Monday, July 18, 2011

Renowned Champagne Brands

By Nathan Hall


If you're searching for some important champagne brands make yourself comfortable and continue reading more. We've pulled together relevant data about popular champagne brands and the most expensive champagne.

As you may already know, Champagne is an area near Reims, France, where the noble drink is been fermented. Here, several hundreds of years ago, the Benedictine monk, Dom Perignon contributed tremendously to the evolution of the sparkling wine. Now, Dom Perignon represents one of the most renowned champagne brands and it became noted only in the inter-war era Moet and Chandon launched it on the market as a new vintage sparkling wine. Moet was among the first suppliers for the Royal Court. This brand supplied champagne for Napoleon I and Queen Elizabeth II.

Bollinger is another major champagne house popular for its Blanc de noirs vintage wine. The brand became famous after the campaign set by a lady named Lilly Bollinger. Her mission was to make this champagne brand popular.

Krug is a renowned champagne brand placed alongside Dom Perignon among the crown jewels with their exquisite Grande Cuvee. It has a very recognizable taste because it's made with a complete barrel fermentation and it's a sec wine.

If you want to know the most expensive champagne in the world, you should probably check the Piper-Heidsieck brand. Marilyn Monroe used to drink a glass every day. The most expensive bottle was the Shipwrecked 1907 Heidsieck, and costed the impressive sum of $275,000.

Perrier-Jouet is the oldest champagne ever opened (vintage 1825). They tasted and opened it two years ago, back in 2009. This famous house totals a production of 3 million bottles annually. The production is just a bit smaller from the 3.2 million bottles per year produced by Louis Roederer, which is another big champagne brand known for its production of non-vintage blend of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in 2:1 proportion.

Among other great brands from the region of Champagne are Henriot, Gosset, Pol Roger, Duval Leroy, Taittinger. Still, today champagne is produced in different parts of the world too, but they don't call it champagne because it's patented, and yet it's the same method of obtaining it. In Italy we have the famous Prosecco and it's become notable as the essential ingredient in the Bellini cocktail.

The tradition of Champagne houses remains in France and having the opportunity to drink one of the most expensive champagne is a favor many people would crave for it.




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