People often ask me: "What is your favourite champagne?". I always answer: "I don't have a favourite champagne, I have favourite champagne moments!". That said, when I know the woman who made the champagne, or the history of the house, it makes the champagne taste even better. So does sharing the bottle with someone I like. If I am sharing it with someone nasty, no matter how technically good the champagne is, it always leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.
Here is a list of champagne houses/producers that have a soft spot in my heart because women play an important role there. The list will make more sense if you attend one of my events!
1 - Champagnes regularly used by Delectabulles
- Champagne Albert Beerens
- Champagne AR Lenoble
- Champagne Le Gallais
- Champagne Piot-Sévillano
- Champagne Veuve Olivier et Fils
Note: the champagnes above are difficult to find outside of France. If you are in the USA, reach out to IOLA Wines who only imports wines from Italy and France made by women.
2 - Members of La Transmission, Femmes en Champagne
- Champagne AR Lenoble: Anne Malassagne
- Champagne Boizel: Evelyne Boizel
- Champagne Claude Cazals: Delphine Cazals
- Champagne Drappier: Charline Drappier
- Champagne Philippe Gonet: Chantal Gonet
- Champagne Krug: Maggie Henriquez (she left Krug in 2022, but is still a member)
- Champagne Bruno Paillard: Alice Paillard
- Champagne Tarlant: Mélanie Tarlant
- Champagne Taittinger: Vitalie Taittinger
3 - Members of Les Fa’Bulleuses
- Champagne Maxime Blin
- Champagne Beaugrand
- Champagne De Sousa
- Champagne Mary Sessile
- Champagne Baillette-Prudhomme
- Champagne Guy Méa
- Champagne Bonnevie Bocart
Note: the champagnes above are difficult to find outside of France.
4 - Houses with female Cellar Masters
- Chanoine Tsarine: Isabelle Tellier
- Charles Heidsieck: Elise Losfelt
- Charles Lafitte: Celine Gasco
- de Castelnau: Carine Bailleul
- de Venoge: Isabelle Tellier
- Deutz: Caroline Latrive
- Duval Leroy: Sandrine Logette-Jardin
- Eugene Ralle: Nathalie Arnould
- Gardet: Stephanie Sucheyre
- Gosset: Gabrielle Malagu
- Henriot: Alice Tétienne
- J. de Telmont: Charlotte Eschbach
- Janison et Fils: Nathalie Laplaige
- Joseph Perrier: Nathalie Laplaige
- Krug: Julie Cavil
- Marie Stuart: Isabelle Mary
- Perrier-Jouët: Séverine Frerson
- Ployez-Jacquemart: Laurence Ployez
5 - Houses with a female President
- ABELÉ 1757
- AR LENOBLE
- BESSERAT DE BELLEFON
- BISSINGER & C°
- CRISTIAN SENEZ
- DELAMOTTE
- DOM PÉRIGNON
- DUVAL-LEROY
- EUGÈNE RALLE
- LECLERC BRIANT
- LOUIS MASSING
- MERCIER
- MOËT & CHANDON
- MOUTARD
- SALON
- SOUTIRAN
- TAITTINGER
6 - Houses whith a female Managing-Director
- ABELÉ 1757
- BRUNO PAILLARD
- CATTIER
- CHARLES MIGNON
- CRISTIAN SENEZ
- DELAMOTTE
- EUGÈNE RALLE
- GREMILLET
- HENRI GIRAUD
- LAURENT-PERRIER
- LOUIS MASSING
- POL ROGER
- POMMERY
- SALON
- THIÉNOT
7 - History of Champagne
- Veuve Clicquot
- Pommery
- Laurent-Perrier
- Henriot
- Krug
- Roederer
- Bollinger
- Pol Roger
Note: you can find out more about their roles next time I host a "Bubbly Badasses" webinar
