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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Champagne only comes from Champagne, France
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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?

Champagne wine enjoys international acclaim and is widely considered the most universally recognized symbol of France, with export markets in more than 190 countries. Some 65% of Champagne House production is destined for export.

Krug

Founder Joseph Krug’s philosophy still holds sway over these premises at 5 rue Coquebert, Reims – the historic headquarters of the House he founded in 1843 and now part of the LVMH group. Today, Oliver Krug is the sixth generation of his family to curate the legacy of his forebear.

The Champagne Houses
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