Everyone Should Sparkle on New Year’s and we’ll be
pouring the bubbly all night long!!
For Luck:
Champagne Brut Canard-Duchêne "Cuvée Léonie", Ludes, Champagne, France NV
For Love:
Rosé Champagne Brut Canard-Duchêne "Cuvée Léonie", Ludes, Champagne, France NV
Here is the story behind why Ian Believes these two sparklers are
perfect for Luck and Love in the New Year.
In 1860, a barrel-maker called Victor Canard met a
winemaker called Léonie Duchêne. They fell madly in love and
got married. They both shared a great passion for wine and so
they worked collaboratively to produce their own unique
Champagne. Using Victor's skills in farming grapes and ageing
wines in barrels and Léonie's expertise in wine-tasting and
viniculture, they produced a high class Champagne only 8
years after they met. Only a couple with a bond as close as
Victor and Leonie's could produce such a well-received debut
Champagne, and it is a credit to both of them that Leonie was
able to work in the wine industry during a time when the role
of women was largely consigned to household duties. Both
Victor and Léonie put their surnames together to create
‘Canard-Duchêne’. It is still one of the few wineries in
Champagne to be family-run. In 1890, their son, Edmond
Canard took over. He was young, bold, loved champagne, and
really understood the new world which was coming up. Under
his guidance, Canard-Duchêne became international
champagne, especially as one of the Champagnes supplied to
the court of Tsar Nicholas II.
Drink it with a sense of History, an appreciation of the moment, and
with optimism for tomorrow.
Cheers!