- Château-Grillet is an AOC in the Northern Rhône region owned by a single winery: Château-Grillet. Its 3.5ha make it the smallest AOC in the Rhône Valley.- A Bordeaux barrel contains 225 liters (59.4 US gallons), whereas a Burgundy barrel contains 228 liters (60.2 US gallons)- Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's Chateau Miraval Rosé 2012 was ranked number 84 among Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of the Year, making it the "best Rosé in the world"- The Louis Roederer Cristal Champagne was first created in 1876 for Alexander II of Russia. Cristal is a bottle with a flat bottom . The reason is that the Tsar feared assassination so this bottom prevented hiding a bomb. Moreover, the glass is white so the Tsar could verify if there was no poison in it. - Disgorging is the act of expelling the sediment caused by the secondary fermentation in the bottle of Champagne. This is followed immediately by topping up and insertion of the final cork