The ultimate guide to champagne for summer celebrations
During summer, the long afternoons in the swimming pool, evenings watching the sunset and picnics with friends are delightful! Magical moments that you will certainly want to make even more delicious with a touch of refinement by tasting outstanding champagnes…
Discover our tips on how to choose the right cuvée, how to gently chill it in the fridge to preserve its unique aromas, and creatively pair it with summer dishes. The perfect way to celebrate summer with elegance and sophistication!
The best champagnes for summer
Maison Perrier-Jouët champagnes display remarkable finesse and are renowned worldwide for their complex, floral style. If you are hesitating over which cuvée to choose for your summer events, the Perrier-Jouët Blanc de Blancs and Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut cuvées are ideal when the temperature rises thanks to their light and refreshing notes.
Lively and spontaneous, Perrier-Jouët Blanc de Blancs boasts long-lasting freshness on the palate, culminating in a smooth and velvety finish. It is wonderful as an aperitif.
Straightforward and light on the palate, with great freshness and generous notes on the finish, Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut is the perfect accompaniment to your al fresco meals.
Depending on when you want to taste your champagne, choose one of these cuvées for your summer celebrations. A guaranteed success.
The art of chilling your champagne during summer
When hosting guests during summer, one question comes up time and again: how to chill champagne and keep it chilled? This question may seem trivial, but it actually isn’t, particularly for prestigious cuvées...
In fact, did you know that the temperature of the champagne you will taste and how you chill your bottles will impact the quality of its aromas? Read on to discover our tips and tricks to bring your Perrier-Jouët champagne to the ideal tasting temperature, according to the highest professional standards.
During summer, it may be tempting to store champagne bottles directly in the freezer, but this is not a good idea. Abrupt changes in temperature are the worst enemies of elegant cuvées. To help preserve all their subtle nuances, it is best to cool champagne gradually.
Place your bottles in the vegetable drawer of your fridge for 3 to 4 hours.
This will help them reach the ideal tasting temperature. In general, champagne should be served between 50°F and 53°F. As for Perrier-Jouët cuvées, here is our advice: Perrier-Jouët Blanc de Blancs and Perrier-Jouët Grand Brut reveal their finest aromas around 50°F.
Perfect pairings: champagne and summer berries
Summer is the best season for fruit, where an incredible diversity of colors, textures and flavors come into play — much to the delight of gourmets! — making it the perfect time to enjoy light and refreshing fruit salads.
To surprise your guests, why not offer them an elegant take on this traditional dessert by selecting only berries and adding a dash of champagne?
To prepare your champagne summer fruit salad, we recommend choosing fresh and perfectly ripe seasonal berries: strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries.
Once they have been washed carefully, cut and place them in a serving bowl and gently pour a little champagne over the fruit. The champagne bubbles will add an additional touch of freshness and sophistication to your fruit salad, creating the perfect summer treat!
For the presentation, why not garnish your champagne fruit salad with a few aromatic mint leaves, to add
Food and champagne pairings perfect for summer meals
Love the idea of summer berry salads but also looking for food and champagne pairings to accompany your meal? Discover our suggestions for a refreshing and elegant al fresco lunch or dinner.
It is not just fruit which offers its full aromatic potential during summer — this is also the best season for vegetables! They are delicious served with scallops or red meat and accompanied by the house’s champagnes.
Perrier-Jouët Blanc de Blancs goes perfectly with scallops prepared as carpaccio and aromatic fresh herbs. This incredibly light dish wonderfully highlights the delicate flavors of champagne during summer meals.
The Perrier-Jouët Belle Époque Rosé cuvée goes beautifully with red meat, served with a salad of cherry tomatoes and rocket leaves. This dish is sure to win over your guests.
Floral table decorations to celebrate summer
Did you know that, since its creation in France in 1811, Maison Perrier-Jouët has drawn on inspiration from art and nature to create its champagnes? From one generation to the next, expertise and the art of tasting and hosting have been intrinsically linked to flowers and nature.
If you are looking for tableware inspiration, don’t hesitate to add a floral touch with eye-catching bouquets of delicate fresh flowers —summer is also the best season for this! They will beautifully enhance the complex floral notes of your specially chosen Perrier-Jouët cuvées.
