The association of champagne growers CIVC has gone to court in an effort to close the nuclear dump in Soulaines, 9km away from the champagne vineyards in the Côte de Bars. The CIVC requests that [...]

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The champagne house Duval-Leroy in Vertus (Marne) introduces a champagne crown stopper. The Maestro system Alcan Packaging Capsules is a classic crown cork with a ‘cap’ of aluminum and a lever. You open the bottle [...]

LVMH, the largest luxury group in the world, denies that it wants to sell its beverage division Moët Hennessy to Diageo. Moët Hennessy owns the prestigious champagne brands Krug, Moët, Veuve Clicquot and Dom Perignon. [...]

Official figures of the CIVC (Comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne) from early February confirm that 2008 was a difficult year for sales of champagne. In its press release, the CIVC speaks of “a break [...]

The Belgian consumer remains loyal to champagne, says the Champagne-agency Belgium. Last year was the third best year overall for shipments of champagne to Belgium. A total of 9,910,158 bottles of champagne were imported in [...]

Vranken-Pommery Monopole, the number two in the world for the production and distribution of Champagne, registered a stable turnover in 2008. Sales in Great-Brittain and the U.S. fell sharply in 2008, but rising sales in [...]

Hingene, 21 november 2008, 20 uur. Lecture in Dutch on the history of champagne by Stefaan Van Laer, author of a book on champagne, followed by a tasting. Practical Information Friday 21 November 2008 Lecture [...]

1999 Bollinger Champagne La Grande Année – France, Champagne (10/8/2008) Toast, bread, yeast, marzipan on the beautiful, balanced and very vinous nose. Ripe yellow fruit, marzipan, toast on the ripe, long and deep palate. Very [...]

1999 Pierre Moncuit Champagne Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru – France, Champagne, Le Mesnil Sur Oger, Champagne (10/11/2008) Toast, orange peel and ripe yellow fruit (melon, ) on the yeasty and expressive nose. Toast, ripe [...]