Louis Roederer is a producer of champagne based in Reims, France. Founded in 1776, the business was inherited and renamed by Louis Roederer in 1833. It remains as one of the few independent and family-run maisons de champagne. Over 3.5 million bottles of Louis Roederer champagne are shipped each year to more than 100 countries.
Louis Roederer champagne bottles
Louis Roederer (1809–1870)
Champagne is a sparkling wine originated and produced in the Champagne wine region of France under the rules of the appellation, which demand specific vineyard practices, sourcing of grapes exclusively from designated places within it, specific grape-pressing methods and secondary fermentation of the wine in the bottle to cause carbonation.
A glass of Champagne exhibiting the characteristic bubbles associated with the wine
Vineyards in the Champagne region of France
1915 English magazine illustration of a lady riding a Champagne cork (Lordprice Collection)
Le Remueur: 1889 engraving of the man engaged in the daily task of turning each bottle a fraction