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Wines & Champagne Business Gift Services
Corporate Wine UK are proud to be associated with the following
wine and champagne producers:
Tokaji
Aszú
Tokaji
Aszú is a rich honeyed dessert wine full
of flavours. Szepsi Lackó Máté, a Reformed
Church Pastor is credited with being the first to describe
the aszú vinification in 1631.
The world’s first vineyard classification system was
set up in Tokaj-Hegyalja, Hungary in 1772. In June, 2002 the
Tokaj wine region was declared a World Heritage site by UNESSCO.
Only two other wine regions hold this status: St-Emilion in
Bordeaux and Portugal’s Alto Duoro.
Lanson
Formed in 1760 by Francois Delamotte, a magistrate from
Reims, the Lanson
House is one of the oldest in the world. In 1798, Francois
Delamotte was succeeded by h is son Nicolas-Louis, a Knight
of the Order of Malta, and adopted the Maltese Cross as the
Company crest. In 1828, he formed a partnership with Jean-Baptiste
Lanson, who, in 1837, gave the company the name of Lanson
et Cie.
Moët
& Chandon
Claude Moët,
a wine trader descended from an old family resident in the
Champagne region since the 14th century, founded his house
in Epernay in 1743, and decided to perpetuate the Dom Perignon
legacy.
Its reputation is exceptional: a Moët
& Chandon cork pops somewhere on Earth every single second.
The house's vineyards span a total of 771 hectares. This makes
it by far the greatest in the region.
Dom Pérignon
The Abbey of Hautvillers was born in the 7th century of a
dream that came to Saint Nivard. Ten centuries later, Dom
Pierre Pérignon gave this heritage its most dazzling
interpretation. The extraordinary quality of the wine he devised
and produced in the secrecy and religious fervour of the Abbey
makes him the spiritual father of champagne and one of the
greatest visionaries of modern wine-making.
Each vintage offers thus a new aspect of Dom Pérignon,
reflecting an assemblage that is a unique act of creation
for the wine maker Richard Geoffroy. In its constant quest
for the ultimate balance between Pinot Noir and Chardonnay,
the Dom Pérignon style traces, vintage after vintage,
a complex structure made up of aroma and sensations, silky
smooth, light as air and full of sensuality.
Veuve
Clicquot Ponsardin
In 1772, Philippe Clicquot founded a wine-making business
under the name Clicquot.
In 1798, his son François, who had taken over the family
enterprise, married Barbe Nicole Ponsardin. At the time of
François' death in 1805, the young 27-year-old widow
decided to continue her husband's legacy. A woman of vision,
she became the driving force behind the prestige and success
of the brand, which in 1810 was renamed Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin.
Today, both in France and abroad, the Veuve Clicquot brand
continues to embody the values held dear by Madame Clicquot:
modernity and audacity blended together with an emphasis on
quality and expertise that are second to none.
Krug
When Johann-Joseph Krug
founded the Krug
champagne house in 1843, his dream was to give his name to
nothing less than an exceptional champagne. To achieve this,
he set himself a few rules, among which, first and foremost:
never compromise on quality.
The wines are made from carefully selected chardonnay, pinot
noir, and pinot meunier grapes. Krug
is a guardian of Champagne tradition in still fermenting its
wines in small oak barrels, which gives them an exceptional
finesse.
Another signature of the Krug style, they are made to mature
for at least 6 to 8 years, the reward of which is a distinctive
complexity and the ability to age gracefully.
Jas
Hennessy & Co
In 1765, Richard Hennessy,
an Irish Catholic serving in the French Army, founded a company
in Cognac. His son Jacques rapidly ensured the continuing
success of the company. Since then, the name of Hennessy
has always been firmly associated with the history of Cognac.
The company places great importance on the most prestigious
cognacs : V.S.O.P. (Very Superior Old Pale), X.O. (Extra Old),
F.O.V. (Finest Old Vintage) much appreciated by the Chinese,
Paradis, and "Richard Hennessy", created in 1996
in homage to the founder of the company.
Charles
Heidsieck
In 1851, Charles-Camille Heidsieck
gave his name to his own Champagne brand. From 1852, this
pioneer in search of new markets, crossed the Atlantic 4 times
heading to the New World . His sense of business and his personality
made him famous under the name of "Champagne Charlie".
Charles Heidsieck
is today among the most prestigious brands of Champagne. Focusing
on wine and food connoisseurs, Charles Heidsieck
is consumed in famous restaurants like " étoilés
Michelin ", luxury hotel chains and prestigious wine
specialists.
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