111 must-see places in Champagne When God was very thirsty for the first time, he sent Pierre Pérignon to earth and had him brew a drink that made him see stars: Champagne: Without Dom Pérignon, the inventive monk from Hautvillers, the French national drink would be hard to imagine. And not even the Champagne. With its lovely, hilly landscape, traditional vineyards, old wineries, stately residences, old streets and churches and small villages, it is one of the most beautiful and still undiscovered regions of France - a landscape full of surprises and history. This book takes even champagne connoisseurs to places that will astonish them and tells the stories of 111 unusual places. And of course the champagne. Authors: Martin Roos, Jean-Claude Bourgueil, Tom Jasny

111 sparkling wines from all over the world that you must have drunk - by Daniela Dejnega and Luzia Schrampf. Why does German sparkling wine still have a modest image today? Is champagne always better? How does bubbling get into wine? Does Lambrusco always have to be so sweet? Why is prosecco often so cheap? And what does Ferrari have to do with sparkling wine? Discover 111 special, innovative and traditional pubic wines and their sparkling stories. Authors:  Daniela Dejnega und Luzia Schrampf - Fotographicals: Tobias Fassbinder  

Champagne - a Franco-German affair When the tiny pearls rise in the slim glass and tickle your nose, the first sip, well chilled, rolls over your tongue - then there is something to celebrate. The champagne, the finest of all sparkling wines, stands for luxury and enjoyment. But the most French of all drinks would not be available today if the English had not created a fashion trend in the 17th century, which some Germans who moved to France then picked up.Many German winemakers and wine merchants came to Champagne at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th centuries, founded their own companies or became cellar masters and partners of existing companies. They traveled all over Europe and America, they spoke foreign languages ​​and were good salespeople. They loaded horse-drawn carriages and ships with their valuable cargo and delivered them to royal and princely houses. They knew about their preferences - very sweet for the Russian tsar, dry for the English, semi-dry for the Germans. The history of champagne began 350 years ago when people wanted to get rid of the bubbles in wine. In this book you can find out what makes champagne so unique to this day and what role the Germans played in it. Author: Reinhard Pietsch Born in 1953, worked in Freiburg i.Br. and Edinburgh studied English, German and mathematics, and then worked for several publishing houses as an editorial, program and publishing manager. For several years he has been working as a freelance writer and editor in the fields of history, advice and popular science. He has been very concerned with German landscapes and their history and has written several books about it. Today he lives near Munich. Vienna is his second home.

Sometimes it just has to be champagne! But which one? Today, no less than 4,500 companies produce the most famous sparkling wine in the world - each with its own concept. In this book, Stefan Pegatzky provides a guide to the diversity of champagne today and presents the 100 most important producers and their "house style": from traditional brands to innovative cooperatives to revolutionary winemakers. In the process, the reader learns everything important about the different grape varieties, regions and vinification styles. 240 pages | numerous colour photos28.0 x 29.0 cm | hardcover ISBN 978-3-96033-119-3[WG 1457]

"Champagne 456" by Gerhard Eichelmann, his tenth book on Champagne. On 768 pages, 456 producers with 2,800 champagnes are presented, all champagnes were tasted in the past two years. The sub-regions of Champagne and the most important communes are presented in detail, a glossary, a vintage overview and an updated classification round off the book. The current title is only published in German.  

Winner of the André Simon Drinks Book of the Year Award.Winner of the IACP award in Wine, Beer & Spirits A stunning box set, complete with seven vintage maps in a pull-out drawer. Based on six years of on-the-ground research and unprecedented access to actual Champagne growers, Champagne is the first book to actually describe producers and wines based on their terroir – enlightening readers by showing them exactly where, how, and by whom these great wines are made. Champagne is one of the most iconic, sought-after wines in the world, beloved by serious wine collectors as well as everyday wine drinkers. However, it is also one of the most misunderstood wines out there – obscured by a multimillion-pound marketing industry that makes it difficult for consumers to honestly judge value and understand what they’re drinking. Included in the stunning box set are the Louis Larmat vinicultural maps – the only detailed wine maps of the region, which were commissioned by the French government in the mid-1940s and have never appeared in print in English. Author:   Peter Liem  is an American wine writer and the author of ChampagneGuide.net. Following nearly a decade in the wine trade, he was a senior editor, critic, and tasting director for Wine & Spirits, and his writings on sherry, Champagne, and other wines have appeared in publications such as The World of Fine Wine, The Art of Eating, Decanter and the San Francisco Chronicle. He lives in Champagne. Hardcover | 21.3 x 6.35 x 27 cm  

Gerhard Eichelmann's last champagne title has been out of print for almost two years, now there is a completely new book! There are few, if not none, books that devote themselves so regularly and comprehensively to the evaluation of Champagne on a broad scale, which is why the Eichelmann is also considered such an important reference work, even abroad - which is why this edition appears exclusively in English for the first time. The new "Champagne" summarizes all previous champagne titles by Gerhard Eichelmann in the form of a compendium and presents over 13,000 champagnes from 1,300 producers. There is also a free downloadable app. We are very happy that so many of our winemakers are at the forefront, among the world-class and the outstanding producers!