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who produces “Comtes de Champagne”?

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Tattinger

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who produces “Substance”?

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Jacques Selosse

- B2B solera Champagne started in 1986

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name a few grower producers

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Vilmart, Jacques Selosse, Larmarndier Bernier, Pierre Peters

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who makes “Couer de Cuvee”

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Vilmart and Cie

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what villages in the Cote de Blanc were elevated to GC in 1985

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  • Oiry
  • Chouilly
  • Oger
  • Les Mesnil sur Oger
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what two 1er cru villages of Champagne have a 99% rating?

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  • Maureil sur Ay

- Tauxieres

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RS range for sec Champagne

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17-32 g/L

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100% PN Prestige Champagnes

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  • Bollenger “VVF”
  • Billecart “Clos Saint Hiliare”
  • Egry Ouiet “Les Crayer”
  • Hubert Dauvrgnes “Fine Flor de Bouzy”
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2 GC of Vallee de la Marne

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Tours Sur Marne, Ay

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when did Chaptal discover the relationship between sugar and fermentation?

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1801

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Duval Leroy Tete de Cuvee

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La Femme de Champagne

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year INAO expanded Champagne

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2009

- went from 319 to 357 villages

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what region are the GC of Sillery, Verzenay, and Bouzy in?

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Montagne de Reims

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who makes “Fleur de Passion”?

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Diebolt-Vallois

  • 100% Chardonnay from Cremant
  • 1st vintage in 1995
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what is Micrastor soil?

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chalky soil in Champagne named for fossilized sea urchins

- found in valleys

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what rivers flow through Champagne?

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  • Aube
  • Seine
  • Aisne
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who is the oldest producer in the Champagne region? what is their Tete de Cuvee?

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Gosset

  • est in 1584 (still wine)
  • Tete de Cuvee is Celebris
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dominant grape of Blanquette de Limoux AOP?

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Mauzac

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name a few special club producers

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  • Paul Bara
  • J Lasalle
  • Pierre Gimmonnet
  • Gaston Chiquet
  • Vazart-Coquart
  • Salmon
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what is Belemnite soil?

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chalky soil found in Champagne from fossilized remains of extinct cephalopods
- found on hillsides

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what is rebeche?

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extracted juice from the third pressing of grapes

  • used for distillate
  • 1 to 10% of total juice
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RS range for Brut Champagne

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0 - 12 g/L

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what is Laurent-Perriere’s prestige cuvee?

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Grand Siecle

- non vintage from Tours sur Marne

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who is the only special club producer to make rose?

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Paul Bara (in Bouzy)

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who produced the 1st Brut Champagne? what year?
Pommery 1874
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why is Krug "Clos de Mesnil" special?
Blanc de Blanc - from Les Mesnil-sur-Oger - 1.84 ha - no MLF - aged 5 to 7 years on lees
27
RS range for Extra Dry Champagne
12 - 17 g/L
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100% Meunier Champagnes
- Chartogne Taillet " Les Barres" and "Les Alliees"
29
who produces "Pelorus" and where is it from?
Cloudy Bay. Chard/PN blend from Marlborough
30
what is Brazil's primary wine producing area?
Serra Gaucha
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name a sparkling producer from Serra Gaucha:
- Cave Geisse | - Casa Valduga
32
what is CIVC called now?
Comite Champagne
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who created and spoke for the CIVC?
Comte Robert-Jean de Vogue
34
what is the general potential alcohol required at harvest time?
9%
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is chaptalization legal in Champagne?
yes
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what is debourbage?
settling of the must after pressing. usually 48 hours for the bourbes to sink and lighter particles to float
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how many kg is a marc?
4,000 kg
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how many liters of juice may be pressed from a marc for the cuvee
2,050 (2,550 if you include the taille)
39
what is the second Champagne pressing called? how many liters?
taille. 500 L
40
what grape is planted in Clos d'Ambonnay?
Pinot Noir
41
name 3 Champagne houses started by Germans
Deutz, Mumm, Bollinger, Heidieck, Krug
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what do Krug, Selosse, Vilmart and Bollinger have in common?
they ferment in oak
43
the chef de cave from Bollinger now works for which sekt producer?
von Buhl
44
where is Clos du Mesnil?
Mesnil-sur-Oger
45
list the grand cru villages of the Cote des Blancs north to south
- Chouilly - Oiry - Cremant - Avize - Oger - Le Mesnil-sur-Oger
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which grand cru village of the Montagne de Reims grows the highest percentage of Chardonnay?
Sillery
47
oldest and largest c0-operative in Champagne
Nicolas Feuillatte
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in which region is Ay?
Vallee de la Marne
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in which region is Cuis
Cotes de Blancs
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in which region is Verzenay?
Montagne de Reims
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in which region is Puisieulx?
Montagne de Reims
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in which region is Vrigny?
Montagne de Reims
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in which region is Hautvillers?
Vallee de la Marne
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in which region is Vertus?
Cotes de Blancs
55
who produces R.D.
Bollinger
56
who produces Fleur de Passion
Diebolt-Vallois
57
who produces Grand Siecle?
Laurent-Perrier
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who produces Comtes de Champagne?
Taittinger
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Who produces Palms d'Or
Nicolas Feuillatte
60
who produces Rare
Piper-Heidsieck
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who produces Blanc des Millenaires?
Charles-Heidsieck
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who produces Substance?
Jacques Selosse
63
how many liters are in a Salmanazar?
9 liters
64
name 3 1er cru villages of Cote de Blancs (BCEGPVVVV)
- Bergeres-les-Vertus - Cuis - Etrechy - Grauves - Pierry - Val-des-Marais - Vertus - Villeneuve-Renneville-Chevigny - Voipreux
65
name a Special Club producer from Cote de Blancs
Pierre Gimonet in Cuis
66
name all 9 GC of Vallee de la Marne
Sillery, Puisieulx, Beaumont-sur-Vesle, Mailly Champagne, Bouzy, Louvois, Verzy, Verzenay, Ambonnay
67
in which village is Duval-Leroy's "Femme de Champagne" produced from?
Vertus 1er cru.
68
who produces "Terres de Noel"? which village?
Jean Milan from Oger
69
where are the vineyards for Bollinger's VVF?
Clos St Jacques and Chaudes Terres
70
where is Clos Saint Hiliaire? who makes it?
Mareuil-sur-Ay. Billecart-Salmon
71
give 3 examples of a 'reductive' Champagne
Dom Perignon, Ruinart, Salon, Taittinger
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give 3 examples of an 'oxidative' Champagne
Selosse, Vilmart, Bollinger, Krug
73
name a few top Champagne vintages since 1990
1990, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2012
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dominant grape of Blanquette de Limous?
Mauzac
75
who produced the first brut Champagne and when
Pommery in 1874
76
what house was the first to designate vintage on their bottle?
Perrier-Jouet
77
where is Chartogne-Taillet based?
Merfy, Montagne de Reims
78
which village is Egly-Ouriet located in?
Ambonnay
79
who makes Reserve Oubilee?
Pierre Peters
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who makes Grand Cellier?
Vilmart & Cie
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who makes Cuvee Laeticia
H. Billiot
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who makes Selection de Terres Noel?
Jean Milan

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