{"id":3277,"date":"2025-04-04T15:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T13:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/champagne-bond500.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=3277"},"modified":"2025-04-04T15:35:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T13:35:21","slug":"cafe-society","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/champagne-bond500.com\/eng\/produit\/cafe-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Cafe Society Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><b>Caf\u00e9 Society<\/b><\/i>\u00a0is a 2016 American\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Romantic film\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romantic_film\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">romantic<\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Comedy drama\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Comedy_drama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comedy drama<\/a>\u00a0film written and directed by\u00a0<a title=\"Woody Allen\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Woody_Allen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Woody Allen<\/a>. It stars\u00a0<a title=\"Jesse Eisenberg\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jesse_Eisenberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jesse Eisenberg<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Kristen Stewart\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kristen_Stewart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristen Stewart<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Steve Carell\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_Carell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Carell<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Jeannie Berlin\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeannie_Berlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeannie Berlin<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Blake Lively\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blake_Lively\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blake Lively<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Parker Posey\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parker_Posey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parker Posey<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Corey Stoll\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corey_Stoll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Corey Stoll<\/a>, and\u00a0<a title=\"Ken Stott\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ken_Stott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ken Stott<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The plot follows a young man who moves to\u00a0<a title=\"Hollywood, Los Angeles\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hollywood<\/a>\u00a0in the 1930s, where he falls in love with the assistant to his uncle, a powerful talent agent.<\/p>\n<p>The film had its premiere at the\u00a0<a title=\"2016 Cannes Film Festival\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_Cannes_Film_Festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cannes Film Festival<\/a> on May 11, 2016,\u00a0<sup id=\"cite_ref-Opening_5-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>and was theatrically released in the United States on July 15, 2016, by\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Amazon Studios\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amazon_Studios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon Studios<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Lionsgate\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lionsgate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lionsgate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><sup id=\"cite_ref-RELEASE_7-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>It received generally positive reviews and grossed $43\u00a0million. It received nomination at the\u00a0<a title=\"Golden Eagle Award (Russia)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Golden_Eagle_Award_(Russia)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Golden Eagle Award<\/a>\u00a0in 2017 for\u00a0<a title=\"Golden Eagle Award for Best Foreign Language Film\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Golden_Eagle_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Best Foreign Language Film<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bobby Dorfman is the youngest son of a Jewish family in New York City in the 1930s. His elder sister Evelyn is a married school teacher, while his elder brother Ben is a gangster. Discontented with working for his father, a jeweler, Bobby decides to move to Hollywood, where he takes a job running menial errands for his uncle Phil, a powerhouse talent agent.<\/p>\n<p>Phil introduces Bobby to his secretary Veronica, nicknamed Vonnie, who is tasked with helping Bobby settle into Hollywood. Bobby is drawn to her unpretentiousness as opposed to most young women living in Hollywood, and falls deeply in love with her. She rebuffs his advances, telling him she has a journalist boyfriend named Doug. In reality, \u00ab\u00a0Doug\u00a0\u00bb is Phil, with whom Vonnie is carrying on an illicit romance; he promises to divorce his wife and marry her.<\/p>\n<p>On the\u00a0<a title=\"Wedding anniversary\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wedding_anniversary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first-year \u00ab\u00a0paper anniversary\u00a0\u00bb<\/a>\u00a0of their affair, Vonnie gives Phil a letter written and signed by\u00a0<a title=\"Rudolph Valentino\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rudolph_Valentino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rudolph Valentino<\/a>\u00a0as a gift. However, Phil proceeds to tell her that he is incapable of divorcing his wife, so he ends the affair. Vonnie subsequently surrenders to Bobby&rsquo;s love for her and their friendship turns into a romance.<\/p>\n<p>A forlorn Phil confides in Bobby about his affair\u2014without naming his mistress\u2014before telling him he has determined to divorce his wife. Bobby passingly mentions his relationship with Vonnie and his intention to marry her and return to New York. Phil begins petitioning Vonnie privately to leave Bobby and marry him instead.<\/p>\n<p>While having a conversation with Phil in his office, Bobby notices the Valentino letter. Recognizing it from Vonnie&rsquo;s account on her breakup with \u00ab\u00a0Doug\u00a0\u00bb, he confronts her and asks her to choose between himself and Phil. Vonnie chooses Phil.<\/p>\n<p>A heartbroken Bobby returns to New York City where he begins to run a high-end nightclub with his gangster brother, Ben. It soon becomes a famous hangout for the rich and powerful, from politicians to gangsters. Bobby meets divorc\u00e9e Veronica Hayes at the nightclub, and they begin dating, soon getting married and starting a family together.<\/p>\n<p>On an extended visit to New York, a happily married Phil and Vonnie stop at the nightclub and insist on seeing Bobby. Vonnie has become a pretentious name-dropper and Bobby is at first repulsed by her. However, he agrees to show her around New York\u2014as she had once done for him in Hollywood. They spend an evening without Phil, visiting Bobby&rsquo;s favorite haunts and, as dawn breaks over\u00a0<a title=\"Central Park\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_Park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Central Park<\/a>, share a kiss; but it&rsquo;s clear that it can go no further.<\/p>\n<p>Bobby&rsquo;s sister Evelyn asks their brother, Ben, to \u00ab\u00a0talk to\u00a0\u00bb her disagreeable neighbor; Ben promptly kills him. He is arrested and convicted of murder and racketeering. Shortly before he goes to the electric chair, he converts to\u00a0<a title=\"Christianity\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christianity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christianity<\/a>, mortifying his parents. His late brother&rsquo;s notoriety propels the nightclub to new heights, and Bobby travels to\u00a0<a title=\"Los Angeles\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Los_Angeles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles<\/a>\u00a0to contemplate opening a Hollywood version. He ultimately decides against it, but, before he leaves, he and Vonnie have lunch together, where she mentions that she and Phil will be returning to New York for a short visit. However, they both decide that it is better if they don&rsquo;t see each other.<\/p>\n<p>Months later, on New Year&rsquo;s Eve, Bobby and Vonnie are apart\u2014Bobby is in New York City hosting festivities in his nightclub, and Vonnie is with her husband at a Hollywood house party. As the new year is rung in, they both seem distant to their spouses, and both have a faraway look in their eyes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"div-col\">\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Jesse Eisenberg\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jesse_Eisenberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jesse Eisenberg<\/a>\u00a0as Bobby Dorfman<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Kristen Stewart\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kristen_Stewart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristen Stewart<\/a>\u00a0as Veronica \u00ab\u00a0Vonnie\u00a0\u00bb Sybil<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Steve Carell\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_Carell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Carell<\/a>\u00a0as Phil Stern<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Blake Lively\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blake_Lively\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blake Lively<\/a>\u00a0as Veronica Hayes<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Parker Posey\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Parker_Posey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parker Posey<\/a>\u00a0as Rad Taylor<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Corey Stoll\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corey_Stoll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Corey Stoll<\/a>\u00a0as Ben Dorfman<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Jeannie Berlin\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeannie_Berlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeannie Berlin<\/a>\u00a0as Rose Dorfman<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ken Stott\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ken_Stott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ken Stott<\/a>\u00a0as Marty Dorfman<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Anna Camp\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anna_Camp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anna Camp<\/a>\u00a0as Candy<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Paul Schneider (actor)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Schneider_(actor)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Schneider<\/a>\u00a0as Steve<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sheryl Lee\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sheryl_Lee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheryl Lee<\/a>\u00a0as Karen Stern<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Tony Sirico\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tony_Sirico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tony Sirico<\/a>\u00a0as Vito<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Stephen Kunken\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Kunken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Kunken<\/a>\u00a0as Leonard<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sari Lennick\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sari_Lennick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sari Lennick<\/a>\u00a0as Evelyn Dorfman<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Laurel Griggs\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Laurel_Griggs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laurel Griggs<\/a>\u00a0as Evelyn Dorfman&rsquo;s daughter<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Max Adler (actor)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Max_Adler_(actor)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Adler<\/a>\u00a0as Walt<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Don Stark\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Don_Stark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Don Stark<\/a>\u00a0as Sol<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Gregg Binkley\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gregg_Binkley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gregg Binkley<\/a>\u00a0as Mike<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Anthony DiMaria\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anthony_DiMaria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anthony DiMaria<\/a>\u00a0as Howard Fox<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Woody Allen\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Woody_Allen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Woody Allen<\/a>\u00a0(uncredited) as Narrator (voice)\u00a0<sup id=\"cite_ref-8\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>By March 9, 2015,\u00a0<a title=\"Jesse Eisenberg\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jesse_Eisenberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jesse Eisenberg<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Bruce Willis\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bruce_Willis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruce Willis<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Kristen Stewart\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kristen_Stewart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristen Stewart<\/a>\u00a0were added to the cast of the\u00a0<a title=\"Woody Allen\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Woody_Allen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Woody Allen<\/a>\u00a0film, which was produced by\u00a0<a title=\"Letty Aronson\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Letty_Aronson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letty Aronson<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Stephen Tenenbaum\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Tenenbaum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Tenenbaum<\/a> and Edward Walson<\/p>\n<p><sup id=\"cite_ref-July2015Deadline_11-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>By August 4, 2015, more cast was added, including\u00a0<a title=\"Jeannie Berlin\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeannie_Berlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeannie Berlin<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Corey Stoll\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Corey_Stoll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Corey Stoll<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Ken Stott\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ken_Stott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ken Stott<\/a>, along with\u00a0<a title=\"Anna Camp\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anna_Camp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anna Camp<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Stephen Kunken\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_Kunken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Kunken<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Sari Lennick\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sari_Lennick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sari Lennick<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Paul Schneider (actor)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Schneider_(actor)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Schneider<\/a>. <sup id=\"cite_ref-Aug2015Deadline_12-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>In August,\u00a0<a title=\"Tony Sirico\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tony_Sirico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tony Sirico<\/a> was cast\u00a0<sup id=\"cite_ref-SiricoCast_13-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>and\u00a0<a title=\"Max Adler (actor)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Max_Adler_(actor)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Adler<\/a>\u00a0had also joined the cast.<sup id=\"cite_ref-AdlerCast_14-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><a title=\"Vittorio Storaro\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vittorio_Storaro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vittorio Storaro<\/a>\u00a0is the\u00a0<a title=\"Cinematographer\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cinematographer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cinematographer<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Aug2015CS_15-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>On August 24, 2015, it was reported that Willis had exited the film due to his scheduling conflicts with the\u00a0<a title=\"Broadway theatre\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Broadway_theatre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Broadway<\/a>\u00a0stage adaptation of the\u00a0<a title=\"Stephen King\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stephen_King\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen King<\/a>\u00a0novel\u00a0<i><a title=\"Misery (novel)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Misery_(novel)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Misery<\/a><\/i>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-16\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>On August 28, 2015,\u00a0<a title=\"Steve Carell\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steve_Carell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Carell<\/a>\u00a0was cast to replace Willis.<sup id=\"cite_ref-17\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>\u00a0In March 2016, the title was confirmed as\u00a0<i>Caf\u00e9 Society<\/i><\/p>\n<p><sup id=\"cite_ref-23\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>In March 2016, the film was selected to open the\u00a0<a title=\"2016 Cannes Film Festival\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2016_Cannes_Film_Festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016 Cannes Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><sup id=\"cite_ref-Opening_5-1\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>The film also opened the\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Seattle_International_Film_Festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seattle International Film Festival<\/a>, on May 19, 2016,<sup id=\"cite_ref-24\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>and served as the closing night film of the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Karlovy Vary Film Festival\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karlovy_Vary_Film_Festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karlovy Vary Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><sup id=\"cite_ref-25\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>\u00a0It was announced that\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Lionsgate\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lionsgate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lionsgate<\/a>\u00a0would team up with Amazon to release the film on August 12, 2016.<\/p>\n<p><sup id=\"cite_ref-CinemaCon_26-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>It was then moved up to July 15, 2016, in a\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Limited release\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Limited_release\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">limited release<\/a>, before the wide expansion will starting July 29 and the widely release on August 5<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>Taittinger<\/b> \u00a0is a\u00a0<a title=\"French wine\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_wine\">French wine<\/a>\u00a0family who are famous producers of\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Champagne (wine)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Champagne_(wine)\">Champagne<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The estate is currently headed by Vitalie Taittinger,<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>\u00a0who is the daughter of\u00a0<a class=\"new\" title=\"Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger (page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Pierre-Emmanuel_Taittinger&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger<\/a><span class=\"noprint\">\u00a0[<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"fr:Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pierre-Emmanuel_Taittinger\">fr<\/a>]<\/span>\u00a0(born 1953), a member of the consultative committee of the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Banque de France\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Banque_de_France\">Banque de France<\/a>. Its diversified holdings included Champagne Taittinger,\u00a0<a title=\"Groupe du Louvre\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Groupe_du_Louvre\">Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 du Louvre<\/a>\u00a0and Concorde Hotels, whose flagship is the famed\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Hotel de Crillon\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hotel_de_Crillon\">Hotel de Crillon<\/a>\u00a0on the\u00a0<a title=\"Place de la Concorde\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Place_de_la_Concorde\">Place de la Concorde<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Paris, France\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paris,_France\">Paris, France<\/a>\u00a0as well as the\u00a0<a title=\"Loire Valley\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Loire_Valley\">Loire Valley<\/a>\u00a0wine-producing firm of\u00a0<a class=\"new\" title=\"Bouvet-Ladubay (page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Bouvet-Ladubay&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Bouvet-Ladubay<\/a>, and a partnership in\u00a0<a title=\"Domaine Carneros\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Domaine_Carneros\">Domaine Carneros<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<a title=\"California\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California\">California<\/a>. All these holdings were sold to\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Starwood Capital\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Starwood_Capital\">Starwood Capital<\/a>\u00a0in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>The family re-acquired the house of Champagne Taittinger in 2006 after securing financial support from the Cr\u00e9dit Agricole bank and also the backing of trade organisations.<sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\">\n<h2 id=\"Champagne_production\">Champagne production<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>Founded in 1734, the Taittinger\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"List of champagne producers\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_champagne_producers\">Champagne house<\/a>\u00a0is based in\u00a0<a title=\"Reims\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reims\">Reims<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-3\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>The flagship wines of the house are the\u00a0<i>Comtes de Champagne<\/i>\u00a0(composed of 100%\u00a0<a title=\"Chardonnay\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chardonnay\">Chardonnay<\/a>) and\u00a0<i>Comtes de Champagne Ros\u00e9<\/i>\u00a0(70%\u00a0<a title=\"Pinot noir\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pinot_noir\">Pinot noir<\/a>\u00a0and 30%\u00a0<a title=\"Chardonnay\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chardonnay\">Chardonnay<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><sup id=\"cite_ref-Fallis_pg_167_4-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>In 2017, Taittinger planted its first vines in England, near a village in Kent, for its venture into <a title=\"English sparkling wine\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/English_sparkling_wine\">English sparkling wine<\/a>. The first bottle will be ready in 2023.<sup id=\"cite_ref-5\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><\/div>\n<p>In 1734, Jacques Fourneaux established a wine-business in Champagne and worked closely with the Benedictine abbeys which, at that time, owned the finest vineyards in the region. After the First World War, the wine house was moved to a large mansion on the Rue de Tambour in which\u00a0<a title=\"Theobald I of Navarre\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theobald_I_of_Navarre\">Theobald I of Navarre<\/a>\u00a0(1201\u20131253) had lived. A long-standing legend held that it was he who brought the\u00a0<a title=\"Chardonnay\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chardonnay\">Chardonnay<\/a>\u00a0grape from Cyprus on returning from a crusade in the Middle Ages. This claim has been disproved by using genetic analysis, ascertained at the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"University of California at Davis\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/University_of_California_at_Davis\">University of California at Davis<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-guide_6-0\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The Taittingers were a family of wine merchants who, in 1870, moved to the Paris region from the\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Lorraine (region)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lorraine_(region)\">Lorraine<\/a>\u00a0in order to retain their French citizenship after the\u00a0<a title=\"Franco-Prussian War\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Franco-Prussian_War\">Franco-Prussian War<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a title=\"Treaty of Frankfurt (1871)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Treaty_of_Frankfurt_(1871)\">Treaty of Frankfurt (1871)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 1932,\u00a0<a title=\"Pierre Taittinger\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pierre_Taittinger\">Pierre Taittinger<\/a>\u00a0bought the\u00a0<a class=\"new\" title=\"Ch\u00e2teau de la Marquetterie (page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Ch%C3%A2teau_de_la_Marquetterie&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Ch\u00e2teau de la Marquetterie<\/a><span class=\"noprint\">\u00a0[<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"fr:Ch\u00e2teau de la Marquetterie\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_la_Marquetterie\">fr<\/a>]<\/span>\u00a0from the wine house of Forest-Fourneaux. It had been used as a command post during\u00a0<a title=\"World War I\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\">World War I<\/a>\u00a0and he had been laid up there after suffering a heart attack during combat. The vineyards of the ch\u00e2teau had been planted with\u00a0<a title=\"Chardonnay\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chardonnay\">Chardonnay<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"Pinot noir\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pinot_noir\">Pinot noir<\/a>\u00a0since the 18th century. This property had been developed by Brother\u00a0<a class=\"new\" title=\"Jean Oudart (page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Jean_Oudart&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\">Jean Oudart<\/a><span class=\"noprint\">\u00a0[<a class=\"extiw\" title=\"fr:Jean Oudart\" href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean_Oudart\">fr<\/a>]<\/span>, a\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Benedictine\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benedictine\">Benedictine<\/a>\u00a0monk, one of the founding fathers of champagne wine, and later it had belonged to the writer\u00a0<a title=\"Jacques Cazotte\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jacques_Cazotte\">Jacques Cazotte<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From 1945 to 1960 the business was run by Pierre&rsquo;s third son Fran\u00e7ois. Under his direction, the Taittinger cellars were established in the Abbey of Saint-Nicaise, built in the thirteenth century in Gallo-Roman chalk pits dating from the fourth century. After Fran\u00e7ois&rsquo; death in an accident, his brother Claude took over and directed the business from 1960 to 2005. It was during this time that Taittinger became a champagne house of world renown.<\/p>\n<p>Champagne Taittinger was sold in July 2005 by the Taittinger family, <sup id=\"cite_ref-7\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>along with its subsidiary,\u00a0<a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 du Louvre\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_du_Louvre\">Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 du Louvre<\/a>, to the US private investment firm\u00a0<a title=\"Starwood Capital Group\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Starwood_Capital_Group\">Starwood Capital Group<\/a>. Those in the profession (Champagne houses, wine-producers, cooperatives, distributors and customers) proposed that the objectives of short-term profitability, or even medium term, at any price, advocated by the then current managers of the business, were not compatible with the production of Champagne wine of quality, which takes time, trust and a large delegation of authority to the masters of the cellar. 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