A Year in Champagne
2014 · 82 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 542 VOTES · DIR. David Kennard
Overview
The exploding cork. Endless tiny bubbles floating up and up in the glass. An indulgence. A celebration. A seduction. A triumph. This is the essence of Champagne, isn’t it? But it’s not just bubbles in a glass that makes the wine, or the mystique. Only sparkling wine produced within the boundaries of the Champagne region is truly “Champagne.” At first glance, the region is not an obvious source of romance. Champagne’s history is grim and bloody, swept by war and destruction from Attila the Hun to the filthy trenches of WWI and the Nazi depredations of WWII. The environment for winemaking is desperately hard — northerly latitude, chalky soil, copious rain, frost, rot. Yet it’s these difficulties that help make the wine unique.
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00:00:11 English subtitle by TheRoot (a.k.a Canopus)
00:04:44 Just up the road, the Belgians make beer, not wine.
00:06:41 of major corporations.
00:08:50 Narrator: This is Maison Bollinger
00:11:48 come from the mid 20th century
00:14:10 one of the loveliest villages southwest of Epernay.
00:15:32 Jacques Diebolt's been making champagne for over 50 years...
00:20:32 Narrator: History haunts the Champagne region
00:23:26 moved to and fro over an area of less than 30 miles
00:27:17 was something exceptional:
00:30:09 the work of a lifetime.
00:34:17 like soldiers on parade.
00:36:35 is when mildew hits the vines.
00:42:16 It's deputy director is Odilon de Varine Bohan.
00:46:43 the Gonet family has produced over the last 40 years.
00:54:14 More rules.
00:58:01 if you want to call that juice champagne one day.
00:59:54 and give them a second crush.
01:02:00 all across the Champagne region.
01:04:46 The incessant rain is turning the fields into a mud bath
01:07:33 Narrator: This is Cherkley Court near London.
01:09:18 of salmon pink color...
01:13:06 Winemaker and chief sorcerer Jean-Pierre Maraigner
01:16:13 But champagne mustn't only sparkle;