Champagne from Champagne, ... a double celebration.

For your pleasure ... Questions and answers

How to choose Champagne
Champagne bottle holds mandatory mentions, the word Champagne, the name of the producer, the brand, the type ( brut.. ), the year of the harvest and particularities of the blend ( rosé..). The words Méthode Champenoise mean that the wine is not authentic Champagne but merely a sparkling wine made outside the limited Champagne Region.

How to store Champagne
When you buy Champagne, it is ready to drink. It will not improve by ageing at home but it will keep for a few years as long as it is stored correctly Store the bottles horizontally, away from light, from heat and from vibrations.

How to cool a bottle of Champagne
Champagne is best served chilled, not ice cold. If you have a Champagne bucket; fill it with ice and water and put your bottle in it for 30 minutes before serving. You can also cool Champagne by putting the bottle in the least cold part of the refrigerator for 3 - 4 hours, never in the freezer

How to open a bottle of Champagne
Untwist the wire muzzle and loosen it. Tilt the bottle with the cork directed away from your guests. Hold the cork firmly with one hand and turn the bottle. The cork will come out gently and the imprisoned gas will escape softly with a gentle sigh.

What glasses to use
To serve Champagne use fine, long stemmed tulip or flute glasses. Avoid the saucer-shaped glass.

Serving Champagne
Non vintage brut Champagne is appropriate as aperitif and also goes well with aperitizers, seafood and fish. The same holds true for blanc de blancs. Vintage brut is well with fowl, light or red meat, dishes made with sauce and cheese. Rise Champagne goes with the same dishes that marry well with vintage brut. Extra dry, dry and semi-dry accompany desserts. Champagne can properly be served with any menu, and at any time of day or night.

Size of Champagne bottles
There are bottle size for every need : quarter (187,5 ml), half (375 ml), standard (750 ml), magnum (2 bottles), Jeroboam (4 bottles), Mathusalem (8 bottles) and Salmanazar (12 bottles).

Create a Champagne occasion
It is practical and pleasant to keep a few bottles of Champagne on hand. Uncork Champagne to welcome a friend, to celebrate success, birthday, anniversary and many other moments. One can always open a bottle of Champagne for the sheer pleasure of it.