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  • 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 special framework conditions 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 & Enjoyment
    The cork of a champagne bottle, like all corks, has an elongated, cylindrical shape at the beginning. The familiar 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 that is added to the champagne before the 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 important role in the ageing and maturing process of the...
  • Homo Bulla
    Serve & enjoy
    We are just a bubble that rises and bursts! It is the time of the Baroque, the time of vanitas paintings with skulls...
  • First (1st) fermentation
    Production & Methods
    After pressing, the grape must is usually fermented in large steel tanks or oak barrels, whereby the resulting CO2...
  • Second (2nd) 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 of...
  • 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 the champagne and give it a touch of magic...
  • Grape varieties
    Grapes & varieties
    7 grape varieties are permitted for the production of Champagne, of which 3 are mainly used...
  • Regions
    Cultivation & Terroir
    Champagne, which is the only authorized area for the production of the base 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 designation Zero Dosage (Brut Nature or Pas Dosé) is used for champagnes with a residual sugar content of less than 3g...

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