December 13, 2023 / In food , wine / Tagged as: wine

Champagne

Champagne is made of three grape varieties…. Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier.

A Berlin shop that specialises in Champagne is “Maison des Champagnes” near Viktoria-Luise-Platz. Can offer good deals as it buys in bulk.

  1. Fromentin Leclapart

    • a Grand Cru, Extra Brut (meaning dry)
    • quality glass about €30 per bottle

  2. Serge Mathieu

    • pink champagne, very tasty
    • cote des bars, grower & producer
    • Brut and two years on the lattes
    • reduced sulphites

  3. Christine Etienne

    • a female led wine house
    • La Cave de Bacchus stock it
    • 2008 was a vintage year

Vintage Years

  • 2008 particularly good
  • avoid 2010, 2011 and 2017.

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Champagne Facts

  • Brut… 8-12% sugar per litre
  • Sekt… 15% sugar per litre
  • Car tyres hold 2.5 atmospheres, the leaded champagne bottle holds 6 atm at peak and 3 atm generally when you open it.
  • Champagne bottle corks start out exactly like wine bottle corks but the pressure presses them into their mushroom shape.
  • Lees is the name for dead yeast cells which is a waste product of the champagne production process.
  • “Schwarz Reisling” is essentially Chardonnay (and has nothing to do with Riesling).

“General Idea”

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Pet Nat

  • an alternative sparkling wine method

Sekt

  • poor Sekt…. goes up real quick and comes down very slow