207:
20:
54:
was introduced. A rectangular label on the rear of each bottle testifies to the wine's authenticity and quality based on an examination of its colour, clarity, bouquet and taste. There must be a pressure of at least 4 bar in each bottle. Luxembourg is the only country outside France entitled to use
90:
has 350 members representing 65% of the total volume of wine produced or almost 800 hectoliters. It was thanks to the initiative of
Vinsmoselle that Luxembourg was authorized to use the designation Crémant de Luxembourg alongside the crémants from various regions of France (Alsace, Bordeaux,
46:
which includes a second fermentation in the bottle followed by nine months of maturation. Only grapes from the best local varieties are used. They must be perfectly healthy, fully ripened, and free of damage from crushing or transportation.
83:
when wine production was restored. In 1921, on the initiative of Paul Faber who gave his name to the Poll-Fabaire company, Luxembourg's wine producers became members of a national cooperative.
161:
79:
for exports to
Germany, avoiding the high taxes the Germans imposed on bottled sparkling wines from France. Luxembourg's own involvement began after the
75:
region underwent the traditional process including a second fermentation in the bottle. Mercier were able to benefit from
Luxembourg's membership of the
248:
133:
110:
185:
158:
277:
241:
282:
43:
222:
272:
267:
234:
71:
began to produce champagne in
Luxembourg in order to save on taxes. Wine imported from the
8:
130:
107:
72:
68:
165:
137:
114:
218:
261:
35:
80:
50:
The designation Crémant de
Luxembourg dates from 4 January 1991 when the
214:
76:
31:
19:
56:
206:
52:
Marque
Nationale: Appellation contrôlée Crémant de Luxembourg
38:
district made according to the traditional method (
91:Bourgogne, Die, Jura, Limoux, Loire and Savoie).
259:
186:"Moselle Vintners and their Bubbly Crémants",
242:
249:
235:
154:
152:
150:
18:
260:
147:
201:
23:A Poll-Fabaire Crémant de Luxembourg
159:"Le crémant de Luxembourg a 20 ans"
13:
14:
294:
205:
86:Today the cooperative, known at
179:
142:Luxembourg: Vin & Crémants
124:
119:Luxembourg: Vin & Crémants
101:
1:
94:
221:. You can help Knowledge by
190:, June 1, 2001, Osborn, Alan
144:. Retrieved 2 December 2011,
121:. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
67:In 1885, the French company
7:
10:
299:
200:
176:Retrieved 2 December 2011.
62:
44:sparkling wine production
30:is a sparkling wine from
131:"The Crémants: Quality"
217:-related article is a
40:méthode traditionnelle
24:
278:Luxembourgian cuisine
108:"The Crémants: Intro"
28:Crémant de Luxembourg
22:
88:Domaines Vinsmoselle
164:2012-04-26 at the
136:2012-04-03 at the
113:2012-04-03 at the
25:
230:
229:
69:Champagne Mercier
290:
283:Luxembourg stubs
251:
244:
237:
209:
202:
192:
183:
177:
175:
156:
145:
128:
122:
105:
298:
297:
293:
292:
291:
289:
288:
287:
273:Luxembourg wine
268:Sparkling wines
258:
257:
256:
255:
198:
196:
195:
184:
180:
173:
166:Wayback Machine
157:
148:
138:Wayback Machine
129:
125:
115:Wayback Machine
106:
102:
97:
81:First World War
65:
17:
12:
11:
5:
296:
286:
285:
280:
275:
270:
254:
253:
246:
239:
231:
228:
227:
210:
194:
193:
178:
146:
123:
99:
98:
96:
93:
64:
61:
16:Sparkling wine
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
295:
284:
281:
279:
276:
274:
271:
269:
266:
265:
263:
252:
247:
245:
240:
238:
233:
232:
226:
224:
220:
216:
211:
208:
204:
203:
199:
191:
189:
182:
171:
167:
163:
160:
155:
153:
151:
143:
139:
135:
132:
127:
120:
116:
112:
109:
104:
100:
92:
89:
84:
82:
78:
74:
70:
60:
58:
53:
48:
45:
41:
37:
33:
29:
21:
223:expanding it
212:
197:
187:
181:
169:
141:
126:
118:
103:
87:
85:
66:
51:
49:
39:
27:
26:
174:(in French)
262:Categories
215:Luxembourg
170:Lalibre.be
95:References
77:Zollverein
55:the term "
32:Luxembourg
73:Champagne
162:Archived
134:Archived
111:Archived
63:History
57:crémant
36:Moselle
188:Europe
213:This
42:) of
219:stub
59:".
34:'s
264::
172:.
168:,
149:^
140:,
117:,
250:e
243:t
236:v
225:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
