CHAMPAGNE LOUIS ROEDERER

摘要

A VENERABLE CHAMPAGNE HOUSE PROVES THAT IT'S POSSIBLE TO MAKE GREAT WINE AND TURN A PROFIT IN A GLOBAL MARKETPLACE THE COURTYARD OF Champagne Louis Roederer is like many others in Reims. An imposing portico with brick and stone pillars and high gatesopens onto a long rectangular space surrounded by slate-roofed, brick buildings with high doors on either side. A small brass plate not much larger than a Champagne label at one door discreetly indicates the office and reception area. Once inside, a long corridor leads past offices, an ornate reception room, a tasting room, and the occasional ancestral portrait. Calm and order prevail. From the far distance comes the chink of bottles being filled with one of France's legendary wines.