Veuve Clicquot Tasting

Thursdays the BottleBlog will feature an update on various exciting things going on at Joe Canal's: Reports of our travels, special event coverage, and more! Today Steve Wernick and Michael Brenner attend a special Veuve Clicquot tasting.

As we’ve shown, winemakers and other industry VIPs regularly visit us at both Joe Canal’s locations. Sometimes, the travel schedules of those VIPs don't allow for invidual store visits, but they host gatherings that are limited to industry professionals. Such was the case on Wednesday, October 13th, where Veuve Clicquot Senior Winemaker Cyril Brun hosted a tasting.

Michael Brenner, General Manager, and Steve Wernick, Wine Sales Associate in Lawrenceville, attended the tasting at Café Aldo Lamberti in Cherry Hill. The tasting included Veuve’s classic yellow label Brut, Non-vintage Rose, Demi-Sec, and Le Grande Dame, paired with foods from shellfish to pumpkin cheesecake.

Tastings like this enable the Joe Canal’s staff to better serve our customers, by gaining important insider knowledge on the production of the wines, what foods work well, and how to best enjoy the fantastic champagnes.

Here is a short history of Veuve Clicquot:
1772: Clicquot wines are born.
1805: When the winery's owner dies, his widow, Barbe Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, decides to take the family business in hand at the age of 27, and becomes one of the first businesswomen in modern times.
1816: Madame Clicquot invents the first riddling table, which makes it possible to ensure a crystal-clear wine. This process continues to be used today. From then on, the house goes from strength to strength. Madame Clicquot becomes known to her peers as "La Grande Dame" of champagne.
1877: The house continues to show its innovative spirit by providing its bottles with a yellow label, an unusual color for the time. The "V. Clicquot P. Werle" yellow label trademark is registered on February 12, 1877.
1909: Veuve Clicquot purchases the Crayeres (482 chalk tunnels, where the visitors center and production facilities are located today,) and continue to improve the quality of its wines using the latest in wine-making technologies.
1972: The Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award is created. This award champions the success of women who have made a mark in the business world.
2004: Launced in Japan during the cherry blossom season, Veuve Clicquot Rose, the house's non-vintage Rose, is so successful that the rest of the world has to wait until 2006 before the house can supply the new cuvee.

We invite you to come into Joe Canal's today to check our are amazing prices on Veuve Clicquot champagnes!