Champagne is a wine of great complexity, appreciated for its freshness, its festive nature, his sensuality. But what is this mysterious alchemy behind one of the most popular beverage in the world? Through a clear text, supported with photographs, this book offers a unique scientific light on one of the most popular beverage in the world and breaks through all the mysteries
champagne.
Besides physical considerations and the simple pleasure of observation, his work allows us a different approach to certain aspects of the tasting. They show us the fog above the liquid surface, the convection inside the glass or explain why the bubbles are fine champagnes and in some coarser in others, so you should avoid fats.
Totally unique, this little book will amaze and enthrall all lovers of champagne as professionals. Certainly, a more luxurious edition on glossy paper would certainly be better highlighted these exceptional photographs but the book has the merit of being very affordable. Extract http://www.chateauloisel.com/vin/livre/liger-belair-effervescence-science-champagne.htm In English
Champagne, thanks to icts bubbles, Is A market of 300 one million bottles sold in the world and nearly 3 billion euros turnover per year,.
But how do the bubbles appear and how do they grow up? how do they contribute to the savour and to the gustatory and the visual originality of Champagne? It is the question which Gerard Liger- Belair, researcher in the « laboratoire d’œnologie de l’université de Reims » is trying to answer since 10 years.
Gerald Liger-Belair wanted to be an oceanographer. But an accident of diving diverted him from his initial vocation.
One day whereas he had sat at the terrace of a café in Reims, he observed the formation of the bubbles in a beer glass. Intrigued and curious, that gave him desire for trying an immersion in the drinks effervescent, and as he Lived in Reims, he Decided to take advantage of this opportunity to explore The Most Prestigious Among Them: champagne.
ISBN 978-2-7381-1839-4, October 2006, 140 x 190, 208 pages. (24.00 €) - Translated from English by Marie-Claire Brachet.
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