Champagne Pommery is a

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house located in

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. The house was founded as Pommery & Greno in 1858 by Alexandre Louis Pommery and Narcisse Greno with the primary business being

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trading. Under the guidance of Alexandre's widow,

Louise Pommery Louise Pommery (1819-1890), was a French Champagne producer. She took on her husband's wine business, Pommery, after she was widowed in 1860. Biography Jeanne Alexandrine Louise Mélin was born April 13, 1819 in Annelles (Ardennes). She married A ...

, the firm was dedicated to Champagne production and soon became one of the

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's largest Champagne brands.D. & P. Kladstrup. ''Champagne''. Harper Collins, Publisher. pp. 99–100. . Champagne Pommery was the first house to commercialize a brut Champagne in 1874. It is possible to visit this Champagne cellar and also the Villa Demoiselle, just in front of Champagne Pommery House in Reims. Pommery is currently owned by the Vranken-Pommery Monopole Group (located in

), which also owns

Heidsieck & Co Monopole Heidsieck & Co "Monopole" is a champagne house located in the Champagne region of France. History It was founded in 1785 by Florens-Louis Heidsieck. Following the death of the founder in 1828, the successors were his relatives Henri-Louis Walba ...

and Vranken, Château la Gordonne, Domaine Royal de Jarras, and Rozès in their portfolio. In August 2022, Pommery announced a collaboration with Japanese rock star

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as the brand's first co-release with a celebrity artist. File:Reims - Vranken-Pommery (7).JPG, Entrance to the Pommery Cellars File:Reims - Vranken-Pommery, caves (02).JPG File:Reims 2008 -Champagne Pommery- by-RaBoe 01.jpg, Pommery's Tudor domain in Reims File:Reims 2008 -Champagne Pommery- by-RaBoe 02.jpg File:Reims Domaine Pommery 04.JPG File:Reims-PM 46453.jpg

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