Champagne Producer Types

Question 1

NM

Answer 1

Négociant Manipulant: A house that purchases grapes and or base wines from growers and other smaller houses.

Question 2

RM

Answer 2

Récoltant Manipulant: A grower-producer [95% of the grapes from estate]

Question 3

CM

Answer 3

Coopérative Manipulant: A growers’ co-operative that produces the wine under a single brand.

Question 4

RC

Answer 4

Récoltant Coopérateur: A grower whose grapes are vinified at a co-operative, but sells the wine under his own label.

Question 5

SR

Answer 5

Société de Récoltants: A firm, not a co-operative, set up by a union of often related growers, who share resources to make their wines and collectively market several brands.

Question 6

ND

Answer 6

Négociant Distributeur: A middleman company that distributes Champagne it did not make.

Question 7

MA

Answer 7

Marque d’Acheteur: A buyer’s own brand, often a large supermarket chain or restaurant, that purchases Champagne and sells it under its own label.

Question 8

CM Producers

Answer 8

Nicolas Feuillatte

Jacquart

Question 9

RM Producers

Answer 9

Hubert Dauvergne

Question 10

NM Producers

Answer 10

Billecart
Bollinger
Charles Heidsieck
De Meric
Deutz
Drappier
Henriot
Krug
Lanson
Laurent-Perrier
Moët et Chandon
Pol Roger
Louis Roederer
Ruinart
Taittinger
Veuve Clicquot