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How many Grand Cru villages are in Montagne de Rheims

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9 villages

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Ambonnays is in..

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Montagne de Rheims

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Beaumont-sur-Vesle is in…

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Montagne de Rheims

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Bouzy is in…

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Montagne de Rheims

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Louvois is in…

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Montagne de Rheims

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Mailly-Champagne is in…

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Montagne de Rheims

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Puisieulx is in…

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Montagne de Rheims

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Sillery is in…

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Montagne de Rheims

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Verzenay is in…

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Montagne de Rheims

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Verzy is in…

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Montagne de Rheims

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How many Grand Cru villages are there in Vallee-de-la-Marne

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2 villages

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Ay-Champange is in…

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Vallee de la Marne

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Tours-sur-Marne is in…

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Vallee de la Marne (only red grapes)

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How many Grand Cru villages are there in te Cotes-des-Blancs

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6 villages

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Avize is in…

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Cotes des Blancs

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Chouilly is in…

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Cotes des Blanc (only white grapes)

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Cramant is in…

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Cotes des Blancs

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Le Mesnil sur Oger is in…

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Cotes des Blancs

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Oger is in…

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Cotes des Blancs

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Oiry is in…

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Cotes de Blancs

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Name the 5 regions of Champagne

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Montagne de Rheims
Vallee de la Marne
Cotes des Blancs
Cotes de Sezanne
Cotes de Bars (the Aube)
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CIVC

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Comite Interprofessionel du Vin de Champagne
Since 1941
Governing Body, enforces all the AOC regulations

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Permitted grape varieties

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Pinot Noir
Pinot Meurnier
Chardonnay

Others:
Arbane
Petit Meslier
Pinot Blanc
Pinot Gris
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Pruning Methods

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Guyot simple
Guyot double
Cordon de Royat
Vallee de la Marne (only Pinot Meurnier)

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CM
Cooperative de Manipulant; | The Champagne has been made by a co-operative
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NM
Negociant-Manipulant; | The wine has been sold under te name of the House which made it
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RM
Recoltant-Manipulant; | The Champagne is produced by a grower from their own grapes
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RC
Recoltant-Cooperateur; | The grower is selling the champagne made from their own grapes but produced by a cooperative
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MA
Marque d'Acheteur; | The Champagne has been bought from a producer and sold under another name (BOB) buyers own brand
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SR
Societe de Recoltant; | The Champagne is sold under the name of a company created by growers who are from the same family
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NR
Negociant Distributeur; | Which is a company that buys in champagne, re-brands it and then distributes it
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Brut Nature
0-3 g/L
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Brut
0-6 g/L very dry | 0-12 g/L dry
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Extra sec
12-17 g/L dry - off dry
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Sec
17-32 g/L medium
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Demi sec
32-50 g/L sweet
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Doux
50 g/L Upwards
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liqueur d'expedition
Dosage of suger
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Quarter bottle
185 ml
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Half bottle
375 ml
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Bottle
750 ml
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Magnum
1,5 L 2 bottles
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Jeroboam
3 L 4 bottles
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Methuselah
6 L 8 bottles
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Salmanazar
9 L 12 bottles
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Balthazar
12 L 16 bottles
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Nebuchadnezzar
15 L 20 bottles
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How invented the la methode champenoise?
Dom Perignon, celler master at the Abbey at Hautvillers from 1670 to 1715.
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Madame Nicole-Barbe Cliquot-Ponsardin
Developed remuage
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Cuvee Prestige Billecart Salmon
Grand Cuvee and Guvee Elizabeth Salmon Rose
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Cuvee Prestige Bollinger
Grand Annee
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Cuvee Grand Prestige Duval-Leroy
Femme de Champagne
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Cuvee Prestige Krug
Collection and Grande Cuvee (Multi-vintage)
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Cuvee Prestige Laurent Perrier
Grand Siecle and La Cuvee (Multi-vintage)
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Cuvee Prestige Louis Roederer
Cristal Brut
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Cuvee Prestige Moet & Chandon
Dom Perignon
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Cuvee Prestige G.H. Mumm
Cuvee R Lalou
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Cuvee Prestige Perrier-Jouet
Belle Epoque
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Cuvee Prestige Perrier-Jouet Rose
Fleur de Champagne
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Cuvee Prestige Philipponat
Clos de Goisses
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Cuvee Prestige Pol Roger
Winston Chuchill
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Cuvee Prestige Pommery
Cuvee Louise
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Cuvee Prestige Ruinart
Dom Ruinart
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Cuvee Prestige Taittinger
Comtes de Champagne and Taitinger Prelude
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Cuvee Prestige Veuve Clicquot
La Grande Dame
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Cuvee Prestige Vilmart
Coeur de Cuvee
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Coteaux Champenoise
AOC for still wines of Champagne
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Marc de Champagne
Brandy produced from the distillation of the skins, pips and stalks (the marc) left after pressing the grapes
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Blocage
This is a system putting wine in reserve in good and plentiful years for use in poor years, when the harvest is short or when there is a large increase in sales
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Deblocage
When the CIVC approves the use of reserve wines
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Cremant
AOC's for dry sparkling wines produced in France other than in the Champagne which are made by the methode traditionnelle.
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Name the 5 cremant regions
``` Aude Cremant de Limoux (Carcasonne) Loire Cremant (Anjou and Tourraine) Cremant d'Alsace Cremant de Die (Rhone) Cremant de Bourgogne (Burgundy) ```
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Cuvee Close (Charmat)
Thanks or bulk method. Still wine is pumped into a tank together with yeast and sugar. The temp is controlled to start the secondary fermentation. Completed in a matter of days. Then filtered and bottled under pressure.
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Vinos espumosos
Sparkling wine form Spain made by the carbonation or transfer method
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Muscat d'Asti en Prossecco
Made by the Cuvee Close method
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Fransciacorta
From Lobardy made by the traditional method
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Transversage method
Transfer method. In this method, the second fermentation and degorgement is carried out in the bottle as for champagne. But the wine is then chilled and placed (transferd) into a tank. The dosage is dan added and it is filtered and rebottled under pressure. This method is used for quarter and large format champagne bottles
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Methode Dioise Ancestrale
The wine is bottled before finishing fermentation. The wine continues to ferment producing carbon dioxide gas in the bottle. No addition of liqueur d'expedition, but remains sweet due to natural sugar still in the wine. Resulting wine is generally slightly cloudy
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Carbonation method
Quickest en cheapest method. The wine is chilled in large tanks and carbon dioxide is pumped into it. The wine is then bottled under pressure. The resulting wine is a fizzy drink in the glass with large flabby bubbles which do not last long.
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Vin mousseaux
French term for sparkling wines, but in the case of Vouvray it refers to a particular AOC
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Pertillant
Meaning slightly sparkling, but in the case of Vourvray it refers to a particular AOC
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Spritzig
German term meaning slightly sparkling
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Schaumwein
German term for sparkling wine of the lowest quality
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Sekt
German term for sparkling wine
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Espumante
Portuguese term for sparkling
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Espumosos
Spanish term for sparkling
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Spumante
Italian term for sparkling
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