Believe me, it's all marketing when it comes to champagne. It's just like Alsatian cremant, the only difference is that they have the name and big champagne house. We did have a chance this time around to visit more in Epernay which is kind of in the heart of the champagne region. There is a street that has most of the champagne houses - including Moet-Chandon, which makes Dom Perignon. Always fascinating to see a bottle of champagne selling for 100's of euros, when you can go down the street to a private seller and pay a small percentage of that.
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Champagne: Don Perignon
Believe me, it's all marketing when it comes to champagne. It's just like Alsatian cremant, the only difference is that they have the name and big champagne house. We did have a chance this time around to visit more in Epernay which is kind of in the heart of the champagne region. There is a street that has most of the champagne houses - including Moet-Chandon, which makes Dom Perignon. Always fascinating to see a bottle of champagne selling for 100's of euros, when you can go down the street to a private seller and pay a small percentage of that.
