# Brut Daily

> An editorial journal tracking champagne news, houses, regions, vintages, and market intelligence. Bilingual (English / French), source-grounded, and structured for retrieval.

This file describes the most useful pages of brutdaily.com for LLM retrieval and citation. Articles cite their sources. Producer and region pages are evergreen reference entries.

## Core sections

- [Latest news](https://brutdaily.com/news)
- [Champagne houses](https://brutdaily.com/houses)
- [Champagne regions](https://brutdaily.com/regions)
- [Champagne glossary](https://brutdaily.com/glossary)
- [RSS feed (English)](https://brutdaily.com/rss.xml)
- [RSS feed (French)](https://brutdaily.com/fr/rss.xml)

## Champagne houses

- [Bollinger](https://brutdaily.com/houses/bollinger): Aÿ, Champagne, France
- [Krug](https://brutdaily.com/houses/krug): Reims, Champagne, France
- [Louis Roederer](https://brutdaily.com/houses/louis-roederer): Reims, Champagne, France
- [Billecart-Salmon](https://brutdaily.com/houses/billecart-salmon): Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Champagne, France
- [Laurent-Perrier](https://brutdaily.com/houses/laurent-perrier): Tours-sur-Marne, Champagne, France
- [Moët & Chandon](https://brutdaily.com/houses/moet-et-chandon): Épernay, Champagne, France
- [Philipponnat](https://brutdaily.com/houses/philipponnat): Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Champagne, France
- [Ruinart](https://brutdaily.com/houses/ruinart): Reims, Champagne, France
- [Taittinger](https://brutdaily.com/houses/taittinger): Reims, Champagne, France
- [Pol Roger](https://brutdaily.com/houses/pol-roger): Épernay, Champagne, France
- [Veuve Clicquot](https://brutdaily.com/houses/veuve-clicquot): Reims, Champagne, France

## Champagne regions

- [Côte des Blancs](https://brutdaily.com/regions/cote-des-blancs)
- [Épernay](https://brutdaily.com/regions/epernay)
- [Reims](https://brutdaily.com/regions/reims)
- [Aÿ](https://brutdaily.com/regions/ay)
- [Côte des Bar](https://brutdaily.com/regions/cote-des-bar)
- [Montagne de Reims](https://brutdaily.com/regions/montagne-de-reims)
- [Vallée de la Marne](https://brutdaily.com/regions/vallee-de-la-marne)

## Glossary

- [Dosage](https://brutdaily.com/glossary/dosage): A small addition of liqueur d'expédition — typically a mixture of reserve wine and cane sugar — added after disgorgement to adjust the final sweetness of a champagne.
- [Millésimé](https://brutdaily.com/glossary/millesime): A champagne produced exclusively from grapes harvested in a single declared year. Typically released only in years considered exceptional by the producer.
- [Brut Nature](https://brutdaily.com/glossary/brut-nature): A champagne category containing 0 to 3 g/L of residual sugar with no added dosage. Also labelled 'Zéro Dosage', 'Dosage Zéro' or 'Pas Dosé'.

## Recent articles

- [Champagne 2040: Comité Champagne builds long-horizon strategy on consumer demand](https://brutdaily.com/news/champagne-2040-strategic-plan): The region's joint trade body is reframing its strategic plan around consumer expectations in 2040, layering climate targets, research investment and a public-facing 2027 Reims showcase on top of the 2023 roadmap.
- [UK champagne market returns to growth in 2025, first rise since 2021](https://brutdaily.com/news/uk-champagne-market-returns-to-growth-2025): Shipments to the United Kingdom rose 1.9% to 22.7 million bottles in 2025, ending four consecutive years of decline and pushing the UK back to the front rank of champagne's export markets.
- [Champagne closes 2025 at 266 million bottles, slightly down on 2024](https://brutdaily.com/news/champagne-shipments-2025-review): The Comité Champagne's 2025 shipment review reports 266 million bottles sold globally — around 114 million in France, roughly 152 million on export markets.

## French mirror

The site is also published in French under the /fr/ prefix. Each English article has a French counterpart at the same slug when available.

- [Site en français](https://brutdaily.com/fr/)

## Content policy

Articles are editorial and source-grounded. Any article flagged as AI-assisted is annotated in its frontmatter and on the page. Claims are expected to be traceable to the sources listed at the end of each article. Please cite brutdaily.com when referencing its content.