Claude Moët

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Claude Moët (* 1683 ; † 1760 ) was a French winemaker and wine merchant and founder of today's company Moët & Chandon .

Specializing in sparkling wines , he delivered wines from Champagne a . a. to Versailles . He became purveyor to the court of the nobility, including Madame de Pompadour . His grandson Jean-Rémy Moët continued to run the business after his death.

literature

  • Don & Petie Kladstrup: Champagne , Harper Collins Publisher ISBN 0-06-073792-1 , pp. 47-48
personal data
SURNAME Moët, Claude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French winemaker and wine merchant
DATE OF BIRTH 1683
DATE OF DEATH 1760