People often ask me: "What is your favourite champagne?". I always answer: "I don't have a favourite champagne, I have favourite champagne moments!". That said, when I know the woman who made the champagne, or the history of the house, it makes the champagne taste even better. So does sharing the bottle with someone I like. If I am sharing it with someone nasty, no matter how technically good the champagne is, it always leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.
Here is a list of champagne houses/producers that have a soft spot in my heart because women play an important role there. The list will make more sense if you attend one of my events or listen to a recording of my Bubbly Badasses webinar!
1 - Champagnes regularly used by Delectabulles
- Champagne Albert Beerens
- Champagne Le Gallais
- Champagne Piot-Sévillano
- Champagne Veuve Olivier et Fils
Note: the champagnes above are difficult to find outside of France. If you are in the USA, reach out to IOLA Wines who only imports wines from Italy and France made by women.
2 - Members of La Transmission, Femmes en Champagne
- Champagne Besserat de Bellefon: Nathalie Doucet
- Champagne Boizel: Evelyne Boizel
- Champagne Bruno Paillard: Alice Paillard
- Champagne Claude Cazals: Delphine Cazals
- Champagne Drappier: Charline Drappier
- Champagne J. Lasalle: Angéline Templier
- Champagne Laurent-Perrier: Lucie Pereyre
- Champagne Philippe Gonet: Chantal Gonet
- Champagne Tarlant: Mélanie Tarlant
- Champagne Taittinger: Vitalie Taittinger
- Anne Malassagne (she left AR Lenoble in 2023, but is still a member)
- Maggie Henriquez (she left Krug in 2022, but is still a member)
3 - Members of Les Fa’Bulleuses
- Champagne Maxime Blin: Claire Blin
- Champagne Beaugrand: Hélène Beaugrand
- Champagne De Sousa: Charlotte de Sousa
- Champagne Louise Brison: Delphine Brulez
- Champagne Baillette-Prudhomme: Laureen Baillette
- Champagne Guy Méa: Sophie Moussié
- Champagne Bonnevie Bocart: Mathilde Devarenne
Note: the champagnes above are difficult to find outside of France.
4 - Houses with female Cellar Masters
- Chanoine Tsarine: Isabelle Tellier
- Charles Heidsieck: Elise Losfelt
- Charles Lafitte: Celine Gasco
- de Castelnau: Carine Bailleul
- de Venoge: Isabelle Tellier
- Deutz: Caroline Latrive
- Duval Leroy: Sandrine Logette-Jardin
- Eugene Ralle: Nathalie Arnould
- Gardet: Stephanie Sucheyre
- Gosset: Gabrielle Malagu
- Henriot: Alice Tétienne
- J. de Telmont: Charlotte Eschbach
- Janisson et Fils: Nathalie Laplaige
- Joseph Perrier: Nathalie Laplaige
- Krug: Julie Cavil
- Marie Stuart: Isabelle Mary
- Perrier-Jouët: Séverine Frerson
- Ployez-Jacquemart: Laurence Ployez
5 - Houses with a female President
- ABELÉ 1757
- BESSERAT DE BELLEFON
- BISSINGER & C°
- CRISTIAN SENEZ
- DELAMOTTE
- DUVAL-LEROY
- EUGÈNE RALLE
- LECLERC BRIANT
- LOUIS MASSING
- MOËT, DOM PERIGNON, MERCIER (LVMH)
- MOUTARD
- SALON
- SOUTIRAN
- TAITTINGER
6 - Houses whith a female Managing-Director
- ABELÉ 1757
- BRUNO PAILLARD
- CATTIER
- CHARLES MIGNON
- CRISTIAN SENEZ
- DELAMOTTE
- EUGÈNE RALLE
- GREMILLET
- HENRI GIRAUD
- LAURENT-PERRIER
- LOUIS MASSING
- POL ROGER
- POMMERY
- RARE
- SALON
- THIÉNOT
7 - Independent Champagne Producers (Grower Champagne)
- Champagne A. Margaine
- Champagne André Jacquard
- Champagne Aurore Casanova
- Champagne Boutillez-Vignon
- Champagne Barrat-Masson
- Champagne Caillez-Lemaire
- Champagne Carole Haudot
- Champagne Collard-Picard
- Champagne Corbon
- Champagne Cossy
- Champagne Dauby Mère et Fille
- Champagne De Sloovere-Pienne
- Champagne Diebolt-Vallois
- Champagne Elise Dechannes
- Domaine Elise Bougy
- Champagne Elise Godin
- Champagne Elodie D.
- Champagne Francis Boulard et Fille
- Champagne Gaidoz-Forget
- Maison Gamet
- Champagne Guy Charlemagne
- Champagne H. Billiot et Fils
- Champagne Jacques Picard
- Champagne L & S Cheurlin
- Champagne Lucien Collard
- Champagne M. Marcoult
- Champagne Malthile Savoye
- Champagne Marie Copinet
- Champagne Marie Courtin
- Champagne Marion-Bosser
- Champagne Minard et Filles
- Champagne Nathalie Falmet
- Champagne Pauline Collin-Bérèche
- Champagne Ployez-Jacquemart
- Champagne R. Bourdelois
- Champagne Varicour
- Champagne Xavier Loriot
8 - History of Champagne
- Veuve Clicquot
- Pommery
- Laurent-Perrier
- Henriot
- Krug
- Roederer
- Bollinger
- Pol Roger
Note: you can find out more about their roles by listening to my "Bubbly Badasses" webinar
Last updated: October 2024
