All about Champagne
Across
- 2. This Champagne house has a cuvée named after a former British Prime Minister (3,5)
- 5. Champagne made only from black grapes (5,2,5)
- 6. The oldest bottle of Champagne was found on the bed of this sea
- 9. A 3-litre Champagne bottle
- 11. Grand cru Champagne village famous for Chardonnay
- 13. The oldest Champagne house
- 14. The top winemaker in any Champagne house (4,2,4)
- 17. The inhabitants of the Champagne region
- 18. Unit of measure for pressure inside a bottle of Champagne
- 21. Removal of collected sediment from the neck of the inverted bottle after second fermentation
- 22. She famously bathed in 350 bottles of Champagne (7,6)
Down
- 1. Oft-quoted Champagne Madame
- 3. Gradually tilting the bottle from its horizontal position, so that the sediment is collected in the bottle neck
- 4. Old-fashioned style of Champagne glass
- 7. Champagne Salon is owned by this more well-known brand (7,7)
- 8. Opening a Champagne bottle with the single slice of a sword across the bottle neck
- 10. Yeast cells are broken down during this process
- 12. Many Champagne house HQs are located in this city
- 15. Liqueur d'__________ is added at the end of the winemaking process, before the bottle is sealed
- 16. Roederer's flagship cuvée
- 19. Champagne's third most famous grape (5,7)
- 20. Used to describe Champagnes with 0-12g/L sugar added
- 23. This luxury goods company owns Champagne brands including Krug, Veuve Clicquot, Dom Pérignon and Mercier