Find a good value Champagne

Champagne is the best-known French beverage in the world and represents a significant asset to our economy. Champagne is still associated with luxury and the big brands aren't always accessible to everyone because of their high prices. However, there are a few tricks you can use to find a good-value champagne that won't break the bank without sacrificing quality.

Producing good champagne

It's a common misconception that good champagne is always expensive, and that cheap champagne is of poor quality. This confusion comes from mixing up the production process with the distribution system. In reality, there is such a thing as good-value champagne.

Producing good champagne is not necessarily the most expensive thing in the bottle, but you have to take into account everything that goes into it. Champagne is a wine whose production technique is a little more complicated, which explains why it costs a little more to make than a still wine. Winemaking techniques are part of the reason, but why are Crémants, which are made in a similar way, so much cheaper? Reputation and prestige!

Champagne is a victim of its reputation

Big brands spend huge amounts of money on marketing, advertising and promotional campaigns to live up to their reputations. The quality of a champagne isn't enough to make it world-famous, and French know-how has to be promoted with a lot of advertising. When you add the cost of intermediaries, transport and storage, you can see why the big brands are unable to bring a good-value champagne to market.

So you have to look somewhere else

Online sales

The solution can be found online, as is the case for many products. We strongly recommend avoiding Amazon-type websites, as this can be like playing a game of luck and you may end up with the best or the worst.

You can try specialized or private sale websites, where you're more likely to find a good-value champagne.

However, if you want to give yourself the best chance of finding the right champagne, it's a good idea to go for a serious label: winemaker's champagne.

Why is winemaker's champagne good value for money?

The entire process of producing a winemaker's champagne - also known as grower's champagne - is done by a single winemaker. He cultivates his land, harvests his grapes and presses them in his own press or in a winemakers' union. He markets the wine under his own brand name. The General Union of Champagne Winemakers which represents them was created in 2001, and the "Champagne de Vignerons" label now includes five thousand winemakers and winemakers unions.

Each one complies with the extremely strict specifications of the Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée Champagne (AOC), and uses the assets of its terroir and the know-how handed down from generation to generation to produce its champagne.

When you use our website, your bottle of champagne is shipped directly from the production location to your home. There are no advertising costs, wholesale shipping or storage fees added to the bill. It's the best promise for excellent value champagne.

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