Filter categoriesAllCultivation & TerroirProduction & MethodsGrapes & VarietiesServe & Enjoy Cultivation, harvesting and pressing Cultivation & Terroir Numerous regulations govern the cultivation, harvesting and pressing of the Champagne grape varieties.... Assemblage / wine blending Production & Methods The «assemblage» combines different, selected base wines to a unique champagne artwork... Solera / Réserve perpétuelle Production & Methods The fresh wines of the last vintage are "educated" by the older wines and take on the mature characteristics of the... Soil / Terroir Cultivation & Terroir The main characteristics of the Champagne soil form the particular framework for a mosaic of microterroirs... Blanc de Blancs Grapes & Varieties «Blanc de Blancs» are made exclusively from Chardonnay grapes and are not only rarer... Blanc de Noirs Grapes & Varieties «A white from black grapes» is more powerful and complex, but just as elegant, as a Blanc of the Blancs.... Champagne shower Serve & Enjoy If you have to, you can splash champagne instead of drinking it. Apparently it does... Champagne & crown corks Production & Methods, Serving & Enjoying The cork of a champagne bottle, like all corks, has an elongated cylindrical shape to begin with. The well-known mushroom shape... Cuvée Grapes & Varieties Cuvée is a designation for the quality of the wine obtained from the very first, very gentle pressing of the grapes... Disgorging / dégorgement Production & Methods «Disgorgement» is the process of removing the yeast deposit created during the 2nd fermentation from the neck of the bottle.... Dosage Production & Methods The wine and sugar solution added to Champagne before final corking is called dosage.... History of champagne Production & Methods According to legend, the Benedictine monk Pierre Pérignon (1638-1715), known as Dom Pérignon, is credited with inventing the «Méthode... Bottle sizes Serve & Enjoy Champagne is offered in various bottle sizes. The size plays an essential role in the ageing and maturing process of the... Homo Bulla Serve & Enjoy We're just a bubble that rises and bursts! It is the time of the baroque, the time of the vanitas pictures with skulls... First (1.) fermentation Production & Methods After pressing, the grape must is usually fermented in large steel tanks or oak barrels, where the resulting CO2... Second (2.) fermentation Production & Methods The noble creation of the «assemblage» is bottled in champagne bottles and provided with the so-called «liqueur de tirage»... Grand Cru / Premier Cru Cultivation & Terroir In Champagne, the vines from which Champagne is made are grown in 319 villages and communes. These are classified on a scale... Storage Serve & Enjoy Champagne bottles should be stored lying down and not refrigerated, so that the natural cork remains moist and tight... Maisons (Champagne Houses) Cultivation & Terroir Champagne wines owe their worldwide reputation to the talent and experience of the champagne houses... Méthode Champenoise Production & Methods The «Méthode Champenoise» includes the 1st and the 2nd fermentation, whereby the 2nd fermentation always takes place in tightly closed bottles... Perlage Production & Methods The pearl-shaped bubbles are an important indicator of the quality of champagne and give it that touch of magic.... Grape varieties Grapes & Varieties For the production of champagne, 7 grape varieties are permitted, of which mainly 3 are used... Regions Cultivation & Terroir Champagne, which is the only authorised area for the production of the basic wines of champagne, is divided into 20 regions... Remuage / joggling Production & Methods A professional «joggler» can shake around 40,000 bottles per day. Marked with a chalk line at the bottom of the bottle... Rosé & Saignée Grapes & Varieties Rosé Champagne is the blending of white and red champagne base wines by «assemblage», but it can also be done differently... Sabrage Serve & Enjoy «Sabrage», or sabering, a rather impressive way to open a champagne bottle, has its origins... Serving the champagne Serve & Enjoy For the aromas of the champagne to develop properly, it mustn't be too chilled. Ideally, the temperature should be... Vintage / non-vintage Grapes & Varieties A vintage champagne is only produced in years where the grapes are of a particularly exceptional quality... Zero Dosage Grapes & Varieties The Zero Dosage designation (Brut Nature or Pas Dosé) is listed for Champagnes whose residual sugar content is less than 3g...
Filter categoriesAllCultivation & TerroirProduction & MethodsGrapes & VarietiesServe & Enjoy Cultivation, harvesting and pressing Cultivation & Terroir Numerous regulations govern the cultivation, harvesting and pressing of the Champagne grape varieties.... Assemblage / wine blending Production & Methods The «assemblage» combines different, selected base wines to a unique champagne artwork... Solera / Réserve perpétuelle Production & Methods The fresh wines of the last vintage are "educated" by the older wines and take on the mature characteristics of the... Soil / Terroir Cultivation & Terroir The main characteristics of the Champagne soil form the particular framework for a mosaic of microterroirs... Blanc de Blancs Grapes & Varieties «Blanc de Blancs» are made exclusively from Chardonnay grapes and are not only rarer... Blanc de Noirs Grapes & Varieties «A white from black grapes» is more powerful and complex, but just as elegant, as a Blanc of the Blancs.... Champagne shower Serve & Enjoy If you have to, you can splash champagne instead of drinking it. Apparently it does... Champagne & crown corks Production & Methods, Serving & Enjoying The cork of a champagne bottle, like all corks, has an elongated cylindrical shape to begin with. The well-known mushroom shape... Cuvée Grapes & Varieties Cuvée is a designation for the quality of the wine obtained from the very first, very gentle pressing of the grapes... Disgorging / dégorgement Production & Methods «Disgorgement» is the process of removing the yeast deposit created during the 2nd fermentation from the neck of the bottle.... Dosage Production & Methods The wine and sugar solution added to Champagne before final corking is called dosage.... History of champagne Production & Methods According to legend, the Benedictine monk Pierre Pérignon (1638-1715), known as Dom Pérignon, is credited with inventing the «Méthode... Bottle sizes Serve & Enjoy Champagne is offered in various bottle sizes. The size plays an essential role in the ageing and maturing process of the... Homo Bulla Serve & Enjoy We're just a bubble that rises and bursts! It is the time of the baroque, the time of the vanitas pictures with skulls... First (1.) fermentation Production & Methods After pressing, the grape must is usually fermented in large steel tanks or oak barrels, where the resulting CO2... Second (2.) fermentation Production & Methods The noble creation of the «assemblage» is bottled in champagne bottles and provided with the so-called «liqueur de tirage»... Grand Cru / Premier Cru Cultivation & Terroir In Champagne, the vines from which Champagne is made are grown in 319 villages and communes. These are classified on a scale... Storage Serve & Enjoy Champagne bottles should be stored lying down and not refrigerated, so that the natural cork remains moist and tight... Maisons (Champagne Houses) Cultivation & Terroir Champagne wines owe their worldwide reputation to the talent and experience of the champagne houses... Méthode Champenoise Production & Methods The «Méthode Champenoise» includes the 1st and the 2nd fermentation, whereby the 2nd fermentation always takes place in tightly closed bottles... Perlage Production & Methods The pearl-shaped bubbles are an important indicator of the quality of champagne and give it that touch of magic.... Grape varieties Grapes & Varieties For the production of champagne, 7 grape varieties are permitted, of which mainly 3 are used... Regions Cultivation & Terroir Champagne, which is the only authorised area for the production of the basic wines of champagne, is divided into 20 regions... Remuage / joggling Production & Methods A professional «joggler» can shake around 40,000 bottles per day. Marked with a chalk line at the bottom of the bottle... Rosé & Saignée Grapes & Varieties Rosé Champagne is the blending of white and red champagne base wines by «assemblage», but it can also be done differently... Sabrage Serve & Enjoy «Sabrage», or sabering, a rather impressive way to open a champagne bottle, has its origins... Serving the champagne Serve & Enjoy For the aromas of the champagne to develop properly, it mustn't be too chilled. Ideally, the temperature should be... Vintage / non-vintage Grapes & Varieties A vintage champagne is only produced in years where the grapes are of a particularly exceptional quality... Zero Dosage Grapes & Varieties The Zero Dosage designation (Brut Nature or Pas Dosé) is listed for Champagnes whose residual sugar content is less than 3g...
