Champagne Taittinger Cellars ★ 4.7
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.
Address: 5 Place du General Gouraud, 51100 Reims, France, Champagne
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.
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.
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.