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Mareuil-sur-Ay
Mareuil-sur-Ay (, literally ''Mareuil on Aÿ, Ay'') is a former Communes of France, commune in the Marne (department), Marne Departments of France, department in north-eastern France. Since January 2016, Mareuil-sur-Aÿ is part of the administrative commune Aÿ-Champagne. Its population was 1,113 in 2019. The patron saint is Trésain, Saint Trésain. Champagne Its vineyards are located in the Vallée de la Marne subregion of Champagne (wine region), Champagne, and are classified as Premier Cru (99%) in the Classification of Champagne vineyards, Champagne vineyard classification. Together with Tauxières-Mutry it is the highest rated of the Premier Cru villages, and has therefore just missed out on Grand Cru (100%) status. image:Mareuil sur Ay le château 9321.JPG, left, Château Montebello. Regardless, the vineyards, harvest huts, presses, and cellars in Mareuil-sur-Ay were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2015 as part of the Champagne hillsides, houses and cellars s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trésain
Saint Trésain (; or Tressan, Tresanus; 6th century) was an Irish missionary in France. His feast day is 7 February. Saint Trésain is patron of Mareuil sur Marne (Mareuil-sur-Ay) and of the parish church of Avenay-Val-d'Or. Monks of Ramsgate account The monks of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate wrote in their ''Book of Saints'' (1921), Butler's account The hagiographer Alban Butler (1710–1773) wrote in his ''Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints'' under February 7, Majoret's ''Vie'' Laurent Majoret published his ''Vie de S. Tresain'' in Toul in 1650, reissued in Rheims in 1700 and in 1743. He wrote that Trésain was born in Ireland of honest and prosperous parents and decided to dedicate himself to God. He had six brothers, the saints Gibrain, Tésan, Germain, Véran, Atran and Pétran, and three sisters, the saints Trantle, Pomprie and Possenne, all of whom accompanied him to France. There he placed himself under Saint Remigius, Saint Remy, Archbishop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billecart-Salmon
Billecart-Salmon is a medium-sized champagne house in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac .... Founded in 1818 with the marriage of Nicolas François Billecart and Elisabeth Salmon, it is one of the few to remain family-owned. Today, Mathieu Roland-Billecart, the 7th generation of the family, head the House with the support of Antoine, Deputy General Manager in charge of export, Jean and François Roland-Billecart. Mathieu Roland-Billecart is serving as a reminder that the strength of Billecart-Salmon is rooted in the strength of family, affording them ‘‘the luxury of taking their time to make exceptional wine’’. Even if two centuries have passed since the creation of Billecart-Salmon champagnes, its motto remains unchanged: ‘‘Giv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |