Types of Champagne Producers

Question 1

Describe NM (Negociant Manipulant)?

Answer 1

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

Some NM houses own a significant portion of their own vineyards; others own none at all.

Question 2

Give example of large Champagne NM houses?

Answer 2

Moet et Chandon
Krug
Louis Roederer
Veuve Clisquot Ponsardin
Billecart-Salmon
Lanson
Tattinger
Pol Roger
Perrier-Jouet
Mumm
Laurent Perrier

Question 3

Describe RM (Recoltant Manipulant)?

Answer 3

A grower-producer who make Champagne from estate-grown fruit, 95% of the grapes must originate in the producer’s own vineyards.

Question 4

Describe CM (Cooperative Manipulant)?

Answer 4

A grower’s co-operative that produces the wine under single brand.

Question 5

Describe RC (Recoltant Cooperateur)?

Answer 5

A grower whose grapes are vinified at a co-operative, but whose wines are sold under the grower’s own label.

Question 6

Describe SR (Societe de Recoltants)?

Answer 6

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 7

Describe ND (Negociant Distributeur)?

Answer 7

A middleman company that distributes Champagne it did not make.

Question 8

Describe MA (Marque d’Acheteur)?

Answer 8

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