{"id":13929,"date":"2017-02-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.invinic.com\/introducing-grower-champagne-and-why-you-should-care"},"modified":"2017-12-10T09:50:47","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T08:50:47","slug":"introducing-grower-champagne-and-why-you-should-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.invinic.com\/en\/introducing-grower-champagne-and-why-you-should-care","title":{"rendered":"Introducing grower Champagne – and why you should care!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Champagne<\/span><\/a> is the world\u2019s finest sparkling wine. <\/span>Luxury Champagne labels<\/span><\/a> command eye-watering prices, and the big brands are known far and wide. Massive Champagne houses like <\/span>Mo\u00ebt & Chandon<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Louis Roederer<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Pommery<\/span><\/a> dominate the market. The big <\/span>Maisons de Champagne<\/span><\/i> rule the roost, but they\u2019re not the only game in town: <\/span>Grower Champagne<\/span><\/a> is increasingly popular among <\/span>sparkling wine<\/span><\/a> lovers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Grower Champagne<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Broadly speaking, there are three types of Champagne producer. You\u2019ve got the big <\/span>Champagne houses<\/b> as mentioned above, <\/span>co-operatives<\/b> that make wine on behalf of member growers from a particular region, and <\/span>growers<\/b> that produce their own Champagne from their own grapes. Growers produce <\/span>Grower Champagne<\/b>, which is like craft Champagne or artisanal Champagne.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How to spot a Grower Champagne<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The official French term for this type of producer is <\/span>R\u00e9coltant Manipulant<\/span><\/i> (RM). <\/span>Grower Champagnes will bear the initials \u201cRM\u201d on the bottle<\/b>, allowing you to quickly identify them. Some other initials that you might see are:<\/span><\/p>\n