general

Question 1

first vintage harvest dates set village by village

Answer 1

1988

Question 2

NM

Answer 2

Negociant Manipulant

Question 3

RM

Answer 3

Recoltant Manipulant

Question 4

CM

Answer 4

Cooperative Manipulant

Question 5

RC

Answer 5

Recoltant Cooperateur

Question 6

SR

Answer 6

Soceite de Recoltants

Question 7

ND

Answer 7

Negociant Distributeur

Question 8

MA

Answer 8

Marque d’Acheteur

Question 9

4 grand cru villages of the Cote de Blancs

Answer 9

Cramant and Avize, below them Oger and Les MEsnil-sur-Oger

Question 10

3 main location for Chardonnay in Champagne

Answer 10

All have Eastern exposure: The Cote des Blancs, The Cotes de Sezanne, and the beginning of the Aube. Why? Chardonnay blooms the earliest and needs the early morning sun for protection against frost

Question 11

Diebolt-Vallois

Answer 11

Blanc de Blanc specialist from Cramant

Question 12

Larmandier-Bernier’s wine from Cramant

Answer 12

Vieille Vigne du Levant

Question 13

Jacques Selosse’s wine from Cramant

Answer 13

Cramant Chemin de Chalons

Question 14

Anselme Selosse is based in which vilalge

Answer 14

Avize

Question 15

Selosse’s wine from Avize

Answer 15

Cuvee Initial

Question 16

Agrapart’s wine from Avize

Answer 16

Venus

Question 17

3 wines from Les Mesnil-sur-Oger

Answer 17

Clos du Mesnil, Salon, and Les Chetillons

Question 18

Chatrogne-Taillet based in which village

Answer 18

Merfy

Question 19

Bollinger’s Vieilles Vignes Francaises from

Answer 19

Ay

Question 20

Philloponnat Clos de Goisses from

Answer 20

Mareuil-sur-Ay

Question 21

Billecart-Salmon is from

Answer 21

Mareuil-sur-Ay

Question 22

Gaston Chiquet is from

Answer 22

Dizy

Question 23

Georges Laval is from

Answer 23

Cumieres

Question 24

Growers from the Aube (name 4)`

Answer 24

Marie Courtin, Dosnon & Lepage, Cedric Bouchard, and Jacques Lassaigne

Question 25

Cedric Bouchard's interesting take

Answer 25

does not like the bubbles in Champagne recommends decanting for a couple hours

Question 26

Olivier Horiot

Answer 26

specializes in Les Riceys

Question 27

prominent producer from the Cote de Sezanne

Answer 27

Olivier Collin, inspired by Selosse

Question 28

Ulysse Collin's first wine

Answer 28

2004 Les Perrieres

Question 29

Ulysse Collin's pinot

Answer 29

Maillons vineyard

Question 30

Chartogne-Taillet

Answer 30

another disciple of Selosse based in Merfy

Question 31

Champagne Savart

Answer 31

from Eceuil and Villers-aux-Noeuds

Question 32

2 producers from the Aube

Answer 32

Vouette et Sorbee (PN), Jacques Lassaigne from Montgueux (chard)

Question 33

100% Meunier champagnes

Answer 33

Egly-Ouriet's Les Vignes de Vrigny, Jerome Provost's La Closerie (Gueux),