Dosage
The wine and sugar solution added to champagne before final corking is called dosage....
History of champagne
According to legend, the Benedictine monk Pierre Pérignon (1638-1715), known as Dom Pérignon, is credited with inventing the "Méthode...
Bottle sizes
Champagne is offered in various bottle sizes. The size plays an essential role in the ageing and maturing process of the...
Homo Bulla
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
After pressing, the grape must is usually fermented in large steel tanks or oak barrels, where the resulting CO2...
Second (2.) fermentation
The noble creation of the «assemblage» is bottled in Champagne bottles and provided with the so-called «liqueur de tirage»...
Grand Cru / Premier Cru
In Champagne, the vines from which Champagne is made are grown in 319 villages and communes. These are classified on a scale...
Maisons (Champagne Houses)
Champagne wines owe their worldwide reputation to the talent and experience of the champagne houses...
Méthode Champenoise
The «Méthode Champenoise» includes the 1st and the 2nd fermentation, whereby the 2nd fermentation always takes place in tightly closed bottles...