Inside A Real Family-Run Champagne House: Full Winery Tour With Baron Albert

On their travels, Bespoke Unit visited family-run Champagne house, Baron Albert. They gave us a full tour, which we film. Watch this video to the the inner workings of a traditional yet modern Champagne house in France. Read our written experience: Read more about Champagne glasses: https://bespokeunit.com/champagne/glasses Bespoke Unit Champagne Home: https://bespokeunit.com/champagne/ View all our latest Champagne reviews & guides: https://bespokeunit.com/explore/champagne/ Champagne Factory Tour: We started in the original caves or cellars that were built by the family back in 1943. Work was completed with the release of their first cuvées in 1947. Built into the limestone soil, it's the perfect natural environment for storing Champagne. Here it's dark and humid with a consistent temperature of 10-12°C. However, because of its small size and low ceilings, it wasn't ideal for modern machinery and methods in making Champagne. The capacity was only 500,000 bottles and they had to be taken in and out by hand. Fortunately, a new one was built in 2010, which is seen later in the video. We then saw the press room. This vast receiving area has a mechanised delivery system. The crates of grapes are left in conveyor belt, which then goes up a lift and delivers the grapes into one of the four presses. Each one is able to press 8000kg of grapes to make approximately 5,500 litres of juice. However, these come in varying qualities. The first juice extracted is known as the