Lunch with Rodolphe Frerejean-Taittinger
Wednesday 2nd April | 12.00 for 12.30 | Drawing Room | £65.00
If you go back far enough in Rodolphe Frerejean-Taittinger’s family, Napoleon used to rely on his predecessors for cannon balls. The latest generation is part of a more unifying pursuit; namely making Champagne.
Join Rodolphe for a salon-style lunch where he will share the story behind the House of Frerejean Frères Champagne, which he founded in 2005 with his brother Guillaume, and in 2025 celebrates a 20-year anniversary. Join him to enjoy in a glass some of what those two decades have yielded, and to learn the challenges faced in making the most of his family’s land with a unique chalk quality renowned for producing outstanding grapes.
The world of Champagne has elements going back centuries. Rodolphe’s story is an update on what you need to make a fresh contribution to what is the world’s best-known drink. To hear this will be all the better with the Frerejean’s Frère Champagne that Rodolphe will kindly offer members attending as an accompaniment to his words. Another salon lunch – food and, from the table conversation, food for thought – for which the Rag is quickly developing a reputation with this one straight out of the bottle.