welcome to glow prada i'm john higgins i'm here to celebrate champagne a beautiful grapes a transition from grapes to wine what else can you ask for i am so excited to be here in this wonderful  well it's it's it's a function of life in the community you know in the world because everyone's drinking champagne i was recruiting recruited as managing director of the oldest comparative champagne because of my  knowledge and my experience of my career in the wines and spirits business in france and internationally so what does it really mean to you to be the general director of kohli means a lot of a lot of hard work but over and above a lot of passion i'm very passionate about the brand and i'm very passionate about the history of the house that was founded in one thousand nine hundred and twenty one the sun is out the fog has disappeared the grapes you know you pick for the champagne that's right and what's wonderful in this region is to see it's hilly rather than flat so it's a little different from other areas and the roots go down to the water which i think is fantastic and you don't have to water the plants no it's true and  when when people visit the champagne area that they're actually walking to the main yards they tend to see houses a sham bang but they hardly see grapes and to me it's like going to paris and museum it's a wonderful collection of old tools that has been that i've been used to over the years to elaborate champagne champagne is all about craftsmanship it's especially in these in this house which belongs to the wine growers themselves it's really a question all of producing a luxury product through the skills and the know how and the hand driven tools family and numerous employees but your one of the largest i believe in this is this community oh indeed indeed you produce a very fine champagne we were called for th seven french dutch and certainly has contributed to the history of france through diplomacy through the kings through the the tsar in russia champagne has always been the perfect a drink you have all the time as opposed to a celebration that most americans think of a wedding or christmas or new year's and here you drink it in the morning you drink it in the middle of the day you drink it in the evening you celebrate life absolutely it's a series of micro celebrations and although champagne is an excuse if drink and you're right special occasion but hey there are lots of small special occasions it doesn't mean to need to be title of the book came about why would chasing jackasses ed koch wild ass sanctuary and good about india and i thought it was a great title for the book this is food for the soul not only does it allow you to dream it's a dventure it's history it's color marry it's culture with a sense of humor to spice it out chasing while ass is a fellow abrasion of life you have to live each day as if it's your last remember my world is  world so get up get out and rob lowe olivier we have been pairing the champagne with these traditional dishes from the region talk about that as an experience while champagne is  issues the taste experience is indeed quite important and we we are proud of the quality of all of our champagnes and that's why we've initiated a new prize in the world of gastronomy we've chefs you know that chest then to write books about themselves about their recipes about their experience and we decided five years ago to create a  champagne called a prize of the best book written by a chef and we are getting close to the end of the th season which means fifty dinners with very prestigious chefs and france but we also have a similar kind of exercise we chef in japan for instance and i'm sure we will be thinking of new ideas for the u s market this is a great education i'm sure that everyone  audience certainly will enjoy the experience because now they'll be drinking champagne all day and all night welcome to globe trotter i'm john haggans i'm sitting here colet and this is one of the best champagne makers in the world it's where the bubbles warm your heart i'm sitting with sebastian vos teac and he is the chief of the car and what do you do as the chief of the car as a beginning of the beneficent when we  god you know bubbles of what champaign is about is what brute is about and if you don't have bubbles you have no celebration i am i right yeah you are right sebastian tell me what kind of breaks he used to make champagne you can find champagne for you from taking up as an example taking this class and the nose and everybody's got have a nose and let me taste ok let's toast actually wow grapes is that right area here which is north of france compared to france and southern france you're different have what so therefore you would have a reason for growing your particular crop as opposed to their crop you know we have about three hundred and twenty different c of and of course you're different why so bastion is it true that she and pain is only the name can only be used in brands as opposed to other countries and there's a whole region that has desserts you know let's talk about the fact that champagne is champagne and you can't compare it with other sparkling wines that's the that's the whole purpose of the visit here for tourists to come and understand the very process of the champagne elaboration what makes it so particular so costly because it starts with the work in the vineyards hand picking and  server marne a is the highest point and champagne country the morning fog hovers over the village and rises for the best view my new friends and i gathered at this picnic not only to enjoy the dishes but also to look up at pope urban statue on top of mine a h this is a perfect morning for a picnic with all local products the fog is finally lifted what i can't begin to tell you what it's like being here in france and having these wonderful champagne different years different tastes and pairing them with great food like cheese from gras and just everything that we eat here is fabulous it's living chef shows off fresh fish people preparing it for lunch and the lunch included soup fish apple dessert and of course ice cream i've had the most incredible experience here throughout the champagne region and the people here have such passion for what they do you know they like artists you know it's an amazing experience to tab watch changes from one area to another are so many wonderful friends and family growers and what could be better than this you can come and experience for yourself the whole harvesting and all the aspects of it and the museums and so forth i love it remember my world is your world so get up get out i'm to ravel i hope you had as much fun as i did this was a super education on champagne look forward to seeing you next week at another