All about Champagne

Le vignoble champenois, très morcelé, s'étend sur le territoire de plus de 300 communes, principalement sur les départements de la Marne, de l'Aube et de l'Aisne.On peut considérer que la Champagne est découpée en six grandes régions de production.

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.

Krug Grande Cuvée is the emblematic signature of the House of Krug. Since 1843, Krug Grande Cuvée has embodied what Joseph Krug, founder of the House of Krug, sought to offer his customers: a Champagne of great richness and fine elegance, beyond the vintages.

Flute Comtes de Champagne, in tableware as in oenology, the wine glass has become an essential accessory whose intrinsic qualities can intensify the experience and pleasure of tasting. For the past thirty years, the French brand Lehmann has been giving it its full measure by creating innovative and refined shapes that magnify wines in general, and champagne in particular.

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.

For Gosset, a fine wine cannot be decreed. It is sketched out at the time of the harvest, refined in the secret of the cellars, confirmed under the expert eye of the oenologist, before revealing itself to the world after years of maturation. It is precisely this approach that has given birth to the latest Gosset Champagne: Grand Millésime 2015 Brut