Champagne Mercier ★ 4.5
Mercier runs the only little-train tour through its 18 kilometres of Epernay cellars, with a panoramic lift, the train circuit and a Mercier brut tasting.
Moet & Chandon opens its 28 kilometres of UNESCO-listed cellars on the Avenue de Champagne, with guided tours and a seated tasting of Imperial Brut or Grand Vintage.
Address: 20 avenue de Champagne, 51200 Epernay, France
Mercier runs the only little-train tour through its 18 kilometres of Epernay cellars, with a panoramic lift, the train circuit and a Mercier brut tasting.
Mercier runs the only little-train tour through its 18 kilometres of Epernay cellars, with a panoramic lift, the train circuit and a Mercier brut tasting.
G.H. Mumm guides visitors through almost 25 kilometres of cellars in central Reims, finishing with a tasting of the Cordon Rouge flagship brut and vintages.
The oldest Champagne house opens its 8 kilometres of UNESCO-listed chalk crayeres 40 metres beneath Reims, centred on the Blanc de Blancs and Dom Ruinart.
Pommery shows its Elizabethan estate and 18 kilometres of art-lined Gallo-Roman chalk pits 30 metres underground, with tastings of Apanage Brut and the Cuvee Louise.
A grower-champagne tasting shop and bar in central Epernay representing dozens of small producers, pouring walk-in flights by the glass with cheese and charcuterie.
Run by former champagne ambassador Pierre-Yves Cainjo, 520 carries some 650 references from 180 growers and houses, with free Saturday producer tastings.