The French company is one of the most important champagne producers worldwide.
Moët & Chandon was founded in 1743 by
Claude Moët and it was named
Moët et Cie (
Cie stands for the abbreviation of
company in French). The name became
Moët & Chandon when
Pierre-Gabriel Chandon joined the firm.
The winery owns 2,800 acres of vines and it produces more than 24 million bottles of champagne annually.
Moët & Chandon supplies the wine cellars of
Queen Elizabeth.
Moët & Chandon is now part of the
LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy), the largest luxury goods company around the world.
The
pronunciation of Moët & Chandon is not as simple as it looks.
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