http://www.alastairharrison.me/2009/09/harvest-the-pressing/ Alastair Harrison's blog all about champagne and Park Lane Champagne Thu, 26 May 2011 12:35:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.alastairharrison.me/2009/09/harvest-the-pressing/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Alastair Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:15:39 +0000 http://www.parklanechampagne.co.uk/alastairschampagneblog/?p=180#comment-112 The cost of grapes is the single price driver in Champagne for regular champagnes; if you consider 1kg of grapes per bottle at a cost of around EUR6, then a bottle, the processing, then aging and storage... then EUR15 per bottle at the end of the process. Doesn't seem like it is the Champenoise making too much profit here! Different story, of course, with the "prestige cuvees" and very high end brands. The cost of grapes is the single price driver in Champagne for regular champagnes; if you consider 1kg of grapes per bottle at a cost of around EUR6, then a bottle, the processing, then aging and storage… then EUR15 per bottle at the end of the process. Doesn’t seem like it is the Champenoise making too much profit here! Different story, of course, with the “prestige cuvees” and very high end brands.

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