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#Unplan with Domaine Chandon

December 30, 2015September 29, 2015 by Editorial Team

Wine house Chandon (owned by LVMH luxury giant), America’s leading sparkling wine producer, aims to be the sparkling wine of choice for informal, spontaneous occasions, a wine to be enjoyed in cocktails on the beach or at lunch with friends. In 2015, Chandon for the first time rolled out unified fresh and spontaneous campaigns for … Read more

Seven champagne sites belonging to LVMH are now listed as UNESCO’s World Heritage sites

July 8, 2015 by Editorial Team

Champagne and Burgundy vineyards join UNESCO World Heritage. France’s Champagne terroirs and the unique climate of Burgundy were added to the UNESCO World Heritage list on July 4th. The unique French candidates reviewed by the UNESCO committee this year, Burgundy and Champagne were the only terroirs added to the World Heritage list this year. This … Read more

Get ready to control the clubs!The world’s first digitally connected Jeroboam

December 30, 2015June 17, 2015 by Editorial Team

Mumm popped the cork of the world’s first digitally connected champagne bottle. A very special night took place during last Monaco GP. At this year’s Monaco Grand Prix, Maison Mumm (part of Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouët) hosted a private event with international musician Mark Ronson to launch the world’s first digitally connected champagne bottle. The connected … Read more

Toasting to the 2015 Kentucky Derby winner

December 30, 2015May 12, 2015 by Editorial Team

G.H.MUMM, recently named the official champagne of the Kentucky Derby and Churchill Downs Racetrack, was a part of the festivities at the 141st Run for the Roses both before and after American Pharoah crossed the finish line. Guests raised their glasses during the pre-race ceremonies for the “G.H.MUMM Toast to the Kentucky Derby.” While Jeff … Read more

Dom Pérignon lifting the veil on its secrets with the Atelier Dom Pérignon

May 8, 2015 by Editorial Team

A chance to meld senses and knowledge.

To share its unique savoir-faire, Dom Pérignon is for the first time lifting the veil on its secrets with the Atelier Dom Pérignon, a tour and tasting experience that begins in June 2015. The immersive experience will let wine lovers discover a unique heritage. During a day-long workshop, 12 participants will have a chance to taste the three Plénitudes of Dom Pérignon: Dom Pérignon vintage 2004 or 2005, Dom Pérignon P2 1998, and Dom Pérignon P3 1990, as well as Dom Pérignon rosé 2003.

For this inaugural year, Dom Pérignon scheduled fourteen exclusive Ateliers.

The session includes instruction on technical tastings of wines, emphasizing both the nose and the mouth, plus an introduction to wine and food pairings. The champagne house also announced a digital and sensory experience in the “Blackbox”, plus a tour of the vineyards and The Abbey of Saint-Pierre d’Hautvillers, the site where in the 17th century the monk Dom Pierre Pérignon discovered and perfected the techniques that would give birth to the champagne known today.

Ruinart – The Glass Calendar by Hubert le Gall

June 1, 2015April 6, 2015 by Editorial Team

Hubert le Gall tells the story of the oldest champagne house.

In what has now become a tradition, every year Ruinart Champagne House commissions a renowned artist to create his or her vision of the oldest champagne house. After Piet Hein Eck in 2013 and Georgia Russell in 2014, it is Hubert Le Gall’s turn to unveil his take on the House founded in Champagne back in 1729.

Through a series of 12 sculptures, each one representing a month of the year, Hubert Le Gall pays homage to the passage of time, moving in step with the seasons and the work of men on the Ruinart vineyard. The deep transparency and luminosity of the Chardonnay grape are encapsulated in 12 sculptures dedicated to the House’s emblematic cuvee, Blanc de Blancs.

The artist has also created a new limited edition of the Ruinart Blanc de Blancs giftbox. Golden upstrokes and downstrokes playing on the whiteness of the case symbolise a timeline that is interrupted when the box is
pened.

“Basically I can’t manage to make something if I don’t tell a story. I tell it to myself and to other people. This is the idea behind the masterpiece I wished to create, the work of man controlling matter and finally, the play of light,” explained Hubert Le Gall.

Working with glass was a natural move for Hubert Gall in his quest to create a luminous work. It was in famous Murano (Italy), that he found the glass materialal he was looking for – a glass whose beauty rests on imperfections, roughness and bubbles of air.