Cultivation, harvesting and pressing
Numerous and detailed regulations govern the cultivation, harvesting and pressing of the Champagne grape varieties....
Solera / Réserve perpétuelle
The fresh wines of the last vintage are "brought up" by the older wines
"educated" and take on the mature qualities of the...
Assemblage / wine blending
The «assemblage» combines different, selected base wines to a unique Champagne artwork...
Soil / Terroir
The main characteristics of the Champagne soil form the particular framework for a mosaic of microterroirs...
Blanc de Blancs
«Blanc de Blancs» are made exclusively from Chardonnay grapes and are not only rarer...
Blanc de Noirs
«A white from black grapes» is more powerful and complex, but just as elegant, as a Blanc of the Blancs....
Champagne shower
If you have to, you can splash champagne instead of drinking it. Apparently it does...
Champagne & crown corks
The cork of a Champagne bottle, like all corks, has an elongated cylindrical shape to begin with. The well-known mushroom shape...
Disgorging / dégorgement
«Disgorgement» is the process of removing the yeast deposit created during the 2nd fermentation from the neck of the bottle....