Being French, most Top Champagne brand names can be difficult to read, to say, and to pronounce correctly as they often include many silent letters and combination of letters and sounds that are unfamiliar to most non-French native speakers.
Some of the most famous and popular brands of Champagne, like Moët & Chandon, Perrier-Jouët or Krug are not even of French origin (Dutch, German or else) implying they must be said with a different accent.
From best-sellers brands such as Dom Pérignon or Armand de Brignac Ace of Spades (Jay-Z) to more humble yet sometimes iconic Champagne makers likes Bruno Paillard or Jacquesson, you will find below a list of Champagne winery names with videos and audio of how to pronounce them either with a typical French pronunciation or with a more natural English/American-sounding accent.
When available, you will also find review and wine tasting videos of the Champagne sparkling wines to find out how good they may be and what they taste like.
Hear the Pronunciation of a Complete List of 60 Champagne Brand Names in Video
French Pronunciation of the Word/Region: Champagne
Top 70 Champagne Brands from A to Z – Spelling & Pronunciation
Below are 70+ of the most popular of Champagne houses with their corresponding videos on how to pronounce their name and wine tasting reviews when available.
Abelé (Sourire de Reims, owned by Freixenet)
Armand de Brignac (Ace of Spades Gold, Silver, Rosé, Midas, Trilogie, Demi-Sec, Blanc de Noirs/Blancs)
Ayala (Grande Cuvée)
Billecart-Salmon (Clos St Hilaire, Brut Réserve)
Binet
Boërl & Kroff
Founded by Patrick Sabaté and Stéphane Sésé, Boërl & Kroff is one of the rarest, most exclusive (and most delicious) of all Champagne wines, only available in magnum. I met up and interviewed founder Stéphane Sésé with Brand Ambassador Marie von Ahm. They gave us the story of this oustanding wine crafted by Drappier in Urville, South of Champagne, France.
Boizel (Joyau de France)
Bollinger (James Bond 007 Edition, Vieilles Vignes Françaises, La Grande Année, R.D. Récemment Dégorgé Extra Brut, Special Cuvée)
Bruno Paillard (Nec Plus Ultra)
In the following video, I looked into what makes of Champagne a rare uniqe and special sparkling wine, the terroir but more importantly how it’s made and the ART of blending grape varieties, vineyards and vintages to craft the most elegant, subtle and complex of all beverages, while tasting Bruno Paillard’s Première Cuvée that uniquely blends 35 different vineyard sites, 3 champagne grapes, and 25 different vintages since 1985.
Canard-Duchêne
Cattier (Clos du Moulin, Blanc de Boirs, Blanc de Blancs)
Charles Heidsieck (Blanc des Millénaires)
Chaudron
Cheurlin (Veuve Cheurlin)
Comte de Dampierre
Cuperly
De Castellane
De Cazanove
De Telmont
De Venoge (Princes, Louis XV)
Delamotte
Desmoulins
De Sousa
Deutz (Amour de Deutz, William Deutz)
Devaux
Drappier (Grande Sendrée, Carte d’Or, Brut Nature Zero Dosage, Sans Ajout de Soufre Ajouté)
Duval-Leroy (Femme de Champagne)
Egly-Ouriet (Grand Cru Brut, Blanc de Noirs Vieilles Vignes, V.P. Vieillissement Prolongé)
Learn What is a ‘Brut’ or a ‘Demi-Sec’ Sparkling Wine
Nicolas Feuillatte (Cuvée Palmes d’Or)
Gardet
Henri Giraud
Gremillet
Gosset Alfred Gratien
Gueusquin
Heidsieck & Co Monopole
Henriot
Irroy
Jacquart (Cuvée Alpha)
Jacquesson
Jacquinot & Fils
Janisson et Fils
Jean Jacques Lamoureux
Learn about the Grapes used for Champagne Winemaking & Blends (Chardonnay, Pinot Noir & Meunier)
In the following video, you will learn about the influence of different grapes on the flavors and characteristics of different sparkling wines including French Champagne wines and Crémants (de Bourgogne, Alsace, Bordeaux, Limoux, Loire, etc.) explained as I tasted several bubblies (les classiques collection/range) made by famous Burgundy producer: Maison Louis Bouillot.
Jeeper (Grande Réserve Chardonnay)
Jerome Prevost (La Closerie Les Beguines)
Joseph Perrier
Krug (Vintage, Grand Cuvée Clos du Mesnil Clos d’Ambonnay, Clos du Mesnil owned by LVMH Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy)
Krug Grand Cuvee displays the edition number on the label, being a blend of many different vintages (more than 120 different wines!). The 158th Edition was the first release showing this, with Edition 1 having started in 1843. Latest editions at the time of writing are the 168ème (released 2019), 167ème, 166ème, 165ème, 164ème, 163ème, 162ème.
Charles Lafitte
Lallier
Lanson
Laurent-Perrier
A.R. Lenoble (Intense, Rosé Terroirs)
Lombard & Cie
Louis Roederer (Cristal, Philippe Stark Brut Nature)
Marie Stuart (Cuvée de la Sommelière)
G.H. Martel & Co.
Mansart Baillet
Mercier
Moët & Chandon (Impérial Brut, Rosé, Grand Vintage, Ice Imperial, White Star)
Moutard-Diligent
GH Mumm (Mumm de Cramant, Cordon Rouge, Pernod Ricard)
Dom Pérignon (White & Rosé, Plénitude P1, P2, P3, Vintage, Oenothèque, Luminous, Lenny Kravitz Edition, Andy Warhol Tribute)
Perrier-Jouët (Belle Époque, Fleur de Champagne, Grand Brut)
Philipponnat (Clos des Goisses Extra Brut, 1522 Grand Cru)
Pierre Peters (Cuvée Spéciale Les Chetillons Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru)
Piper-Heidsieck (Rare)
Palmer
Pol Roger (Sir Winston Churchill)
Barons de Rothschild
Pommery
Ruinart (Dom Ruinart, R de Ruinart)
Louis de Sacy
Salon (Cuvée ‘S’, Le Mesnil-sur-Oger)
Jacques Selosse (Grand Cru Millésimé, Initial Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru, Substance)
Soutiran (Perle Noire, Alexandre Premier)
Laurent-Perrier (Grand Siècle)
Taittinger (Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs)
Thiénot (Cuvée Alain Thiénot, Stanislas, Garance)
Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin (Carte Jaune, Yellow Label, Rich Reserve, La Grande Dame)
Vranken (Demoiselle, Diamant, Cuvée Cartier, Tete de Cuvée, Grande Reserve)
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