Luxury cruise line Silversea has partnered with a prestigious champagne house to upgrade its onboard wine experience—and it isn’t your typical corporate-owned champagne brand, either.

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Champagne Duval-Leroy, an independent, family-owned producer with a long history dating back to the mid-19th century, has been chosen as Silversea’s exclusive champagne provider.

Charles Duval-Leroy, marketing director at Champagne Duval-Leroy, says the initial groundwork for the partnership started six years ago, thanks to a partnership between the winery and Relais & Châteaux, which, at the time, was also a partner of Silversea. More conversations took place over the years, but the deal was formalized in 2023.

“They chose Champagne Duval-Leroy because we are a family business,” Duval-Leroy tells Observer. “It’s small, very precious. They could have chosen a more famous champagne maker, but they wanted to show something different. They chose us because we are also a small luxury brand.”

Champagne Duval-Leroy made its official debut with Silversea in Lisbon, Portugal during the recent inaugural voyage of the new Silver Ray, which will be sailing along the Iberian Peninsula this summer. A house champagne has always been offered on a complimentary basis aboard each of Silversea’s ships (except for the Silver Origin, on which fine sparkling wine is served) as part of the company’s all-inclusive offerings at sea. Higher-end bottles such as Krug, Louis Roederer, Bollinger, Laurent-Perrier and Dom Pérignon are available to purchase by the glass or bottle.

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