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The Ninth Day of Christmas Features a Lovely Champagne from Henriot

The Ninth Day of Christmas Features a Lovely Champagne from Henriot

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Fredric Koeppel
Jan 02, 2013
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The house of Henriot was founded in 1808 by Apolline Henriot, widow of a vigneron and scholar whose family had owned vineyards since 1640. Henriot makes about 55,000 cases of champagne annually, which puts it in the fair-to-middling level; by comparison Taittinger makes 355,000 cases a year and Mumm makes 625,000. On the other hand, the company has disp…

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