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 used regularly by Delectabulles
- Champagne Veuve Olivier et Fils
- Champagne Albert Beerens
- Champagne AR Lenoble
- Champagne Sabine Godmé
- Champagne BLIV
Note: the champagnes above are difficult to find outside of France, except for AR Lenoble
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
- Champagne Bruno Paillard: Alice Paillard
- Champagne Tarlant: Mélanie Tarlant
- Champagne Taittinger: Vitalie Taittinger
3 - Members of Les Fa’Bulleuses
- 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, except for De Sousa
4 - Houses with female cellar masters
- Ayala: Caroline Latrive
- Chanoine Tsarine: Isabelle Tellier
- Charles Lafitte: Celine Gasco
- de Castelnau: Elisabeth Sarcelet and Carine Bailleul
- de Venoge: Isabelle Tellier
- Duval Leroy: Sandrine Logette-Jardin
- Eugene Ralle: Nathalie Arnould
- Gardet: Stephanie Sucheyre
- Hernri Abelé: Véronique Blin and Marie Gicquel
- Henriot: Alice Tétienne
- J. de Telmont: Charlotte Eschbach
- Joseph Perrier: Nathalie Laplaige
- Krug: Julie Cavil
- Perrier-Jouët: Séverine Frerson
- Ployez-Jacquemart: Laurence Ployez
5 - History of Champagne
- Veuve Clicquot
- Pommery
- Laurent-Perrier
- Henriot
- Krug
- Roederer
- Bollinger
