There are many myths and misconceptions about champagne. Let’s look at some? “Small, fine bubbles are a sign of quality.” We’ve even read an article saying, “For Champagne connoisseurs, smaller bubble size is also a measure of quality.” Wrong. It could be a sign of a specially prepared (etched) or towel-dried glass (or some other effects) but it doesn’t tell you anything about the taste.Read more in this BKWine Magazine article: Myths about wine: the bubbles in the glass of champagne a sign of quality?
“There are 49 million bubbles in a bottle.” No, it depends on many different factors, such as bubble formation points (nucleation sites) in the glass.
And one of the big ones: “Grand cru is a sure sign of quality in champagne.” No, grand cru is an obsolete designation in a now abolished price control system. (Read the BKWine Magazine article on the link.) The quality depends primarily on the person who makes the wine.
“There are seven, no, now with voltis, eight permitted grapes.” No, it’s actually nine.Do you know which one is the ninth?
“The grape variety is no longer called pinot meunier but just meunier and it’s not a pinot at all.” Wrong. The grape variety is still called pinot meunier (sometimes meunier for short) and is actually technically (genetically) the same as pinot noir.
You can dive into all this when you come to Champagne.
But the most important thing about champagne is that it is an outstanding wine. It is a fantastic wine in itself but also something that goes perfectly with food, as you will discover at our delicious gastronomic lunches. A champagne tour like no other with the people who wrote one of the most comprehensive book on champagne ever.
Come on this luxurious wine tour to Champagne with BKWine, one of the world’s leading wine tour operators (*).
(*) And the only one who has authored 13 award-winning wine books.
