Champagne de Saint Gall

A CHAMPAGNE COOPERATIVE BORN OF A COMMON PASSION

Champagne de Saint-Gall is the product of a union of cooperatives created in 1966 following the regrouping of winegrowers located in Avize and the surrounding area. Today, Union Champagne brings together 15 cooperatives and just over 2000 passionate winegrowers who share the same values. They are established on more than 1300 hectares.

Fourteen cooperatives are located in communes classified as Premier and Grand Cru. The fifteenth collects only the non-Premier and Grand Cru grapes of the members of the remaining cooperatives. The vines are planted at a quality level of more than 90% in the Grands and Premiers Crus.

The Champagne de Saint-Gall cuvées were born of this collective commitment. Winegrowers, oenologists and workers combine their skills and energy to implement a collective project: to produce the quintessence of Champagne.

CHAMPAGNE DE SAINT-GALL, WINES MADE WITH EXCEPTIONAL RAW MATERIALS

The cooperatives within Union Champagne try to maintain a constant level of supply quality. All the winegrowers supply all their grapes to this union.

The vines are planted on some of the most renowned terroirs in the region. For the Champagne de Saint-Gall blends, the Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes are planted in the most beautiful villages of Champagne. The former are found on over 800 hectares of the Côte des Blancs, while the latter grow on almost 380 hectares of the Montagne de Reims and in the Vallée de la Marne.

In its constant quest for excellence, Champagne de Saint-Gall combines craftsmanship and advanced techniques in the production of its wines. This is reflected in the adoption of integrated viticulture, the use of advanced winemaking methods, the precise monitoring of the plots and the uncompromising health control of the vineyard.

It should be noted that the production of Saint-Gall Champagne wines is carried out at the Union Champagne facilities in Avize. Each cooperative is responsible for the vinification of its own grapes while respecting the specificities of the terroirs and the know-how.

Union Champagne also has a laboratory and a team in charge of controlling the wines since the harvest. This demand for quality has enabled the company to obtain ISO 22000 certification, testifying to the food safety of the products for the health of consumers.

Thanks to the talents and experience of the men and women of Union Champagne, the wines produced reflect the grape varieties used, Champagne treasures cultivated on rich and diversified soils.

A SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY-BASED ECONOMY

Union de Coopératives Agricoles, Union Champagne is governed by registered statutes that respect the principles laid down in the Rural Code. In other words, agricultural cooperatives have specific objectives. Thus, the capital is held by the members who then contribute their production. The cooperatives are then responsible for processing, valorisation and the production of the cooperators.

The results of the cooperative are then distributed over the long term and shared among the members. The objective of the cooperative is therefore not to make an immediate profit. Instead, it seeks to enhance the value of the cooperative members' activities in the long term.

The Agricultural Cooperative is governed by specific values and operating rules. Its aim is to satisfy the professional, economic and training needs of its members and farmers.