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Positioned in first place in the general ranking of Champagne Houses on the Figaro Magazine social network, the Taittinger House captivates its audience with the aesthetic beauty and dreamlike quality of its publications.
In France, sparkling champagne took off under the reign of the bon vivant Philippe de France, Duke of Orleans, who succeeded the more austere Louis X in 1715. Under the regency, following the footsteps of their cousins in England, the French nobles adopted this new wine.
July 14, 1789 marked a radical change in France. However, as our English friends like to say, "business as usual": the nascent champagne industry adapted to the face of the new society.
In the early 1800s, Jean-Antoine Chaptal, a chemist and Napoleon Bonaparte's minister of the interior, recommended adding sugar to green wines in less sunny French regions like Champagne.
Located in the North-East of France, the Champagne Viticole is the most northern French vineyard. Established on an ancient inland sea, it spreads on soils with outcropping chalk.
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It is not uncommon to see the words "Champagne Premier Cru" or "Champagne Grand Cru" on the label of a bottle of champagne. This means that the wine comes from the best terroirs of the appellation. It is a guarantee of quality, a guarantee of origin. In Champagne, unlike in Bordeaux, the notion of "cru" applies to entire communes classified according to a scale of crus that goes from 100% to 80% (depending on the quality of the grapes produced, the soil, the exposure).
This summer, the House of Taittinger reinterprets in a photographic campaign, a classic of literature: Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours by Jules Verne. The head designer Florence Mauduech tells us about the backstage of this creation.
The Champagne Committee whose mission is to defend the Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée Champagne, informs you that the name Champagne is invariable.Champagne is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) which designates exclusively a sparkling wine elaborated in France, in the wine-growing region of Champagne, according to methods strictly defined by the law.
Everything is definitely moving in Champagne, after the announcement of the entry of the Pinault family in the capital of Jacquesson, here is Leonardo DiCaprio who invests in Telmont champagne. A real commitment for the actor who wishes to support the project of this House with great ecological ambitions. Ludovic du Plessis, its president, tells us more.What motivates Leonardo DiCaprio's entry into the capital?
Although he has been supplying the House for ten years now, ChampagneCyril Mignon-Boulard has in no way changed his growing practices since they have always been in the "Bollinger spirit".