Champagne News
Happy Champagne Day!
Today, 23rd October 2015, is global Champagne Day and we hope you’re all celebrating with a few glasses of Champagne in hand! Champagne dates back to as early as the 5th century when the Romans first planted vineyards in the Champagne region of France. Thanks to generations of winemakers and great figures throughout history, such…
Perrier-Jouët collaborate with Japanese maker Ritsue Mishima
The House of Perrier-Jouët has announced a new partnership with the world of creation and design: a collaboration with Japanese maker Ritsue Mishima that will continue until the end of 2016. Two of three original creations to be crafted by Mishima will be unveiled in December 2015 at Design Miami, the international fair for collectable…
Top 10 Champagne Export Markets
1. United Kigndom 32,675,232 2. United States of America 19,152,709 3. Germany 12,605,297 4. Japan …
Key Champagne Statistics
Here are some key statistics about Champagne for 2014. There are 15,800 winegrowers in Champagne. There are 300 Champagne Houses The productive area consists of 33,705 hectares of which: 22,375 in the Marne department. 7,970 in the Aube and Haute-Marne departments. 3,360 in the Aisne and Seine-et-Marne departments. The grape varieties in Champagne are made up…
Sotheby’s to offer Champagne Cellar created by Veuve Clicquot & Porsche
The “Vertical Limit” is a stunning freestanding brushed steel Champagne refrigerator is the result of a collaboration between Veuve Clicquot and the Porsche Design. It stands over six feet tall and is one of only 15 produced, the towers were originally launched in 2007. The cellar contains one magnum each of Veuve Clicquot vintages 1955,…
Champagne Devaux and Michel Chapoutier launch Champagne Sténopé 2008
In 2007, an encounter between Champagne Devaux and Michel Chapoutier, from the Rhône Valley, gave birth to a daring idea of creating a rare vintage Champagne: one that would faithfully capture the image of the vintage, every single year. Together they purchased a vineyard plot in the renowned village of Les Riceys, and decided to…
Champagne Gosset Release Latest Vintage: Grand Millésime 2006
Champagne Gosset, the oldest wine house in Champagne, founded in Aÿ in 1584, has revealed its latest vintage; the Grand Millésime 2006. It is the first new product to use the ultra environmentally friendly new foil recently introduced by Gosset. Having spent eight years maturing in the darkness of the Champagne Gosset cellars in Epernay,…
Bollinger Champagne & James Bond
James Bond, the Secret Service Agent has always had a thing for luxury and that includes a good bottle of Champagne. Bollinger first featured in Live and Let Die in 1973 with Roger Moore. In 1978, Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli, the James Bond film producer met Christian Bizot, General Manager of Champagne Bollinger at the…
Bollinger Spectre Limited Edition
To celebrate the release of the 24th James Bond adventure, Bollinger Champagne is launching a new, limited edition bottle, inspired by the style and sophistication of the world of Bond The Spectre limited edition contains a unique Bollinger cuvee, a 2009 vintage exclusively released to celebrate the partnership. The bottle is encased in a limited…