The champagne house in Reims was founded in 1836 by Louis-Alexandre Pommery (1811-1858). In 1856, he bought into the champagne company Greno & Cie, founded by Narcisse Greno, which operated under the name "Pommery & Greno" for some time. After the founder's death in 1858, his widow Jeanne Louise-Alexandrine (1819-1890) took over the company and expanded it. The early history of the company is thus strikingly similar to that of its competitor Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin. Louise Pommery acquired a very large plot of land that contained numerous limestone shafts (crayeres) dating back to Roman times. These are ideal for storing champagne. In 1874, Brut champagne was one of the first champagne houses to produce champagne.
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Markus J. Eser
Weinakademiker und Herausgeber „Der Weinkalender“