Claude Moët, a wine trader descended
from an old family resident in the Champagne region since
the 14th century, founded his house in Epernay in 1743,
and decided to perpetuate the Dom Perignon legacy.
His grandson, Jean-Rémy Moët, is the one who,
in the 19th century, really helped the house expand by
opening it up to foreign markets.Jean-Rémy Moët
handed the house over to his son and his son-in-law, Pierre-Gabriel
Chandon de Briailles. It then took on the Moët &
Chandon name.
