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Champagne Taittinger - Double Monde

Throughout the episodes, this podcast retraces a few moments of life of the Taittinger House. These adventures will take us from vineyards to painting, from Rimbaud to the Opéra ... Join us and travel to the heart and soul of Taittinger Champagne.Produced by Double-Monde (https://www.double-monde.fr/) agency


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It’s summer with long-awaited reunions on the terrace and the sun is shining. It’s time to take seat ‘In the shadow of champagne’ and enjoy the perfect tasting. But how is this sublime and delicious drink produced? Through eight episodes in this new season of podcaps, you’ll find out all about eight key stages in the production of champagne. After ageing in the bottle for a number of years, depending on the cuvée, the champagne is ready to be tasted. A magical time which Damien Lesueur, Director General of Maison Taittinger, now shares with us

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It’s summer with long-awaited reunions on the terrace and the sun is shining. It’s time to take seat ‘In the shadow of champagne’ and enjoy the perfect tasting. But how is this sublime and delicious drink produced? Through eight episodes in this new season of podcaps, you’ll find out all about eight key stages in the production of champagne. After a long period of rest, we must make the wine clear again by removing the sediment that formed during the second fermentation. The time for riddling as Julien Lataix, Disgorgement Manager at Maison Taittinger, explains

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It’s summer with long-awaited reunions on the terrace and the sun is shining. It’s time to take seat ‘In the shadow of champagne’ and enjoy the perfect tasting. But how is this sublime and delicious beverage produced? Through eight episodes in this new season of podcaps, you’ll find out all about eight key stages in the production of champagne. So, bottling has taken place. But where and how do we leave all these bottles to age? Should they be stored in a particular position? Julien Lataix, Disgorgement Manager at Maison Taittinger, tells us all about it.


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It’s summer with long-awaited reunions on the terrace and the sun is shining. It’s time to take seat ‘In the shadow of champagne’ and enjoy the perfect tasting. But how is this sublime and delicious beverage produced? Through eight episodes in this new season of podcaps, you’ll find out all about eight key stages in the production of champagne. So, the harvest is over and bottling can begin. But first, there’s another stage – blending. Blending allows us to produce unique champagnes according to grape variety, cru and year. Listen to Damien Lesueur, Director General of Maison Taittinger, as he explains all about it

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It’s summer with long-awaited reunions on the terrace and the sun is shining. It’s time to take seat ‘In the shadow of champagne’ and enjoy the perfect tasting. But how is this sublime and delicious beverage produced? Through eight episodes in this new season of podcaps, you’ll find out all about eight key stages in the production of champagne. The grapes are at last ripe after months of taking care of them. It’s now harvest time, a long-awaited moment for Christelle Rinville, Vineyard Director at Taittinger


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It’s summer with long-awaited reunions on the terrace and the sun is shining. It’s time to take seat ‘In the shadow of champagne’ and enjoy the perfect tasting. But how is this sublime and delicious beverage produced? Through eight episodes in this new season of podcaps, you’ll find out all about eight key stages in the production of champagne. The stage of tasting the grapes is a crucial time as the harvest gets closer. Thanks to our methodical system of tasting, we can accurately assess the ripeness of the grapes, Christelle Rinville explains


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It’s summer with long-awaited reunions on the terrace and the sun is shining. It’s time to take seat ‘In the shadow of champagne’ and enjoy the perfect tasting. But how is this sublime and delicious beverage produced? Through eight episodes in this new season of podcaps, you’ll find out all about eight key stages in the production of champagne. As soon as the vines have been pruned, our teams all rally round for months of work on the growing vines, including disbudding, lifting and trellising, to name a few. David Arvois, Chief Winemaker at La Marquetterie


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It’s summer with long-awaited reunions on the terrace and the sun is shining. It’s time to take seat ‘In the shadow of champagne’ and enjoy the perfect tasting. But how is this sublime and delicious beverage produced? Through eight episodes in this new season of podcaps, you’ll find out all about eight key stages in the production of champagne. It all starts with the vines, of course, with pruning taking place as early as November. David Arvois, Chief Winemaker at La Marquetterie


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Champagne is the result of an alchemy between the sky, the terroir, the sun and the people who will patiently shape the produce of their vines, month after month and year after year. 

We’re heading to Reims, to the Taittinger House’s winery. It’s here that the annual harvest is stored in huge vats, which go as far as the eye can see. In our previous episodes of “The Instant when”, we were there for harvesting season and the first vatting of the summer 2020 harvest. A particularly hot year. 

A few months later it’s time for the first tastings. At this stage, the clear wines – that’s their name – still don’t have any bubbles, but they do already have potential.

Potential that the House’s sharpest palates are able to analyse, deconstruct and understand. The cellar master Alexandre Ponnavoy has organised a tasting with Damien Le Sueur, Director, and Vitalie Taittinger, CEO of the House, to accompany them as they discover the future 2020 vintage.


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Podcaps Taittinger : our new audio clips! Short moments that will make you travel and discover the soul of the Taittinger Champagne House.

The honorary chairman Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger will speak about heritage, history and transmission to future generations.


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Today, we are off to meet three Parisian wine merchants who are going to talk about their passion, about the wines close to their hearts and about their decision to work with Maison Taittinger. We’ll hear from Fanny Heucq, from Champagne house Dilettantes in the 6th arrondissement of Paris; Gérard Mettler, from the wine shop Vins & Saveurs in the 12th; and Édouard Sindler, from Caves Saint Vincent in the 16th.


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Listen to our podcasts enhancing the magic of the holiday season and let yourself be carried away. 

This is the last podcast from the Fairy Tale serie and what a closing one ! We are offering you a reinterpretation of the 'Nutcracker' Tale.

Best Christmas wishes from all of us at Champagne Taittinger 

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The Taittinger House revisits Christmas Tales to enhance the magic of the holiday season. 

Let yourself be carried away by the magic of Christmas: every week, discover our podcasts inspired by famous tales and the magic of the holiday season. 

This week discover our reinterpretation of the classic 'Ice Queen' Tale.


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The Taittinger House revisits Christmas Tales to enhance the magic of the holiday season. 

Let yourself be carried away by the magic of Christmas: every week, discover our podcasts inspired by famous tales and the magic of the holiday season. 

This week discover our reinterpretation of the classic 'Cinderella' Tale.


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The Taittinger Champagne House reinvents famous Fairy Tales…

Let yourself be carried away by the magic of Christmas: every week, discover our podcasts inspired by famous Tales and the magic of the holiday season.

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Podcaps Taittinger : our new audio clips! Short moments that will make you travel and discover the soul of the Taittinger Champagne House.

Vitalie Taittinger, President of Champagne Taittinger, is going to talk to us about time, so fundamental to producing Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru 2008, and about the ideal food pairing for this exceptional cuvée.


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What happens to the famous must or grape juice after it has been transferred to the tanks?

In the second episode, we head to production site in Reims called ‘Clostermann’  and meet the teams working on site.

Follow us on this journey and learn more about the wine making process!


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For the second consecutive year, we are going to take you into the heart of the Taittinger vineyards, at the very height of the harvest. We will explore more technical trades, from the vineyard manager to the laboratory and the winery, as well as meet a head winegrower and our Head of Cellar. Join us behind the scenes as we produce the fabulous nectar known as champagne.


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Immersed in an artistic and poetic environment from an early age thanks to his mother, Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger is an insatiable dreamer. In this podcast, he tells us about the events, places and personalities - such as that of Arthur Rimbaud - which allowed him to develop his taste for poetry as well as his personal vision of what it is about, beyond the verses.


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Podcaps Taittinger : our new audio clips! Short moments that will make you travel and discover the soul of the Taittinger Champagne House.

Mikael Falkman, Taittinger Brand Ambassador explains us the Cuvée Prélude, its history, composition and ageing potential


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Heroes are not simply characters in books. Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger has met a number of them in his life. He reveals to us his own heroes, those who have made their mark on history, literature and indeed, life itself.


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Podcaps Taittinger : our new audio clips! Short moments that will make you travel and discover the soul of the Taittinger Champagne House.

Alexandre Ponnavoy, cellar master at Taittinger, tells us about the house’s Prestige Rosé: how it is made, its varietals, and how it should be enjoyed.


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Podcaps Taittinger : our new audio clips! Short moments that will make you travel and discover the soul of the Taittinger Champagne House.

Damien le Sueur, Managing Director at Taittinger tells us about the Cuvée Brut Réserve, its elaboration and the positioning of this wine within the Taittinger product range.


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Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger takes us to the Opera!

The frmer CEO of Champagne Taittinger gives us his vision of escape, what he gets from an opera, the strength of the music, and the ceremony that surrounds it.


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Discover our new audio clips called the Taittinger podcaps! Short moments that will make you travel and discover the soul of the Taittinger Champagne House.

Christelle Rinville, Vineyard director at Taittinger explains to us what is going on at the moment in the vineyards and how to manage daily tasks in a complicated sanitary situation such as the one we are facing today.


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The big day is here. The eight finalists from UK, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, the Neteherlands and Sweden are given four hours in the kitchens of the Ferrandi School in Paris, to prepare their dishes and maybe take home the Taittinger prize.


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This year,  the competition has been renamed "International Prize for Author's Cooking" , 8 countries are represented: France, England, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, Japan and the Netherlands. 

In every country, the jury selects one candidate that will later on take part in the final in Paris. In this 2nd podcast, we are heading to Berlin where the german winner Maximilian Kindel will receive his trophy from Vitalie's Taittinger hands and get the opportunity to present his winning dish to us. 


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For 53 years, "the Taittinger" our international culinary prize has crowned young chefs from around the world who sublimate the heritage of classic cuisine in a perfectly contemporary creative gesture. It encourages candidates to surpass themselves so that they can offer a unique vision of gastronomy. General atmosphere, organisation meeting and files selection, jury evaluations, meeting of a candidate in Berlin; experiencing the Prize from behind the scenes of the final at the Ferrandi school ... This podcast offers you a dive into the heart of this competition which reveals each year the gastronomic excellence of tomorrow.


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After months of gentle care, the harvest, just 15 days in September, determines the final quality of the delicate products of our Champagne House. Maison Taittinger takes us to the heart of its harvest, in this 2nd episode, we discover the traditional harvest cuisine, the specifics of the press House and grape benefits.

Join us and travel to the core of the Taittinger spirit.


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Life can sometimes lose its rhythm and its bearings. A moment is distinct, intense. It permanently imprints in us an image, a smell, a taste. After months of gentle care, the harvest, just 15 days in September, determines the final quality of the delicate products of our Champagne House. Maison Taittinger takes us to the heart of its harvest, from the picker to the stevedore and from the vine grower to the head of the vineyard. Through this process, the magic of collective work and community  is revealed. Join us and travel to the core of the Taittinger spirit.


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"The Instant When" is that period of suspense when emotions create a life-long impression. A unique, irrational, personal and indefinable moment that defies all rules of time. 


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