Moët & Chandon
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| Company type | Part-holder of LVMH |
|---|---|
| Industry | Winery |
| Genre | French winery |
| Founded | 1743 |
| Founder | Claude Moët |
| Headquarters | Épernay, Grand Est, France |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | French wine |
| Revenue | €1.2 billion (2011) |
Number of employees | 1,715 (2011) |
| Website | www |
| Moët et Chandon | |
|---|---|
Dom Pérignon | |
| Varietals | Pinot noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier |
| Website | www |
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Moët & Chandon (French:
History
Moët et Chandon began as Moët et Cie
In 1833, the company was renamed Moët et Chandon after Pierre-Gabriel Chandon de Briailles, Remy Moët's son-in-law, joined the company as a partner of Jean-Remy Moët, Claude Moët's grandson.[4]
Following the introduction of the concept of a vintage champagne in 1840, Moët marketed its first
Moët & Chandon merged with
In 2006, Moët et Chandon Brut Impérial issued an extremely limited bottling of its champagne named "Be Fabulous", a special release of its original bottle with decorative Swarovski crystals, marking the elegance of Moët et Chandon.
Dom Pérignon
Dom Pérignon (
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A bottle of vintage 1999 Dom Pérignon with accompanying materials -
Statue of Dom Pierre Pérignon, aBenedictine monk
Current production
Around 5 million bottles are produced in each vintage.
Domaine Chandon
In 1973, the then Moët-Hennessy company founded
Chandon had already founded an outpost in Argentina in 1959, and was doing the same in the southern city of Garibaldi in Brasil in 1973.[citation needed] Domaine Chandon was later established in 1986 in Australia in Coldstream, Victoria, in the Ningxia region in China in 2013 and India's Nashik region in 2014.[citation needed]
Sponsorships
Moët was the official
On 30 November 2012, Swiss tennis player Roger Federer became Moët et Chandon's brand ambassador. On 30 September 2015, Chandon announced it would be a sponsor of the McLaren F1 team starting 2016.[13]
Pronunciation
Moët is pronounced with a "t" at the end (IPA: [mɔɛt]) ('mo-et') as the French-born founder's surname is assumed to be of non-French (alleged Dutch-German) origin.[14][15][16]
Songs
In the band Queen's song "Killer Queen", the lead singer Freddie Mercury sings "She keeps her Moët et Chandon in her pretty cabinet".
Musician Prince mentions "a little Spanish man offering wine and Moët" in his song "Mr. Goodnight" from his Planet Earth album.
In his song "
In his song, "Comin Thru", Chali 2na sings "I don't drink, my glass never will hold Moët".
In his song "Check Out My Melody", Rakim says: "Emcees that wanna be best, they're gonna be dissed if they don't get from in front of All they can go get is me a glass of Moët, A hard time, sip your juice and watch a smooth poet".
In his song "Curls", MF Doom sings, "Yup, you know it, growin' up too fast; showin' up to class with Moet in a flask".
In his song, "The Way Life Goes", the rapper Lil Uzi Vert sings "She's sipping Moët, and yeah, I swear it gets her wetter".
Craig David mentions Moët as part of his week-long date plans in the song "7 Days."
In his song "Bloodless", Andrew Bird sings "And the poets, they explode like bombs, While the gentry is drinking Moët Chandon".
In her song "The Roof", Mariah Carey sings "So we finished the Moët and started feeling liberated".
In his song "Cristal & MOЁT", a Russian rapper Morgenshtern sings "I pour Cristal or Chantel MOЁT, you were dreaming about it, now it's mine".
In his song “Represent,” rapper Nas sings “Yo, they call me Nas, I’m not your legal type of fella, Moët drinkin’, marijuana smokin’ street dweller”. Moët is also mentioned in his song "It Ain't Hard to Tell" in the lyric "I drink Moët with Medusa, give her shotguns in Hell; From the spliff that I lift and inhale; it ain't hard to tell". The champagne is also mentioned in his songs Reach Out and Affirmative action.
In her song "The Motto", American singer Ava Max sings "popping that Moët, baby lets make some bubbles".
In her song "Muñecas",
Incident
In June 2022, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority warned that the 3-liter champagne bottle from Moët & Chandon Ice Impérial contained MDMA, killing a person in Germany.[17]
See also
References
- ^ a b "History of Moët at Chandon". Retrieved 17 May 2008.
- ISBN 978-1742705415.
- ^ a b "Moët & Chandon". Retrieved 17 May 2008.
- ISBN 978-0521525213. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ The Royal Warrant Holders Association
- ^ "Champagne Moet & Chandon | Royal Warrant Holders Association". www.royalwarrant.org. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ISBN 0060737921
- ^ a b c d e Stevenson, Tom (2007) The Best A Man Can Get p6. 5 Dec 2007 Decanter
- ^ Walton, Annunciata. Dom Pérignon’s chef de cave on life, grapes and his favourite vintage. Country Life, 28 March 2017
- ^ "Domaine Chandon, Auberge de Soleil still strong". 15 March 2013.
- ^ "Moët & Chandon replace Mumm Champagne as sponsor of Formula 1". Glass of Bubbly. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ "F1 signs deal with $3000-per-bottle Carbon champagne brand". www.motorsport.com. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Profile: Moët & Chandon". Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- TheGuardian.com. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ^ "Guide to pronunciation: from Moët to diplodocus". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ^ Enting, Carolyn (2002). "Moët for Linguists". Lucire Living Magazine.
- ^ "Food safety authority issues second warning against MDMA in champagne bottles". NL Times.
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