2023 Holiday Club Crossword Answers

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2. Star grape variety of the Côte des Blancs

• CHARDONNAY

3. This fictional secret service agent has been spotted drinking Champagne more than 35 times in his films

• JAMES BOND

4. French for “great growth,” the term that designates top villages that produce the very best grapes and have a 100% rating

• GRAND CRU

5. Impermeable buoyant material used to enclose a bottle of Champagne

• CORK

6. Canadian rapper and singer known as Champagne Papi

• DRAKE

7. On January 22 of each year, the vignerons and the Champagne houses celebrate this saint

• VINCENT

10. Champagne sub-region known as “the white coast”

• COTE DES BLANCS

12. The fizz quality of a Champagne is known as

• EFFERVESCENCE

13. A microscopic pest that attacks the roots of the vine -- responsible for destroying most of the vineyards in 19th century Europe

• PHYLLOXERA

15. Dominant grape of the Montagne de Reims sub region

• PINOT NOIR

19. Largest city in Champagne which played a central role in French history as the city for the country’s coronation ceremonies since the 11th century.

• REIMS

20. Grape most compatible with the clay rich soils of the Marne Valley

• PINOT MEUNIER

21. Name for still wine before it becomes Champagne

• VIN CLAIR

22. Term for filtering Champagne for consumption

• DISGORGEMENT

24. The mixture of sugar and reserve wine added to a bottle after disgorgement that creates the style

• DOSAGE

25. Bottle size equivalent to 3L (two magnums, or four standard sized bottles)

• JEROBOAM

29. Process of rotating bottles of Champagne before disgorgement

• RIDDLING

32. A very dry Champagne that contains a maximum of 6 g/l of dosage

• EXTRA BRUT

35. Percentile system that is used to signify set prices per kilo of grapes sold from a village

• ECHELLE LADDER

37. English word for “millésime” meaning the year that a cuvée’s grapes were grown and harvested

• VINTAGE

38. French for muzzle, the name of the wire cage that holds the cork in place

• MUSELET

41. A taste of Champagne

• SIP

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1. A Champagne made with only white grapes

• BLANC DE BLANCS

8. To behead an unopened bottle with a sword

• SABER

9. Term used to describe the effects a particular region’s climate, terrain and soil have on the wine

• TERROIR

11. Fatcork motto

• CELEBRATE EVERY DAY

14. Descriptive adjective that describes frothy foam that sits on top of a glass right after it’s poured

• MOUSSE

16. Iconic blonde bombshell who was once rumored to have taken a bath 350 bottles of Champagne

• MARILYN MONROE

17. The historical term that refers to the pale, copper / pink hue of Champagne, much like the color of this small game bird’s eye after death

• PARTRIDGE

18. Southern-most sub region of Champagne

• AUBE

20. Name of Champagne grape variety derived from French words of “pine” & “black”

• PINOT NOIR

23. The deposits of dead yeast cells leftover after secondary fermentation

• LEES

26. “Champagne Supernova” is a 1996 popular song by this English rock band

• OASIS

27. Number of 4 oz glasses in a standard bottle of Champagne

• SIX

28. A prestigious single-vineyard plot surrounded by walls

• CLOS

30. The horizontal storage of bottles in the cellars

• SUR LATTE

31. Method of making rosé unique to Champagne

• ASSEMBLAGE

33. French term for a winemaker who cultivates their own grapes for the Champagne they make

• VIGNERON

34. The name of the root vegetable used as the sugar component of dosage

• BEET

36. Main component in the soil that gives Champagne it’s unique mineral flavor

• CHALK

39. The driest style of Champagne

• BRUT NATURE

40. The indentation at the bottom of the bottle

• PUNT

42. Method of making rosé in the style of a red wine

• SAIGNÉE