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The geographical area which carries the term “Champagne” is made up of several soil types of different characteristics. According to an age-old tradition, each Champagne House chooses during the wine harvest the “crus” ( particular vineyards) and the wine-plants which make up theirs supplies of grapes.
In spring, the wines from each vineyard are analysed and tasted in order to define theirs particular characteristics. The Head of the Champagne House and his oenologists can then determine the proportions in which the new wine is assembled and (except for the millésime-vintage wine) completed by adding reserved wines from previous years
The world-wide renown of a famous Brand of Champagne devotes its attachment to the respect for these traditional rules of Champagne-making.
This has safeguarded the constancy of the characteristics and subtleties which the Champagne lovers are accustomed to enjoy. Therefore a great Brand of Champagne brings to both the connoisseur and novice alike the certainty of being fully satisfied.
住在REIMS的市中心
出门就是商业街
POMMERY的厂房地上部分:
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容纳1万瓶香槟的大酒罐.
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休息大厅
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通向地下酒窖的阶梯
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在二十五米深的地下:
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每一个搁间都用一个地名作名字, 说明POMMERY的香槟又销到一个市场
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这哪里是酒窖, 简直就是一座地下宫殿.
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一百多年前的传送带
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Pommery started out as Dubois-Gosset, a Champagne house which was taken over by Narcisse Greno in 1836. It was not until twenty years later that Louis Alexandre Pommery became an associate. Although only involved with the firm for two years before he died, his investment was such that his widow, Jeanne Alexandrine Louis Pommery, subsequently took control.
Champagne seems to have had more than its fair share of capable widows, and Madame Pommery was no exception. After the region's best known, the veuve Clicquot, Madame Pommery is the most famous. She took a fledgling Champagne house and laid the foundations for the creation of a grande marque. She moved the house towards the exclusive production of sparkling Champagne rather than still, which was more prevalent in the late 19th Century than it is now, as well as overseeing construction above ground and below. Above ground she commissioned a grand house, which is notable for being an unusual mix of both styles and materials, which is a polite way of saying it looks weird. The work below ground, however, was particularly impressive, as the Pommery cellars saw the addition of over ten miles of new tunnels, with fine arches supporting the ceiling and decorative carvings in the walls.
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