UMC - Grandes Marques et Maisons de Champagne

Since 1882 the UMC has brought together all of the Grandes Marques brands and Champagne Houses that collectively underpin the worldwide reputation of Champagne wines. This website is specifically designed to teach you everything you need to know about their history and organization, their expertise and their ever-innovative ambitions.

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The Houses perfect their blends by combining wines from different years, different grapes and different vintages. The skill here is to create a whole that is greater the sum of its individual parts. 1 + 1 = 3, in a manner of speaking.
The sap oozing or “bleeding” from the vines is a sign of winter’s end.

The Champagne month by month
Champagne economics

Did you know?

With a little over 34,000 hectares of vines, the Champagne AOC represents just 4% of France’s total vineyard area, or 0.5% of world vineyard acreage. It is nevertheless the top producer in terms of turnover.

Soutiran

Gérard Soutiran first put his name on a label in 1950. Three generations later, Valérie Soutiran and her husband Patrick Renaux now steer the fortunes of this House in the heart of the Grand Cru village of Ambonnay, on the Montagne de Reims.

The Champagne Houses
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