We pick up where we left off with a zip around the terroirs, a grape gab, the “cinderella story” of how champagne is produced, and a brief tour of the styles.

Resources from this episode:

Books:

Champagne, Liem, P., (2017)

Champagne: How the World’s Most Glamorous Wine Triumphed Over War and Hard Times, Kladstrup, D. & P. (2005)

Champagne Master-Level Study Manual [1st Edition], French Wine Society [Now Wine Scholar Guild] (2014)

Christie’s World Encyclopedia of Champagne and Sparkling wine, Stevenson, T. & Avellan, E. (2014)

Websites:

Comité Champagne (official website): https://www.champagne.fr/en

Champagne: From Terroir to Wine (downloadable brochure with map) https://www.champagne.fr/sites/default/files/2022-11/brochure_civc_2020_en_bd.pdf

Liquor Laboratory: Who Makes Kirkland Champagne? Answered (2023 Update), Strunk, P. (27 August 2022) https://liquorlaboratory.com/who-makes-kirkland-champagne/

Syndicat Général des Vignerons de la Champagne: Cahiers des Charges et Plans de Contrôl (March 2023) https://www.sgv-champagne.fr/?page_id=2544

Wine, Wit, and Wisdom: A Glass of Voltis (in your Champagne) Might be in Your Future, Nickles, J. (15 December 2022) https://winewitandwisdomswe.com/2022/12/15/a-glass-of-voltis-champagne-might-be-in-your-future/

Wine, Wit, and Wisdom: Dispatch from the Coteaux Champenois AOC, Nickles, J. (26 July 2023) https://winewitandwisdomswe.com/2023/07/26/dispatch-from-the-coteaux-champenois-aoc/

 

Glass in Session Episodes Relevant to - or Mentioned in - This Episode: 

S7E3: Booze Riots and Rebellions, Part 1 - Champagne and Whiskey https://sites.libsyn.com/176360/site/s7e3-booze-riots-and-rebellions-part-1-champagne-whiskey

 

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