Festive Meals Call For Champagne

Photo: Fabrice Leseigneur © CIVC 2000

Food and vintage Champagnes for special occasions - the winning combinations...

Vintage Champagnes are exceptional wines for exceptional occasions — intimate gatherings, family reunions, celebrating with friends - those memorable, magical moments in life.

Leading œnologists and master chefs in Champagne suggest distinctive combinations that bring out all the taste and aromas of food for special occasions and vintage Champagnes.

Photo:Fabrice Leseigneur©CIVC2000

Simple dishes
A triumph of understatement; dishes that leave you free, as master of the house, to add your personal touch and exercise your culinary skills.

Refined dishes
Simple to prepare (steamed, wrapped in ravioli, à la nage) or requiring more elaborate techniques (stuffed meat, meat in sauces or cooked in a salt crust); delicate dishes that combine refined texture with rich, powerful flavours.

Dishes to serve with caution
Spicy, hot, strong tasting dishes; foods with a "dry" crisp texture or those that are excessively sweet and bitter (such as chocolate).

Dishes to avoid
Dishes with a liquid or insubstantial texture; sharp tastes of lemon or vinegar, olives and pickles; marinades, garlic and crudités.

 

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CIVC
Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne - the trade association representing Champagne Houses and Growers.

 

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