According to the French, which is the best Champagne House in 2022??!!!!!
What do the French think is the best Champagne House?
According to a survey of 1,600 French women and men, Ruinart is the Champagne House of dreams.
The rest of the ranking reveals a few surprises, with the astonishing 8th position held by the Rothschild Champagne House...No doubt benefiting from the notoriety of this famous family through its Bordeaux châteaux (Laffite-Rothschild and Mouton-Rothschild).
Here is the 2022 ranking of the best Champagne Houses:
1- Champagne Ruinart
2- Champagne Roederer
3- Champagne Veuve Clicquot
4- Champagne Moët & Chandon
5- Champagne Taittinger
6- Champagne Mumm
7- Champagne Dom Pérignon
8- Champagne Rothschild
9- Champagne Piper-Heidsieck
10- Champagne Perrier-Jouet
11- Champagne Deutz
12- Champagne Pommery
13- Champagne Krug
14- Champagne Mercier
15- Champagne Canard Duchêne
16- Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte
17- Champagne Laurent-Perrier
18- Champagne Bollinger
19- Champagne Vranken
20- Champagne Charles Lafitte
More general figures for France:
- Wines in general: France's 2nd largest export sector with 12.7 billion euros, ahead of cosmetics and behind aeronautics,
- Viticulture is France's No. 1 agricultural sector, and vineyards account for 3% of the country's agricultural land,
- In 2018, France produced 4.6 billion liters of wine, or 17% of the world's wine, of which 8% was sparkling wine,
- The French wine industry covers almost 750,000 ha, or 10% of the world's surface area,
- France has 66 wine-growing departments,
- France is the world's second-largest wine consumer,
- 3.7 billion bottles of wine were consumed in France in 2018,
- 32 billion bottles of wine were consumed worldwide in 2018, representing nearly 246 million hectoliters of wine,
- France, Italy and Spain dominate the global wine trade, generating more than half of all exports,
- In 2019, France is the world's leading wine exporter by value,
- 30% of wine sales are exported, 56% to Europe and 44% outside Europe,
- Viticulture is France's No. 1 agricultural sector in terms of value, while the area under vines represents 3% of French agricultural land,
- 96.5% of French people now combine pleasure and consumption,
- 93% of French people think that "winegrowers are perceived as having the know-how to protect",
- 62% of French people admit to taking part in activities such as visiting wineries, meeting winemakers or strolling through vineyards during their vacations,
- 48% of French people feel they know a lot about wine, with 55% declaring an interest in wine culture,
- 70% of French people say they have already tasted wines in the producer's own cellar,
- 88% of French people, 82% of whom are under the age of 35, believe that the history and culture of the vine are worthy of being passed on to future generations.
- 92% of French people associate wine with meals,
- Wine tourism in Champagne represents 17.2%, ahead of Alsace, Val de Loire, Burgundy and Bordeaux, with 42% of foreign wine tourists.
