The Story of Champagne

Champagne is a blended wine that is bottledthat is fed with corn ; the yellow-orange colour is
before the 2nd fermentation takes place for thisa world famous, and is a protected as the
reason it contains natural carbonic acid. It use to“Cliquot-orange”.
be normal to drink Champagne at dinner time,Veuve Clicqouts speciality is La Grande Dame
today champagne is an expensive drink for aRosé, they needed to wait to bear the rich
sparkling aperitif , we drink a toast to happyharvest of the year 1988 before La Grande
beginnings and endings or as Napoleon Bonapartedame Rosé appeared on stage.
once said; After victory champagne is what youBollinger Grande Année was the result of 3
deserve, after loss you need it.producers; Jacques Bollinger, Paul Renaudin and the
Label of a bottle of Champagne must contain 8count of Villermont. A large percentage of the
different points:grape pinot noir is used an the wine has an extra
1.The name of the winelong ripening process, which stand for stronger
2.The producer (the wine farmer)flavours. Lilly Bollinger who joined the 3 pact later
3.Place of origindied young and didn’t had any children, it are
4.Year of publicationLillys nephews who are continue the family
5.Elaboré par; the name of the producer whobusiness.
has processed the wine into champagneIt is 007 or also known as James Bond favourite
6.The name and address of the owner/producerdrink, perhaps not a strange choice if you know
and 2 capital letters, it is an obligation to mentionthat James Bonds character is from the same
the in letters to indicate if the producer is a winestrong calibre as a Bollinger.
farmer or a merchandiser.The Cuvée Grande Année is only produced
7.Alcohol percentage, obligated since 1988in exceptional wine years. Extremely exclusive is
8.Statement of the amount, obligated since 1979also cuvee Vieilles Vignes Francaises, only in the
Alexander the 2nd didn’t found it suitable thatbest years 2000 bottles are made.
the tsaar family drank the same champagne asMoet a,d Chandon Dom Perignon is the most
the normal citizens so he assigned Champagneknow champagne, probably every second a bottle
house Louis Roederer to produce an exclusiveof Dom Perignon is opened. Inspite of a high
and expensive new Champagne, The Cristal is theindustrial production there is no reason to doubt
result of one of the best Champagnesthe qualities of this champagne. Moet is in
Champagne House Louis Roederer created inprocession of 768 ha wine yard and produces
1876, for 41 years this Champagne wasover 31 million each year. Many years ago they
exclusively bottled in real crystal bottles.made an appeal to Alfons Mucha, a incredible
The company of Phillipe Cliquot opened its doors inpioneer of the art Nouveau movement, he made
1772, Veuve Clicquot is a sample of fantastica label of a scantily dressed godess who had to
marketing already 200 years ago. The widowpromote the brand name Moet and Chandon.
Clicquot-Ponsardin (she once was married with theAs a tribute to history of the champagne house
son of Phillipe Clicquot but he died young) wasthe rarest champagnes were fled together in one
compelled to take over the champagne businesschampagne, this champagne is composed out of
when she was only 28 years old. Together with11 different and very remarkable champagnes
her teacher in wine, she needed to develop thefrom 1900 until 1995. Only 323 Magnums were
wine techniques, but she was great in marketing.filled, 50 of these Magnums were bricked in
Nicole Barbe-Ponsardin wanted her label to haveEpernay and will be taken out in 2043, when Moet
the colour of a fresh, healthy chicken egg, oneand Chandon celebrates its 300 years existence.