Champagne Mercier

Mercier is a brand of champagne, founded in 1858 by Eugène Mercier, based in Epernay, France. Mercier Champagne is the brand with the highest sales in France.

History

1858, Eugène Mercier ( * 1838, † 1904) at the age of 20 years, the initially small champagne house. 1869 acquired the piece of land Mercier in Epernay at the Avenue de Champagne, the seat of all known champagne houses in Epernay, which even today is the seat of the House. There the wide-ranging, from 1871 dug into the chalk cliffs basement, which is used today as the maturation and storage of champagne are produced. The cellars are located at a depth of about 30 m and include courses in a length of 18 km ..

1885 moved the Compagnie des Grands Vins de Champagne E. Mercier & Cie part of their champagne production to Luxembourg. Mercier was there, give a price advantage in the territory of the German Customs Union, as for champagne in barrels a different duty rate than bottles. The company got a little later a private siding to the Luxembourg Central, both carried out the delivery of the wine barrels from France and the export of bottled champagne bottles over the.

At the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889 Mercier was the 1600 hectoliters of his time biggest wine barrel in the world with the name " Le foudre " Establish ( The large barrel ) and transported by horse drawn carriage to Paris. The barrel is now on display in the entrance hall of Mercier in Epernay.

Mercier owned the original rights to the brand Dom Perignon but sold them in 1930 Moët & Chandon.

1970 merged with the house Mercier Moët & Chandon. 1987 were both taken over by the newly established luxury brand Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.