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TAR16 - EP6: "Cathy Drone?" (France)
Boingo:
:lol: My guess it's a Methuselah (6 liter) or Salamanzer (9 liter) bottle (non-vintage prices approx. $600-$1000) used in the pyramid pouring.
IIRC, Taittinger uses the Chardonnay varietal in it's champagnes. :keeta:
gator27:
--- Quote from: DrRox on March 15, 2010, 10:54:24 AM ---So is "Cathy Drone" the name of the particular vineyard that Brent/Caite are wandering around in, trying to find the location of the carriage house?
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Someone messing up French words - cafe du Rhone? cote du Rhone?
apskip:
--- Quote from: b4us on March 14, 2010, 08:30:32 PM ---some info:
Champagne. The Champagne region, centered on the towns of Reims (Rheims) and Epernay, is the most northern of France's major vineyards. Unlike most of the best French wines, champagnes are blended in order to produce either non vintage champagnes (blended from different years) or vintage champagne, blended from wines of the same harvest. Consequently, since the quality of the champagne ultimately depends on a balance between the quality of the grapes and the skill of the blenders, Champagnes are also ranked and promoted by producer, not by any more finely delimited appellation . Possibly the most highly rated of blends is Krug; other well appreciated brands include Mumm, Bollinger and Heidsieck, not to mention the very well known brands of Moët & Chandon and Taittinger.The distinct taste and purity of real champagne is certainly due to the chalky soil and the continental growing conditions that abound in the Champagne region. Several of the main French Champagne producers have set up branches and vineyards in California, but in spite of bringing over their best master-blenders, have never been able to achieve quite the same result.
Although many people imagine that Champagnes are all white, this is not quite true. Rosé champagnes also exist.
Finally, please, the correct way to open a champagne cork is to ease it very gently out of the bottle. It is not to imitate a victorious Formula One racing driver and spray the contents of the bottle all over one's guests.
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From my knowledge, which comes from a tour of the champagne region 25 years ago, b4us has the most succinct handle on the Champagne region. It is extensive, but the centers of it are Rheims and Epernay. The most prominent producers with major tour operations of their storage areas and tastings are:
Rheims - Krug, Mumm, Piper Heidsieck, Veuve-Cliquot, Tattinger
Epernay - Heidsieck & Co., Moet & Chandon, Perrier-Jouet
All of the producers have vineyards scattered around the region, so a chateau stacking wine glasses for show could be located anywhere.
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--- Quote from: Boingo on March 15, 2010, 11:26:09 AM --- :lol: My guess it's a Methuselah (6 liter) or Salamanzer (9 liter) bottle (non-vintage prices approx. $600-$1000) used in the pyramid pouring.
IIRC, Taittinger uses the Chardonnay varietal in it's champagnes. :keeta:
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One of the things I learned on my tour of the Champagne region is that French champagne makers blend anything they wish to get a year-to-year uniform taste. They are not required to exclusively use champagne grapes(Chardonnay, Pinot noir and Pinot Meunier) from the Champagne region. What masters is consistency of taste.
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I am going to make a guess that this title is a reference to Notre-Dame de Rheims (Our Lady of Rheims) the Roman Catholic cathedral of Rheims, where the kings of France were once crowned. A major site for tourism in the Champagne region, it accommodated about half a million visitors in recent years.
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