining its savoir-faire, sustained and inspired by its 218 hectares in some of the most remarkable terroirs in Champagne. From vine to wine, discover how we create our champagnes.

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• Napoleon Champagne - since 2009. 5 champagnes.
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• NICOLAS FEUILLATTE - founded in 1972. "The success of Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte is synonymous with the legacy of visionary men. Its history is inextricably linked to the meeting of two men in particular: Nicolas Feuillatte, founder of the eponymous Champagne brand and intrepid businessman, and Henri Macquart, the founding father of the Champagne cooperative, Centre Vinicole de la Champagne. Swiftly backed by a handful of willing supporters, they soon succeed in their mission to make drinking quality Champagne a reality for as wide an audience as possible."
• Nicolas Gueusquin - founded in 1993. "Nicolas Gueusquin is more than a brand, it is a tribute to the talented local man of the same name who applies his passion for the wine and its terroir to produce delicious, expressive cuvées, each with their own unique style."

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• Patrick Soutiran - founded in 1971. "Taking over from his father Gérard Soutiran, Patrick set up his company in 1971. His children, Estelle and Fabrice, independent wine makers and producers, now operate the estate and make the wines. With centuries of family experience and expertise, plus exceptionally fine land, Estelle and Fabrice are keen to introduce you to their unique, frequently praised champagnes."
• Paul Goerg - founded in 1950. "Signature Chardonnay..." Located in Vertus, in the heart of the famous Côte des Blancs, Paul Goerg ‘s DNA is chardonnay. Its unique 120 hectares vineyard is indeed almost exclusively planted with this varietal, symbol of finesse and elegance. Our vineyard ensures our Champagne a constant supply in very high quality grapes. Chardonnay ‘s elegance and finesse is the prestigious signature of Champagne Paul Goerg.
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• PERRIER-JOUËT - founded in 1811. Produces both vintage and non-vintage cuvée, approximately 3,000,000 bottles annually, with its prestige label named Belle Epoque.
• PHILIPPONNAT - founded in 1522. "Where tradition was born." Philipponnat is a French Champagne House with deep and historic family roots since 1522. By renewing its traditions to perpetuate the best.
• Pierre Arnould - "Pierre Arnould Champagne and Eugene Ralle Champagne are both located at Verzenay, classified 'Grand cru', 100%. Tradition, quality and family are the third main values of these two houses. Eugene Ralle Champagne was created in 1925 by the Grandfather, who transmited all his ability and passion to his grandson Pierre Arnould, who created his own brand in 1955."
• Pierre Mignon - founded in 1970. "Maison Pierre Mignon is located in Le Breuil, an area recognized for the quality of its Pinot Meunier, in the Marne Valley. Following a long line of winegrowers, Maison Pierre Mignon has been making exceptional champagnes for five generations, in the purest respect for tradition while at the same embracing innovation."
• PIERRE PÉTERS - founded in 1839. "The Pierre Péters estate, situated in the heart of the 'Côte des Blancs' in the village of Le Mesnil sur Oger, has been a family house for six generations and has produced Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Champagnes since 1919. We do everything possible to express the chalky soil of our great terroirs as passionate craftsmen."
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• PIPER-HEIDSIECK - founded in 1785. Owning no vineyards of their own, Piper-Heidsieck sources grapes from 60 vineyards in the Champagne region, and produces around five million bottles of champagne a year.
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• POL ROGER - founded in 1849. The house's prestige label is the vintage Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill. Churchill is quoted as saying of his favourite tipple "In victory, deserve it. In defeat, need it!".
• Pol Roger CuvÉe Sir Winston Churchill - since 1975. "Champagne Pol Roger created their Prestige Cuvée in homage to Sir Winston Churchill mindful of the qualities that he sought in his champagne: robustness, a full-bodied character and relative maturity. The exact blend is a closely guarded family secret but it is undeniable that the composition would meet with the approval of the man to whom it is dedicated: 'My tastes are simple, I am easily satisfied with the best'. Pinot Noir predominates, providing structure, breadth and robustness whilst Chardonnay contributes elegance, finesse and subtlety. Composed exclusively of grapes sourced from Grands Crus Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vineyards which were already under vine during Churchill's lifetime. Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill is only made in the very best vintages and is always released later than the other vintage dated Champagnes from Pol Roger, marking Churchill's appreciation for older wines."
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• POMMERY - founded in 1836. Champagne Pommery was the first house to commercialize a brut Champagne in 1874. For more than 40 years, we have dedicated ourselves to the creation and development of great wines from exceptional terroirs. Each of our commitments reflects our fierce desire to harmonize land and wine lovers. AOC Champagne. Production site with ISO 9000-14001-22000 certification. 2014 double certification for the management of our vineyard: High Environmental Value and Sustainable Development. Les Clos Pompadour at Domaine Pommery: 25 hectares at the heart of Reims. 392 hectares.

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• Richard Cheurlin - founded in 1956. "Depending on the varieties, their different blendings, years for the vintages and the dosage, we can offer a wide range of champagnes according to your taste and way of drinking them: before a meal, with dessert and above all during a meal."
• Roger Brun - founded in 1898. "Champagne Roger Brun run 60 parcels mostly in the historic UNESCO classified vineyards around Aÿ. The family Brun, surely is highly skilled wine maker."
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• RUINART - founded in 1729. "The first established house of Champagne." The House of Ruinart is unlike any other. It was the first established House of Champagne in 1729 and inspired by the intuition of a monk well ahead of his time. The house is today owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA. Maison Ruinart creates elegant, fresh and sophisticated champagnes with a refined structure. Acclaimed as the most remarkable white grape variety, Chardonnay is the essence of all the Maison's cuvées. The grapes, carefully harvested on different terroirs, offer complementary characteristics. This precise selection and the art of blending guarantee the unique signature of each Ruinart cuvée.

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• SALON - founded in 1905. "The fact that Salon still conserves bottles in its cellars from nearly every vintage is testament to its legacy and honours it." Salon is a unique champagne. Defined by its singularity since the very beginning, this exceptional wine is the champagne of a single terroir: the Côte des Blancs; a single cru: Le Mesnil-sur-Oger; a single grape variety: Chardonnay; a single year: that of a great vintage; and of one man: Eugène-Aimé Salon.
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• Sapience - founded in 2006. "La première cuvée certifiée bio en Champagne." Sapience is a collaboration between Benoit Marguet, Benoit Lahaye, Vincent Laval, and David Leclapart. The concept is to craft a Champagne using extreme ...
• Senez - founded in 1973. "Virtuous, Eco-Responsible Champagnes, HVE Certified." Emblematic cuvées of the house, signed by the founder, the vintage range is characterized by gluttony, freshness and its quality / price ratio.
• Soutiran - founded in 1969. "Our ambition is to let you discover, through our work, all the wealth and diversity of the “Wines from Champagne”. Faced with the standardization of tastes dictated by mass production, we defend the notions of terroir and artisanal know-how; these values constitute our roots and make our champagnes authentic. Our convictions are reinforced by the trust of professionals, the enthusiasm of consumers and recognition from the press; they motivate us to continue along the path of singularity."

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• TAITTINGER - founded in 1734. French wine family who are famous producers of Champagne. The Taittinger Champagne house is based in Reims. The flagship wines of the house are the Comtes de Champagne (composed of 100% Chardonnay) and Comtes de Champagne Rosé (70% Pinot noir and 30% Chardonnay ). In 2017, Taittinger planted its first vines in England, near a village in Kent, for its venture into English sparkling wine. The first bottle will be ready in 2023.
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• Telmont - founded in 1912. "In 2021 Telmont launches its first certified organic cuvée: Réserve de la Terre, the result of a decade of passion and determination. Telmont is setting new standards for its production: no more transparent bottles, no more packaging and innovative labels."
• ThiÉnot - founded in 1985. "Excellence ... With Passion." Australian winemaker Penfolds has unveiled a new collaboration with family-owned Champagne House Thiénot. Three Champagnes, from the 2012 vintage, have been created: a Chardonnay Pinot Noir Cuvée, and two single vineyard wines - a Blanc de Blancs and a Blanc de Noirs. This symbolically celebrates Penfolds 175th anniversary and marks the start of a wonderful French and Australian wine alliance.
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• Tour d'Argent - "For us, excellence consists in the constant search for balance between vinosity, integrity and elegance." As a guarantor of the French art of living and good hospitality, our passion for gastronomy has naturally led us to develop our Tour d'Argent Champagnes. Symbols of our meetings with craftsmen who share our values, treasures of the most beautiful soils of France. Invite La Tour d'Argent to your table. Champagne!

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• Veuve Cheurlin - founded in 1919. "Terroir et tradition, modernité en héritage..." Période des vendanges terminée, le cycle de la vigne commence après la tombée des feuilles. La vigne a fait sa mise en réserve et est alors en dormance. Nous commençons à travailler les sols. C’est également une période rythmée par les foires et salons, les ventes et expéditions de champagne.
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• Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin - one of the largest champagne houses in the world. Founded in 1772 by Philippe Clicquot and is one of the largest champagne houses in the world. Madame Clicquot is credited with major breakthroughs, creating the first known vintage champagne in 1810, and inventing the riddling table process to clarify champagne in 1816. In 1818, she invented the first known blended rosé champagne by blending still red and white champagne wines. This process is still used today by the majority of champagne producers.
• VILMART & CO. - founded in 1890. "Vilmart respects the family heritage, and crafts its wines with an environmentally friendly approach. Drawing on a legacy of know-how passed down through five generations and driven by constantly renewed energy, Vilmart makes champagnes that express emotion and sharing. Sensitivity, intuition and a free spirit enable the house to produce unique wines. Vilmart champagnes are an interaction of subtle sensations between Chardonnay and Pinot Noir."
• VRANKEN POMMERY - founded in 1976. "For more than 40 years, we have dedicated ourselves to the creation and development of great wines from exceptional terroirs. Each of our commitments reflects our fierce desire to harmonize land and wine lovers." AOC Champagne; Production site with ISO 9000-14001-22000 certification; 2014 double certification for the management of our vineyard: High Environmental Value and Sustainable Development; Les Clos Pompadour at Domaine Pommery: 25 hectares at the heart of Reims; 392 hectares.

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• WHITE SEAL - Brut White Seal Champagne by Moët & Chandon.