What Makes Real Champagne So Expensive | Food Secrets Ep. 17

Vintage Champagne or Cuveé, Brut, Semi-Sec, Sec, Grand Cru or Premier Cru, Blanc de blancs, Blanc de Noir, Rosé. All of the above made Marlene Dietrich feel like every day was a Sunday. Napoleon saw it both as a victory treat and a well needed consolation prize after a defeat.
Champagne is the epitome of France's bubbly pleasure. France without champagne would be like Paris without the Eiffel Tower. Worldwide, the upscale liquid is synonymous with luxury and festivity.
The small region of Champagne is the only place in the world that can legally produce Champagne wine. Laurence Ployez, winemaker, and cellar master, tells us the secrets of Champagne: how the special flavors characteristic for this golden liquid are extracted out of the grapes and what is important in the production process. The historian of champagne Patrick Demouy reveals how the champagne was invented. And how to best enjoy the excellent taste experience with its numerous flavors explains the chef Stéphane Rossillon.
#Champagne #France #FoodSecrets #DWFood #DeutscheWelle #DWEuromaxx
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Report: Regina Niedenzu
Camera: Dirk Rensmann
Editing: Dirk Rensmann
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
01:53 Secret One: The Terroir
03:47 Secret Two: The Harvest
04:58 The History
05:54 Secret Three: The Cellar
08:32 Secret Four: The Tasting
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[@LV-426...]

In Russia, by law, Champagne is called sparkling wine and sparkling wine made in Russia is called Champagne. The country that in every aspect has its feet above its head and its head below its feet.

[@krishnayogi]

great content , looks so apetizing

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

DW always produces high quality videos. Prost! 🥂

[@DWFood]

Thank you! 🥰

[@ianhobbs4984]

Champagne just yellow stuff with bubbles in it.

[@BeaglefreilaufKalkar]

Champagne is marketing, branding, no more than that. Some years ago the Champagne region was a lot smaller and the law was changed. Areas that were previously not allowed to call their wine champagne are now suddenly real champagne, the same sparkling wine is now suddenly better? Nonsense. Just organize a double blind tasting and let people taste a very expensive champagne, a cava from spain, a cremant de bourgogne, a German riesling sect, etc, without tem (and you) knowing what they are drinking. (open Bottles, wrap them in aluminium foil and clingfilm, and leave the room, let someone else write numbers on them, then bring them to the tasting, now no one knows what is in which bottle) I predict the following: The very expensive champagne is going to finish as one of the last and the Cava and Rieslingsekt will compete for first place. Of course, champagne fans are not going to believe this, but neither are they going to. I have organized this very often, always fun for a party, and the results are always pretty much the same

[@DWFood]

Super interesting. Where does Prosecco tend to place in your scoreboard? 🍾

[@BeaglefreilaufKalkar]

@@DWFood mostly somewhere in the middle. This methode is well suited to find out what you and your friends really like. I am sure there are people who actually like champagne in this test the best, but in my circle of friends, family and collegues it is not the case. Would really like to see a test like this with wine experts. Then also dark glasses should be used as they can get information from the structure of the bubbles

[@brassen]

Just love when parties get to this point: "is this booze fake, fancy or free?"

[@bossman674]

Yeh, you’re wrong. Champagne is superior. End of. The other wines you’ve mentioned are also very good, but champagne is superior. It’s more complex, has more structure, more balance, more power (depending on the producer) and it’s produced in limited quantities (when considering grower champagne, or the smaller houses). Large brands like VQ, Moët are terrible. They are the Starbucks of the champagne world. If you try a Jacques Selosse or vintage KRUG, you wouldn’t comment such a silly thing. It’s not marketing and branding, it’s simply superior, which is why for centuries it has always been one of the most premium wines. End of.

[@BeaglefreilaufKalkar]

@@bossman674 I recommend a blind tasting with other sprakling wines.