Through the vacation season, as we have a good time and toast to good occasions, it is very important bear in mind the outstanding girls who’ve paved the best way within the wine trade. These trailblazers have influenced the world of wine and left an indelible mark on historical past. Let’s take a second to honour and have a good time them.
One such extraordinary lady is Madame Louise Pommery. A real visionary of the nineteenth century, Madame Pommery was one of many iconic widows who revolutionized the Champagne trade. After her husband’s loss of life, she took the helm of the Pommery property and reworked it into one of the vital famend Champagne homes on the planet.
Madame Pommery’s pioneering spirit and revolutionary strategy performed an important function in creating trendy Champagne as we all know it at the moment. She got here up with the invention of “brut” Champagne. At the moment dosage was added to champagne which was diversified and unregulated leading to candy wines; she wished one thing extra elegant and brisker. Madame Pommery additionally popularized the usage of caves for growing old Champagne and is credited with pioneering wine tourism. Her relentless pursuit of excellence and dedication to high quality established Pommery as an emblem of magnificence and class.
As we take pleasure in this vacation season with a glass of champagne in hand, allow us to elevate our glasses to Madame Louise Pommery and all of the unimaginable girls who’ve contributed to the wine trade. Their legacy continues to encourage and form the way forward for winemaking.
I’m sharing Pommery Brut Rose with my household and mates over the vacations, and toasting to all Ladies in Wine – Previous, Now and Future!
Champagne Pommery is accessible at LCBO
NO HST (ONTARIO) THIS HOLIDAY SEASON !!
Champagne Pommery Brut Rose LCBO #38632
Champagne Pommery Grand Cru Royal Brut 2009 LCBO #40870
