Champagne

Founded in Aÿ in 1829 by Athanase de Villermont, Paul Renaudin, and Jacques Bollinger, this house remains one of the few independent, family-run pr...

Pol Roger was founded in Épernay in 1849 and remains one of the last Champagne houses still run by the founding family, now in its fifth generation...

Veuve Clicquot traces its roots to 1772, when Philippe Clicquot founded the house in Reims. The estate takes its name from his daughter-in-law, Bar...

Founded in 1729 by Nicolas Ruinart, this house holds the distinction of being the oldest Champagne producer in existence. From the outset it built ...

Billecart-Salmon was founded in 1818 in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ by Nicolas François Billecart and his wife Elisabeth Salmon, and the house remains in family...

The flagship cuvée from one of Le Mesnil-sur-Oger's most revered grower-producers, founded in 1919 and now in the hands of fourth-generation winema...

Taittinger's roots trace back to 1734, when Jacques Fourneaux founded what was then called Forest-Fourneaux, making it the third-oldest Champagne h...

Moët & Chandon traces its origins to 1743, when wine trader Claude Moët founded the house during the reign of Louis XV and began shipping Champ...

Laurent-Perrier traces its founding to 1812 in Tours-sur-Marne, a Grand Cru village on the Marne, though it was the de Nonancourt family who shaped...

Billecart-Salmon was founded in 1818 by Nicolas François Billecart and his wife Elisabeth Salmon, and the family has run the estate ever since, now...

Pol Roger was founded in 1849 by an eighteen-year-old wine merchant of the same name, who began the house in Aÿ before relocating to Épernay soon a...

Louis Roederer has remained a family-owned Champagne house since its founding in 1776 in Reims, now guided by seventh-generation proprietor Frédéri...

Ruinart holds the distinction of being the oldest established Champagne house, founded in Reims in 1729 by Nicolas Ruinart. Its cellars are cut fro...

Billecart-Salmon was founded in 1818 in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ by Nicolas François Billecart and his wife Elisabeth Salmon, and the house remains family-ow...

Billecart-Salmon was founded in 1818 in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ by Nicolas François Billecart and his wife Elisabeth Salmon, and the house remains family-ow...

Eric Rodez is a grower-producer based in Ambonnay, a Grand Cru village in the Montagne de Reims that's home to some of Champagne's finest Pinot Noi...

Scored on par with the legendary 2002 by Vinous — Antonio Galloni noted he preferred it to the 2008, which was also part of the tasting. The 2009 v...

Champagne Agrapart was founded in 1894 by Arthur Agrapart in the village of Avize, deep in the Côte des Blancs. Fourth-generation vigneron Pascal A...

Champagne Bollinger was founded in 1829 in Aÿ, where the family-run house has remained ever since, prized for a rich, structured style built on a h...

Veuve Clicquot traces its roots to 1772, when Philippe Clicquot founded the house in Reims. The estate takes its name from his daughter-in-law, Bar...

Domaine Vouette et Sorbée is the work of Bertrand Gautherot, who left a career designing for fashion houses like Chanel and Dior to return to his f...

Louis Roederer has remained family-owned since its founding in Reims in 1776, and Cristal Rosé represents one of the house's most singular creation...

Veuve Clicquot was founded in Reims in 1772, and the house owes much of its enduring reputation to Madame Clicquot, the widow who took charge after...

Bollinger has been based in Aÿ since 1829, and the house remains known for a rich, structured style built on barrel-aged Pinot Noir. Roughly eighty...

Egly-Ouriet is based in Ambonnay, one of Champagne's most storied Grand Cru villages in the Montagne de Reims. Francis Egly represents the fourth g...

Bérêche et Fils has farmed in Ludes, in the Montagne de Reims, since 1847, though it was current head Jean-Pierre Bérêche who first built the estat...

Egly-Ouriet is a grower Champagne estate based in the Grand Cru village of Ambonnay, farmed by the Egly family since the eighteenth century. Franci...

Laurent-Perrier was established in 1812 in Tours-sur-Marne and remains a family-owned, independent Champagne house, a rarity among the region's lar...

The Taittinger family has produced Champagne since 1932, when Pierre Taittinger acquired the Château de la Marquetterie in Pierry and began buildin...

Cédric Bouchard left a career as a sommelier in 2000 to found Roses de Jeanne, working tiny parcels of vines in Celles-sur-Ource, in the Aube distr...

Champagne Marie-Courtin is the work of Dominique Moreau, who named the estate after her grandmother, a woman she once called a true woman of the ea...

Egly-Ouriet traces back to just after World War II, when a Parisian left the city for Ambonnay, married locally, and worked as a vineyard laborer f...

Louis Roederer traces its history back to 1776, making it one of the oldest and largest family-owned Champagne houses still in independent hands. B...

Billecart-Salmon was founded in 1818 by Nicolas François Billecart and his wife Elisabeth Salmon, and the family has run the estate ever since, now...

Dom Pérignon is the prestige cuvée of Moët & Chandon, drawn from grand cru vineyards and the historic premier cru village of Hautvillers, where...

Krug was founded in 1843 by Joseph Krug, who set out to craft the most generous expression of Champagne possible in any given year, regardless of h...

Taittinger has been in family hands since Pierre Taittinger established the house in the 1930s, building his reputation on the historic Château de ...

Moët & Chandon traces its roots to 1743, when Claude Moët founded the house, and it was his grandson Jean-Rémy Moët who later created the Impér...

Jean-Baptiste Laherte planted the family's first vines in the village of Chavot back in 1889, and the estate has passed down through six generation...

Founded in 1734, Champagne Taittinger is one of the last major family-owned houses still standing in the region, having been taken over by Pierre T...

Krug Rosé began as an idea within the family rather than a response to trend. It was first created in 1976 by the fifth generation of the Krug fami...

Frédéric Savart nearly became a professional footballer, having signed a youth contract with Stade de Reims, but chose instead to return to his fam...

Champagne Cuillier is a family estate founded in 1904 in Pouillon, on the Massif de Saint-Thierry just north of Reims, and has been farmed by succe...

Éphémère began in 2014 as a small collaborative project started by Frédéric Savart and a handful of longtime friends who wanted to shine a light on...

Founded in 1849, Champagne Pol Roger remains one of the few grande marque houses still owned and run by the founding family, a legacy perhaps best ...

Cédric Bouchard discovered his passion for wine working at a Paris merchant before returning to his family's home village of Celles-sur-Ource in 20...