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	Taittinger
		Taittinger never strikes me as having any great history, which is wrong; the origin of this house can be traced to 1734, when Jacques Fourneaux established a family business which was, in time, to be Taittinger.
		Taittinger purchased not only this house, but with the great depression and consequent low prices for land, he also collected huge swathes of vineyard.
		Indeed this was the case, and in the end Taittinger was purchased by a partnership between Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger, grandson of the original founder, and the French bank Crédit Agricole.
	www.thewinedoctor.com /champagne/taittinger.shtml (1765 words)

	Taittinger Champagne: Taittinger Winery & Vineyards. French Champagne, Reims France
		Taittinger Brut Réserve is a blend of some 40 Chardonnay wines (40%) and Pinot wines (60%), from a number of different vineyards and matured to perfection.
		Taittinger only makes a vintage champagne when the harvest has been of such outstanding quality that it deserves to be fully vinified.
		Taittinger Brut Millésimé is composed of 50% Chardonnay and 50% Pinot Noir.
	www.e-winegifts.com /find_buy_winery_taittinger_champagne.asp (1061 words)

	Sharecase - Catalogue » Champagne » Taittinger
		Taittinger staunchly remains one of the very few Houses to be owned and actively run by one family.
		Taittinger has always led in technology: it was one of the first Houses to install, in the 60’s, stainless steel vats.
		Taittinger Brut Prestige Rosé NV is vinified using the ‘l’addition’ method and produced from a subtle blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier from the first pressing.
	www.sharecase.com /index.php/action/category/id/1/subid/1 (531 words)

	Bank Hopes to Help Recapture Champagne
		Credit Agricole, Europe's third-largest bank by assets, is teaming up with some of the 40 members of the Taittinger family to buy back a famous brand that will be featured in flutes and magnums across the globe in New Year's Eve celebrations Saturday night.
		Taittinger is expected to fetch nearly $600 million.
		Taittinger is well known, and the house comes with about 692 acres of vineyards.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/29/AR2005122901398_pf.html (868 words)

	Law.com
		Taittinger is also the head of Taittinger, S.A., another French company, which is Société's controlling shareholder, and a company famous to the champagne cognoscenti.
		Here, Judge Jones never considered the specific question of whether Taittinger (who was not named in the discovery order the judge signed) should be deposed, and in effect gave petitioner unfettered discretion to subpoena any "additional individuals and entities with knowledge and information." Taittinger, as noted, was subpoenaed pursuant to that blanket authorization.
		Taittinger insists that the words "is found" mean that a prospective deponent must be in the district at the precise time when the district court issues the discovery order.
	www.law.com /jsp/printerfriendly.jsp?c=LawDecision&t=PrinterFriendlyDecisionMain&cid=1024078959116 (4526 words)

	Taittinger champagne set to return to family hands - Boston.com
		Champagne house Taittinger, put up for sale by U.S. fund Starwood Capital Group Global LLC, is set to return to the hands of the founding family with the backing of French bank Credit Agricole .
		Union sources in France's champagne region said on Monday that Taittinger's works council would meet to discuss the sale on Tuesday and was likely to give a favorable opinion, opening the way for a deal to be closed possibly before the end of June.
		Taittinger sold around 4.5 million bottles of champagne in 2005, and with 22 million bottles in stock and 280 hectares of vines, offered a potential buyer the chance of getting a strong foothold in an industry known for jealously guarding its assets.
	www.boston.com /business/articles/2006/05/29/taittinger_champagne_set_to_return_to_family_hands (608 words)

	Taittinger - Winemaker Biographies
		Taittinger is President of the Syndicat des Grandes Marques de Champagne, member of the National Committee of the Appellations d'Origine Controlee, Vice President of Concorde Hotels and the Societe du Louvre, as well as President of Champagne Taittinger.
		Taittinger is married to Catherine Taittinger, daughter of the Marquis de Suarez d'Aulan, with whom he is father of three children.
		Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger was born in Reims in 1953.
	www.kobrandwine.com /products/show_bio.php?c=ttg018 (872 words)

	sociology - Taittinger family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Headed by Claude Taittinger (born 1927) a member of the consultative committee of the Banque de France, the Taittinger Group is ranked in the top 250 businesses in France.
		Its diversified holdings include Champagne Taittinger, Societe du Louvre and Concorde Hotels, whose flagship is the famed Hotel de Crillon on the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France as well as the Loire Valley wine producing firm of Bouvet-Ladubay, and a partnerhip in Domaine Carneros in California.
		Historically the Taittinger family send their younger members to schools such as Institute Le Rosey, St Mary's in the UK, Lycee Jeanne d'Arc, Beau Soleil and The American School in Switzerland.
	www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Taittinger_family (136 words)

	Wine Spectator \| Articles \| Taittinger Sale Is Close
		Members of the Taittinger family, which owned the Champagne house until recently, are among the bidders, according to French press reports.
		Last July, the Taittinger family heirs, facing huge annual tax bills, sold Groupe Taittinger SA and Société du Louvre, a luxury hotel group, to U.S. private-equity fund Starwood Capital Group for $3.5 billion.
		Today, Taittinger produces more than 400,000 cases annually and owns more than 650 acres of vineyards—a rarity in a region where producers buy most of their grapes from small growers, of which there are more than 20,000.
	www.winespectator.com /Wine/Features/0,1197,3245,00.html (516 words)

	Tradition at Taittinger - Sep. 18, 1998
		In 1931, Pierre Taittinger, a distributor and exporter of champagne bought the company and changed its name to Taittinger.
		To celebrate champagne and, as Taittinger puts it, "relate the heart of making wine with the hearts of the painters," the chateau commissions contemporary artists to apply their creativity to a champagne bottle every other year [1.84M Quicktime movie].
		Taittinger, though, has limited its additional output to only 150,000 magnums for the millennium year.
	money.cnn.com /1998/09/18/busunu/champagne_pkg (930 words)

	US fund Starwood swallows Taittinger empire, French News, France, Expatica
		The Taittinger family, one of the last families in France to lead a business empire, owns 37.8 percent of the Taittinger Group and has found a buyer less than a month after saying it wanted to sell by the end of July.
		Because of the complex nature of the French holding, Starwood is to acquire initially the controlling shares, owned by the Taittinger family, by Compagnie nationale de participations controlled by Belgian financier Albert Frere, and by the Peugeot family's FFP.
		Taittinger was down by 10.58 percent to EUR 331.30 and Societe du Louvre by 6.99 percent to EUR 145.00.
	www.expatica.com /actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=25&story_id=22188 (707 words)

	Taittinger family return to champagne - decanter.com - the route to all good wine
		The Taittinger family is set to return to its Champagne business nearly two years after being bought out by an American investment firm.
		The family, headed by 53 year-old Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger, has bought a 37% stake from French bank Crédit Agricole, whose overall share in the firm drops to 20%.
		Taittinger said he was still looking for 'friendly capital' to invest in the remaining 43% and was confident he would find enough interest.
	www.decanter.com /news/104589.html?aff=rss (383 words)

	Business \| Taittinger family sells controlling stake
		France's Taittinger family and its financial allies yesterday sold their controlling stake in the eponymous champagne house and a company owning some of the country's most prestigious hotels to Starwood Capital, an American property investment fund, in a deal worth €2.6bn (£1.8bn).
		But it is understood that the family could try to buy back the business running the world's ninth best selling champagne and wineries, including a grand cru domaine in California, after Starwood indicated it had no interest in holding on to it and had asked the Taittingers to advise it on "an appropriate home".
		The Taittingers, who first entered the champagne business in 1931, buying a house dating back to the early 18th century, could face stiff competition, however, from drinks group Pernod Ricard, which is taking over Allied Domecq.
	business.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5246013-108725,00.html (382 words)

	Wine Spectator \| Articles \| For Sale: Two of Champagne's Top Houses
		Five months after the Taittinger family sold its luxury-goods empire to a U.S.-based hotel investment group, some family members hope to buy back the Champagne division; but there are other potential bidders.
		Groupe Taittinger and Société du Louvre were bought by Starwood Capital in July, but the Connecticut-based investment group was chiefly interested in the company's hotel chains and always intended to sell off the Champagne house, which is known for its Comtes de Champagne vintage cuvées.
		Claude Taittinger, chairman of the house, would not comment on a potential bid, but two sources in the industry said that at least some of the 38 Taittinger heirs were putting together an offer.
	www.winespectator.com /Wine/Features/0,1197,3058,00.html?CMP=OTC-RSS?ref=melgabinternational.com (726 words)

	The Wine News Magazine - Grabbing le Bâton - A new generation of Champenois is ready to handle the good and the ...
		After Taittinger's 38 heirs could not agree on a plan to retain the firm in the face of mounting taxes, the house and other businesses the heirs' holding company controlled were sold in 2005 to the Starwood Capital Group, an equity fund, for $3.5 billion.
		In 1993, her family purchased Champagne Gosset, the oldest wine-related business in Champagne, but after 20 generations of family control it was desperately in need of new capital and new blood.
		Taittinger, 2000 Comtes de Champagne Rosé Brut Vintage - $210: Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger continues the family's style, which he describes as "elegant and light, but not without substance." The house identity is firmly rooted in chardonnay, so it is no accident the white prestige cuvée, Comtes de Champagne, is a blanc de blancs.
	www.thewinenews.com /current/cover.asp (6860 words)

	Starwood Capital Group Acquiring Controlling Interest in Groupe Taittinger, Societe Du Louvre, Europe's Second Largest ...
		Members of the Taittinger Family, the CNP (Albert Frere Group) and the Societe Fonciere, Financiere et de Participations - FFP, who collectively own more than 65% of the share capital of the Taittinger Group, have all agreed to sell their stakes in the Taittinger Group to Starwood Capital.
		The Taittinger family and its fine management teams have built and assembled an extraordinary collection of assets, including some of Europe's finest luxury hotels," said Barry Sternlicht, chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital.
		Its investors are international and include some of the United States' largest state and corporate pension funds, endowments and high-net worth families from around the world.
	www.hotel-online.com /News/PR2005_3rd/July05_StarwoodTaittinger.html (895 words)

	Bloomberg.com: U.S.
		As a holding company with assets ranging from the eponymous champagne house to the Baccarat crystal and the Crillon hotel in Paris, Taittinger SA used to be controlled by 38 members of the Taittinger family.
		Taittinger CCVC generated sales of 91.8 million euros last year and beyond the value of its vineyards in the Champagne region, has 22 million bottles of champagne maturing in its cellars - the equivalent of almost five years of annual sales.
		Taittinger CCVC is the eighth-largest producer of champagne and to compete with larger rivals like LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, Boizel Chanoine Champagne SA and Vranken Pommery Monopole SA, it needs to step up marketing investment in its brand.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aSYRjUldxX3Y&refer=us (694 words)

	Taittinger family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Headed by Claude Taittinger (born 1927) a member of the consultative committee of the Banque de France, the Taittinger Group is ranked in the top 250 businesses in France.
		Its diversified holdings include Champagne Taittinger, Societe du Louvre and Concorde Hotels, whose flagship is the famed Hotel de Crillon on the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France as well as the Loire Valley wine producing firm of Bouvet-Ladubay, and a partnerhip in Domaine Carneros in California.
		Historically the Taittinger family send their younger members to schools such as Institut Le Rosey, St Mary's in the UK, LycÃ©e Jeanne d'Arc, Beau Soleil and The American School in Switzerland.
	shopping.abcworld.net /Taittinger_family.html (130 words)

	Rival firm beats Mallya's Taittinger bid : Vijay Mallya, French firm, Taittinger : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN
		Market sources speculated that Taittinger family, backed by French bank Credit Agricole, is close to finishing the deal.
		There were two French bidders and the workers council of Champagne Taittinger are believed to be opposing Mallya's bid for the company, as they want the seller, US-based Starwood Capital, to prefer a French bidder.
		Last week, Mallya said that he has made a bid to acquire Taittinger for nearly Rs 3,000 crore-a move that would give UB group access to network and distribution channels across Europe.
	www.ibnlive.com /news/rival-firm-beats-mallyas-taittinger-bid/11732-7.html (372 words)

	Taittinger Holders Agree to Sell Stakes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Groupe Taittinger said Friday that shareholders representing 65 percent of the company's capital had agreed to sell their stakes to Starwood for 336.24 euros ($409.78) per share - valuing the entire company at 1.17 billion euros ($1.42 billion).
		Under the deal, Starwood is buying 35 percent of Groupe Taittinger from Taittinger family members and the remainder from the holding companies CNAP and FFP, owned by Belgian financier Albert Frere and France's Peugeot family.
		Groupe Taittinger shares, which had climbed steadily in recent days after the Taittinger family announced its plans to sell its stake, dropped sharply after the deal was announced and were down 10.1 percent at 333.00 euros ($405.83) in early afternoon trading.
	www.comcast.net /data/news/2005/07/22/184634.xml (282 words)

	Family Business - The World's Oldest Family Companies
		Family mementos include the original deed with wax seal of the king of England and a note from Theodore Roosevelt thanking the Whitleys for lending him their binoculars.
		The family farm was declared a national monument in 1973.
		Rome awarded Antoine the title of “master printer” in 1756, and in 1780 he was appointed the official printer to the Pope, an honor that was to be handed down from generation to generation.
	www.familybusinessmagazine.com /oldworld.html (5429 words)

	RealEstateJournal \| Starwood Buys Stakes In Two French Firms
		He wouldn't say whether he would sell the non-Champagne luxury-goods businesses Taittinger owns, but he did say most of the company's value was in its real estate.
		The sale was spurred by the impending breakup of a shareholder pact between the Taittinger family, which owns 35% of Taittinger, and Mr.
		Taittinger, founded in 1734, has been controlled by the Taittinger family since 1931.
	www.realestatejournal.com /propertyreport/hotel/20050725-chittum.html (513 words)

	Kellogg in the Media, Wall Street Journal, August 2, 2005, Kellogg School of Management
		The Taittinger sale illustrates the challenges family business dynasties face in trying to hold on to their companies.
		In the case of the Taittingers, the sale was precipitated by the pending expiration of a shareholder pact binding the family to Belgian tycoon Albert Frère.
		Pierre-Christian Taittinger, who was one of the champagne company's top executives before the sale to Starwood, thinks some younger family members will use the opportunity to get back into the business.
	www.kellogg.northwestern.edu /news/hits/050802wsj2.htm (949 words)

	Taittinger may go back to founding family - Drinks Business Review
		Champagne house Taittinger looks set to return to the founding family which sold the brand last year to US private equity group Starwood Capital as UB Spirits drops its bid.
		However, union sources have said that Taittinger's work council is in favor of the deal, smoothing the way for a sale.
		Taittinger has 280 hectares of vines and 22 million bottles in stock.
	www.drinks-business-review.com /article_news.asp?guid=2955EEE9-F291-4EEC-B271-0C1D49ED9259 (280 words)

	Champagne Taittinger, nationwide delivery, Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Taittinger family had its roots in Lorraine, but left its native province in 1870 following the Treaty of Frankfurt and settled in the Paris area in order to retain its French nationality.
		Taittinger Brut Réserve is a blend of some 30 Chardonnay wines (40%) and Pinot wines (60%), from a number of different vineyards and matured to perfection.
		It is a perfect accompaniment to white meat (lamb with chanterelles), crayfish or mushroom quiche.
	www.lecaveau.ie /taittinger.htm (546 words)

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