Hi,
Just a couple of weeks ago I visited the Champagne area with some friends. We booked an Airbnb in Épernay, just 'below' Reims. The surroundings were amazing, and so were the tastings. I want to share some of our joy with you in a couple of pictures.
Route de Champagne
The Route de Champagne is like a touristic route(s) through the Champagne area. Along the route are loooots of Champagnehouses, with offcourse the tastings. We had really good weather so the surroundings were beautifull.
Somewhere along the route..
More Champagne to be tasted..!
Dormans
When we were driving around, we came by Dormans. Dormans has a beautifull WWI memorial:
Spot the helmet!
Épernay
Since we stayed in Épernay, we took a look around there too offcourse. Épernay is like the capital of Champagneproduction. You'll find some big brands, like Moët & Chandon overthere. We had a cellartour at M&C, wich is I can reccommend to everyone. Here's some pictures again:
Avenue de Champagne (Champagnestreet) is where the big brands are. Very nice and clean area, and a lot of tastings too.
Lots of Champagne bottles, there's actually no bubbles yet in these.
This was actually a present from Napoléon Bonaparte to mr. Moët, back in the olddays offcourse..
This is how they used to get the most out to the neck of the bottle. Nowadays it's all mechanical, except for the Grand Crue, Dom Pergignon.
After the tour there was some tasting to be done... not bad if you ask me!
And than... COOKIES!
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Kind regards,
Remco86