The chilly soils and relatively cool climate of Champagne provides the backdrop for the world’s benchmark expression of traditional method sparkling wine.
The world’s most famous sparkling wine. From chalky soils in in the north of France, Champagne produces some of the most prestigious sparkling wine there is.
Based in Aÿ, Charles Chevalier is one of the traditional Champagne houses. The domaine is known for its cool chalk cellars and classic style.
Benoît Lahaye is one of Champagne’s excellent small grower names.
Established in 1729 by Nicolas Ruinart, Maison Ruinart is credited with being the first Champagne house.
Champagne Charles Gérard is a small grower based in Aube. One of a handful of producers to make a Champagne exclusively with Pinot Blanc.
Champagne Boizel is an historic Champagne house dating back to 1834. Today it is run by Florent Roques-Boizel, the latest generation of the family to carry the flag.
Champagne Chassenay d’Arce is co-operative cellar founded in in 1956. Today it comprises 130 growers in the Côte des Bar area of Champagne and specialises in the cultivation of Pinot Noir. The company produces around 1.5 million bottles a year.
Champagne Jacques Lassaigne is a 4.5 hectare family domain in Montgueux.
Louis Roederer is one of the most famous and prestigious Champagne houses, producers of the famous Crystal. Inherited by the entrepreneur Louis Roederer in 1833, the company has gone on to become one of the world’s leading luxury brands. Today there are around 240 hectares located exclusively in the Grands and Premiers Crus vineyards of the Marne.
Founded in 1874, this grower Champagne marque is now steered by the 5th generation of the family.
Moët & Chandon is the most famous Champagne house in the world. Its wines and extended brand are known everywhere.
Champagne Jean Milan is a family owned Négociant-Manipulant founded in 1964. Jean Charles and his daughter Caroline now cultivate six hectares in the village of Oger.
Champagne Louis Déhu is a Champagne house based in Venteuil, in the Marne Valley. For generations, the family has harvested grapes from its own vineyard parcels and vinified them. They are what is known in the region as “récoltants manipulants”. Isabelle and Thierry Niziolek oversee 13 hectares in Venteuil, Damery and Cumières to produce 70,000 bottles a year.
