Saturday, January 06, 2007

Visiting a champagne house-Veuve Clicquot

There are 11 champagne houses that you can visit in the vicinity of Reims (info from brochure at the tourist office). Some are by appointment only and others you can show up at the appointed time. I chose to visit Veuve Clicquot, having just enjoyed their champagne at a recent holiday party. Visits to Veuve Clicquot are by appointment only. I emailed them to get a reservation on an English language tour and received a prompt reply confirming our reservation. Veuve Clicquot is located at 1, place des Droits de l'Homme, a fair distance from the center of town (around the tourist office and Notre Dame), close enough to St. Remi's to walk. We took a taxi to get there but walked back as we had ample time before our train back to Paris. See my travelogue for some more pictures and a virtual tour through the cellars.

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