Champagne France Travel Assistance
Jun 16th, 2003, 05:59 PM
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 3
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Champagne France Travel Assistance
We will be traveling to the Champagne region of France for 2 days and are looking for suggestions as to how best to spend our time. We are interested in touring a couple of the champagne vineyards and would greatly welcome any ideas as to how best to spend our time. Thank you so much!
Jun 16th, 2003, 06:22 PM
#3
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 26
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Take a tour at Pommery, one of the few champagne houses with crayeres (chalk mines). I think their tours are by appointment only. It was very interesting! We stayed (and dined) at Gerard Boyer - Les Crayeres and it was fabulous! (and fabulously expensive - but well worth it!) Let me know if you want more info.
Jun 16th, 2003, 10:18 PM
#7
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 158
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
We also stayed and ate in Boyer and that i think is top of list to do in this region. I reserved the room and dinner thru their website. I did it around 2 months in advance.
Veuve Clicquot was also interesting. Better than wine tour in Napa. The Chalk mine was very interesting to see and it's just a short walk down the street from Boyer.
Veuve Clicquot was also interesting. Better than wine tour in Napa. The Chalk mine was very interesting to see and it's just a short walk down the street from Boyer.
Jun 17th, 2003, 01:11 PM
#8
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 26
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I did my reservations via email also. I forget how far ahead - but I think it was about 2 months also. www.GerardBoyer.com
Jun 17th, 2003, 02:38 PM
#9
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 530
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The city of Reims' website has lots of info about touring champagne caves and other important facts. It's at: http://www.ville-reims.com/ (click on British flag for English version)
Aug 18th, 2003, 10:57 PM
#12
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 337
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I've taken 2 tours of champagne caves, Taittinger's and Mumm's. Both were excellent, fun and interesting. In favor of Taittinger were the few remnants from a Roman church that were excavated.
Neither of the tours included the vineyards, we drove to Epernay and some small towns for that.
Neither of the tours included the vineyards, we drove to Epernay and some small towns for that.
Aug 19th, 2003, 12:44 AM
#13
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 13
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The Moet tour (in Epernay) takes about an hour and a half. We didn't book in advance (just turned up), but had to wait for the next tour. Epernay is a pretty town to wander around though.
No, the cellar tours don't include any vineyards, but you can get a map of the 'Champagne route' from the tourist office (in Epernay it is just over the road from Moet). It is very easy (and very picturesque) to follow these routes and drive through the vineyards yourself. Plenty of the smaller producers have tasting signs up on the way - better deals available here!
No, the cellar tours don't include any vineyards, but you can get a map of the 'Champagne route' from the tourist office (in Epernay it is just over the road from Moet). It is very easy (and very picturesque) to follow these routes and drive through the vineyards yourself. Plenty of the smaller producers have tasting signs up on the way - better deals available here!
Aug 19th, 2003, 04:55 AM
#14
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 654
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
If you can, at least eat at Boyer. It was the most wonderful dining experience I ever had. If you stay there, have them arrange for you to visit some of the 'private' houses - those you need an introduction to. They are Bollinger, Roederer, and Charles Krug. I loved the Pommery tour and the Taittinger house, and Roederer was the classiest (we got in thru a friend mmmmm Cristal). IMHO, Piper was a bit like Disneyland. I think two a day - one in the am, have lunch, and one in the pm is enough. All the houses have gift shops were you can buy assorted paraphanalia (sp) and champagne. If you go to Eperney, go to the gift shop at Perrier Jouet, the best thing I bought was a great baseball hat and a glass champagne bucket.
Sep 22nd, 2003, 01:02 PM
#16
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 11
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Can anyone tell me if the champagne houses in Epernay are walking (or stumbling) distance from the train station? We are going to Paris for a Honeymoon October 5 and want to take a side trip to either Reims or Epernay.
