Domaine Pommery ★ 4.6
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.
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.
Address: 4 rue des Crayeres, 51100 Reims, France, Champagne
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.
Hour-long guided tours of Taittinger's UNESCO-listed Gallo-Roman chalk crayeres beneath Reims, closing with a tasting of Brut Reserve or Comtes de Champagne.
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.
The Club Tresors de Champagne boutique gathers more than 170 Special Club cuvees from 28 grower members, with a weekly selection open for tasting by the glass.
Hour-long guided tours of Taittinger's UNESCO-listed Gallo-Roman chalk crayeres beneath Reims, closing with a tasting of Brut Reserve or Comtes de Champagne.
The Veuve Clicquot visit center on the Butte Saint-Nicaise leads through the chalk cellars to a guided tasting of Yellow Label, the blended rose and vintage flights.