Taittinger family

Taittinger family

The Taittinger family are a French family who are famous producers of champagne. Headed by Claude Taittinger (born 1927), a member of the consultative committee of the Banque de France, the Taittinger Group is ranked in the top 250 businesses in France.Fact|date=June 2007 Its diversified holdings included Champagne Taittinger, Societe du Louvre and Concorde Hotels, whose flagship is the famed Hotel de Crillon on the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France as well as the Loire Valley wine producing firm of Bouvet-Ladubay, and a partnership in Domaine Carneros in California, until it was sold to Starwood Capital in 2005.

Taittinger Champagne

Founded in 1734, the Taittinger champagne house is based in Reims. The flagship wines of the house are the "Comtes de Champagne" (composed of 100% Chardonnay) and "Comtes de Champagne Rosé" (100% Pinot Noir). K. Gargett, P. Forrestal, & C. Fallis "The Encyclopedic Atlas of Wine" pg 167 Global Book Publishing 2004 ISBN 1740480503 ]

References

ee also

*French wine

External links

* [http://www.taittinger.com/Accueilhtmlgb.html Taittinger website]


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