The Champagne tasting corner of La Vinocave in Reims, pouring small-domaine bubbles with food pairings into the evening.
The list: Champagne tasting corner of a long-running Reims cave, focused on small-domaine fizz with food pairings into the evening
Tip: Pull up at the Champagne corner and let the team pour small-domaine fizz with a cheese plate as the evening settles.
Address: 43 Rue de Chativesle, 51100 Reims, France, Champagne
Wine shop and tasting bar open since 1985, pouring small-domaine Champagnes with food into the evening near the Reims centre.
The list: A wide selection of small-domaine Champagnes and still wines for tasting on site and to take away, running since 1985
Tip: Long-running cave a manger; the team pairs small-grower Champagnes with cheese and charcuterie into the evening.
The cathedral-facing prestige Champagne bar at Le Parvis, pouring grower and tete-de-cuvee bottles by the glass with luxury bites.
The list: Champagne-only bar facing the cathedral pouring prestige and grower cuvees by the glass with truffle and caviar
Tip: Take a prestige-cuvee flight on the terrace as the cathedral lights up; the caviar service is the splurge pairing.
Counter-only oyster and Champagne bar behind a Boulingrin fishmonger, matching shellfish to fizz by the glass.
The list: Tiny counter pairing oysters and shellfish with Champagne by the glass behind a Boulingrin fishmonger
Tip: Squeeze in at the counter for oysters and a glass of Champagne; it is the freshest sparkling-and-shellfish match in Reims.
Family-run wine bar on the Place du Forum with a deep grower-Champagne list and a late, convivial room. A Reims institution for terroir-driven bubbles.
The list: Around 500 references of wine, Champagne and spirits, with a strong line in grower and biodynamic Champagne alongside the big houses
Tip: Brothers Nicolas and Pierre-Louis Papavero lean into grower fizz; ask them to open a biodynamic Champagne by the glass.
Wine shop and tasting bar open since 1985, pouring small-domaine Champagnes with food into the evening near the Reims centre.
The list: A wide selection of small-domaine Champagnes and still wines for tasting on site and to take away, running since 1985
Tip: Long-running cave a manger; the team pairs small-grower Champagnes with cheese and charcuterie into the evening.
Tiny seafood spot behind a fishmonger near the Boulingrin market, pairing oysters and shellfish with Champagne by the glass.
The list: Compact list of Champagne and white wine built to match the seafood, with grower bubbles by the glass
Tip: Behind a fishmonger near the Halles du Boulingrin; the oyster-and-Champagne pairing is the order to make.
Traditional Epernay restaurant and Champagne bar on Rue Gambetta, pouring growers and houses by the glass into the evening.
The list: Champagne-focused list spanning growers and houses, poured by the glass alongside a traditional Champenois menu
Tip: A reliable Epernay table for Champagne by the glass with regional cooking; sit late after the avenue houses close.