Tag: Champagne

Champagne Turgy, Mesnil-sur-Oger – BKWine Pick

Catherine and Jean-Michel Turgy have 6 ha, all planted with chardonnay. The property is in the small village Mesnil-sur-Oger, in the middle of the Côte des Blancs district, known for its high quality chardonnay grapes.

How much (or how little) wine in Champagne?

There have been lots of discussions in champagne this year on how much the growers will be permitted to harvest. Curiously, the limit is not set until the beginning of September. Wit the crash in

The ‘40%’ of Champagne

40% seems to be a magic, or rather cursed, number for Champagne at the moment, according to what we read in The Drinks Business. The latest numbers from the CIVC show a drip in shipments

Champagne exports down 5%

It’s unusual to hear negative numbers from Champagne but in 2008 exports fell with 4.8% to reach “only” 322 million bottles. Counted in value it is estimated to have added up to 4.5 bn euro.

Champagne Philippe Gamet, Mardeuil

A family property that is run by the husband-wife couple Fabienne and Philippe Gamet. They have 8.6 hectares of vines around Epernay. Brut Séléction can be had for 12.50€ at the winery. It is made

The perfect ”champagne glass”?

Karl Lagerfeld has designed a champagne glass for Dom Perignon (that no longer is the prestige cuvee of Moët & Chandon but a brand all of its own). The glass takes its shape from the

Will champagne hit the wall?

Carol Duval-Leroy, owner of Champagne Duval-Leroy, producing some 6 million bottles per year, is worried about the future with rising champagne prices and looming financial crisis. Prices of grapes as well as of champagne has

Champagne harvest started on September 15

On September 15 the harvest began in Champagne. They have had a cool but reasonably dry summer so the expectations are for a comparatively small quantity but with healthy grapes. The maximum yield has been

Champagne Light?

Champagne is bottled in heavy, solid bottles so that they will not burst from the pressure inside the bottle. A typical champagne bottles weighs in at around 900 grams, almost double a regular bottle. CIVC,

The world’s oldest Veuve Clicquot

When Chris James bought the Torosay castle on the Scottish isle of Mull it came with the furniture. In a cabinet that had no key but that he eventually managed to open James found what

World’s biggest selling champagne

– Moët & Chandon – 2640 (thousand cases @ 9l) (owned by Moët Hennessy, LVMH) – Veuve Clicquot – 1658 (owned by Moët Hennessy, LVMH) – Nicolas Feuillatte – 750 – GH Mumm – 600

Champagne Utopia and other quotes

“We are working in a Utopia at the moment. The increase of the permitted yield and the setting on place of the individual reserve (up to the equivalent of 8,000 kilos of grapes per hectare)

Champagne exports

France drinks a bit more than half of all the champagne sold (53%). The biggest export markets are: 1. UK, 11% 2. USA, 7% 3. Germany, 3.4% 4. Italy, 3% 5. Japan, 2.7% Followed by

Big Brother Champagne

The small village Champagne in Switzerland has been the subject of posts previously in the Brief when they attracted the attention of the Champagne region and CIVC in France. French Champagne did not like that

Champagne Jacquesson changes hands?

Jacquesson is a small, high-quality champagne house with a tradition of producing original and character-full champagnes from its 26 ha vineyards. The house is led by the Chiquet family headed by the jovial Jean-Hervé, responsible

Champagne and Bordeaux act against carbon emissions

Bordeaux recently launched the initiative ”bilan carbone” (~the carbon score sheet), a project to analyse the carbon emissions caused by the Girondin wine production. They already know that 756 million bottles of wine are produced

Films from Champagne Tarlant

Internet, with YouTube and others, has given us a completely new way to communicate: video clips. Champagne Tarlant is one of the few (certainly in France!) wine producers who are experimenting with this medium (without

Tasting Jacquesson champagne [E] – BKWine TV

Tasting Jacquesson champagne with Jean-Hervé Chiquet, co-owner and co-wine maker. On the 731 (2003) vintage. On dosage. On rosé champagne and skin contact. On bubbles and wine tasting glasses.

Jacquesson Champagne – making | BKWine TV

Visiting the Jacquesson champagne house. Jean-Herve Chiquet, co-owner and co-wine maker talks about making the wine, the yields, wine presses and more. Dizy, Champagne, France. By BKWine.com. More video: BKWine’s YouTube Channel

Andre Clouet Champagne | BKWine TV

Visit to the Andre Clouet vineyards in Champagne with an interview with the winemaker Jean-Francois Clouet, Bouzy, Champagne, France. On the winery history and philosophy. By BKWine.com. More video: BKWine’s YouTube Channel

Louis Roederer Champagne | BKWine TV

Visiting the Louis Roederer champagne house in Reims, Champagne, France. Visiting the winery, tasting Cristal champagne (famous from Tsar Alexander’s crystal bottle order), on the Japanese market… By BKWine.com More video: BKWine’s YouTube Channel

Champagne houses in Reims | BKWine TV

Some famous champagne houses (Louis Roederer, Mumm, Krug…) in Reims, France. Beautiful building, famous champagnes. By BKWine.com More videos: Our Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/bkwine

The ‘40%’ of Champagne

40% seems to be a magic, or rather cursed, number for Champagne at the moment, according to what we read in The Drinks Business. The

Champagne exports down 5%

It’s unusual to hear negative numbers from Champagne but in 2008 exports fell with 4.8% to reach “only” 322 million bottles. Counted in value it

Champagne Philippe Gamet, Mardeuil

A family property that is run by the husband-wife couple Fabienne and Philippe Gamet. They have 8.6 hectares of vines around Epernay. Brut Séléction can

The perfect ”champagne glass”?

Karl Lagerfeld has designed a champagne glass for Dom Perignon (that no longer is the prestige cuvee of Moët & Chandon but a brand all

Will champagne hit the wall?

Carol Duval-Leroy, owner of Champagne Duval-Leroy, producing some 6 million bottles per year, is worried about the future with rising champagne prices and looming financial

Champagne Light?

Champagne is bottled in heavy, solid bottles so that they will not burst from the pressure inside the bottle. A typical champagne bottles weighs in

World’s biggest selling champagne

– Moët & Chandon – 2640 (thousand cases @ 9l) (owned by Moët Hennessy, LVMH) – Veuve Clicquot – 1658 (owned by Moët Hennessy, LVMH)

Champagne Utopia and other quotes

“We are working in a Utopia at the moment. The increase of the permitted yield and the setting on place of the individual reserve (up

Champagne exports

France drinks a bit more than half of all the champagne sold (53%). The biggest export markets are: 1. UK, 11% 2. USA, 7% 3.

Big Brother Champagne

The small village Champagne in Switzerland has been the subject of posts previously in the Brief when they attracted the attention of the Champagne region

Champagne Jacquesson changes hands?

Jacquesson is a small, high-quality champagne house with a tradition of producing original and character-full champagnes from its 26 ha vineyards. The house is led

Films from Champagne Tarlant

Internet, with YouTube and others, has given us a completely new way to communicate: video clips. Champagne Tarlant is one of the few (certainly in

Jacquesson Champagne – making | BKWine TV

Visiting the Jacquesson champagne house. Jean-Herve Chiquet, co-owner and co-wine maker talks about making the wine, the yields, wine presses and more. Dizy, Champagne, France.

Andre Clouet Champagne | BKWine TV

Visit to the Andre Clouet vineyards in Champagne with an interview with the winemaker Jean-Francois Clouet, Bouzy, Champagne, France. On the winery history and philosophy.

Louis Roederer Champagne | BKWine TV

Visiting the Louis Roederer champagne house in Reims, Champagne, France. Visiting the winery, tasting Cristal champagne (famous from Tsar Alexander’s crystal bottle order), on the

Champagne houses in Reims | BKWine TV

Some famous champagne houses (Louis Roederer, Mumm, Krug…) in Reims, France. Beautiful building, famous champagnes. By BKWine.com More videos: Our Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/bkwine

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