Mercier

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Title: Mercier Category: Top 10+ Champagne Brands Origin: France Listing added: May 12, 2009 Comments: 0 PageRank: 4/10

The House of Mercier Champagne was founded in 1858 by Eugene Mercier, who amazingly was only 20 years old. His aim was to bring a top-class Champagne to the general public from his estate in Epernay.
It took six years to excavate the 18 kilometres of tunnels that became the Mercier cellars, with the work being completed in 1877.
Eugene Mercier showed his excellent marketing savvy when he opened his cellars to the public in 1885. Staff were assigned to welcome & guide visitors through the cellars. They were able to enjoy the work of local sculptor Gustave-Andre Navlet who had been commissioned to carve high reliefs from the chalk. These tours helped to increase awareness of the Mercier brand. One visitor of note was the French President Sadi Carnot.

Origin:	France
Web page:	www.champagnemercier.fr
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