The wine of Champagne, more commonly known as Champagne, is an effervescent (or sparkling) wine, well-known in the whole world. It is mainly associated with luxury, holidays and parties of every kind. It was called after the region of France, Champagne, located in the North-East of the country.

At the very beginning, the region of Champagne was producing non sparkling wines, called clear wines or Nature. We can still find them under a different designation : les Coteaux Champenois, as well as le Rose des Riceys.

Nevertheless, the white sparkling wine that everybody knows is the most produced type of wine in this region of France. It is made essentially with three different types of vine : the pinot noir, the pinot meunier, and the white chardonnay. What makes this wine so unique is the climate and the zone of France where it is produced. There’s a total of 17 wine-producing lands located in the Parisian basin, where the climate is “shaded oceanic”, which means that winters are cold, but summers are gentle, with frequent rain but no heavy rain.

The Champenoise Technique is very unique and traditionnal, this is why “Champagne” wine is only made in the part of the world. The wine undergoes a double fermentation, the first one in a tank, and the second one its bottle but in a wine cellar.

The bottles of champagne can contain 75 cl of sparkling wine. They are made in a thicker and more resistant type of bottle in order to resist to the gas pressure that is in this wine. It also allows to serve this champagne using a method called “service a la champenoise”. It consists to serve this wine, holding the bottle by the bottom, with the thumb into the hole located under the bottle. The only brand that offers bottles of champagne with a flat bottom and a “crystal” clear bottle is the famous “Cristal Roederer” ; it was first created in 1876 for Alexander II of Russia, who required this type of bottle because he was afraid that a bomb would be hidden in the bottom of the Champagne bottle.