Champagne Essentials with Importer Alice Loubaton

Ah, Champagne. Is any other wine so universally loved yet still a bit of a mystery? Alice Loubaton imports Champagne and other French wines via her company Loubaton Imports. Listen to Alice share her vast knowledge of all things Champagne; including the labor intensive production process which requires a second fermentation in the bottle, the best glassware for serving bubbly, and how to pair it with food. Alice is the New York importer for Champagne Marion-Bosser - for five generations the ... See More women in the family, mothers and daughters, have run this Champagne house in the famous village of Hautvillers. Hautvillers is where Dom Perignon created Champagne as we know it today. Alice told me that upon his discovery Dom Perignon beautifully exclaimed,"Come quickly! I am drinking the stars."