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When Dom Pérignon's retro know-how meets Lady Gaga's eccentricity, there's no shortage of sparks. From this spark came a spectacular flowering and a refined collaboration: two bottles of exclusive Dom Pérignon champagne designed by Mama Monster herself.

Discover the new Carbon champagne and Bugatti france project

Frederic Zeimett, director of Champagne Leclerc Briant, admitted: "He cried at the first sip," without naming the man who shed a few tears when he touched the champagne recently entered the pantheon of the house.

Mumm's Stellar Champagne, designed to be drunk in weightless space, like Louis XIII's The Drope Cognac in 1cl bottles, has redefined the way wine and spirits are drunk. But is all this really serious?

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).

In 2021, director and nature lover Nicolas Vanier installs cameras in Champagne for his film Champagne! An ode to wine-growing champagne and friendship, the film is a great opportunity to discover the uniqueness of this magical land: its exceptional wines, its extraordinary landscapes and the warm welcome of its inhabitants.

Marc Hoellinger has just been appointed CEO of the Deutz and Delas Frères companies. He will officially take office on January 1, 2023. He will succeed Fabrice Rosset, who will have worked for 49 years in the Group, 26 of which as director of these two companies.

Trends in Champagne always depend on the price of kilos of grapes and shipments of Champagne. In 2022, the price of a kilo of grapes in Champagne has increased due to suspicions of the opposite.

Les vendanges 2022 auront représenté pour la Champagne une année exceptionnelle, tant en termes de qualité – avec des fruits à maturité –, que de quantité.  Christelle Rinville, directrice du vignoble de la Maison Taittinger, nous en dit plus sur la récolte de l’année et l’activité de pressurage.

  The story of Dom Pérignon, a Benedictine monk from Hautvillers Abbey, the spiritual father of champagne.Legend has it that this Benedictine monk was the genius inventor who for the first time made Champagne wines foam and sparkle the little bubbles which, in our cups or our raised flutes, are from one end of the planet to the other, the symbol of celebration, of shared joy, of the exaltation of victory.

We invite you to discover the Soliste, the purest expression of Krug Clos du Mesnil: from a single plot, Clos du Mesnil, a single grape variety, Chardonnay, and a single vintage, 2008. This vineyard of 1.84 hectares has been surrounded by protective walls since 1698. The vineyards are located in the heart of Mesnil-sur-Oger, one of the most emblematic villages of Chardonnay in the Champagne region.

The House believes that each Krug Vintage expresses the unique character of a particular year. A champagne Krug Millésime brings together the most expressive wines of a single year, enhanced by more than ten years of aging in the cellar. Each Krug Millésime is different: it is the Music of the Year, transposed into the Krug universe.