“How theatrical!” Was the response as we entered the red velvet walls of Le Theatre in Epernay, a charming town with its petite pretty parks and Belle Epoque buildings. 18th century Paris and some modern romantic arty types of pieces (silouttes anyone?) decorated the restaurant’s red walls. “Welcome!” said the movie star [...]

 Communications Director Thibaut Le Mailloux (with champagne)   “I was on an airline flight in business class,” a woman once told me, “and when she offered Champagne, I expected the real thing. What a surprise to find it was a sparkling wine from California!” Few Americans differentiate between a sparkling wine and a Champagne, yet [...]

Guests at the 21 Club Did you know that the U.S. is the second-largest export market for Champagne, behind the United Kingdom? Over 20 million bottles were shipped to the U.S. in 2004 alone. Or that Port is a fortified wine that comes form the world’s oldest wine region? The Center for Wine Origins was [...]