A lively champagne and wine bar on rue Chanzy near Reims Cathedral, serving small plates with cuvees from growers and houses. A favourite of visiting winemakers.
The list: Champagne-led list spanning growers and houses, poured with tapas-style small plates and charcuterie; a winemaker hangout near the cathedral
Pours: Grower Champagne, Brut Nature, Rose Champagne
A neighbourhood bar, cave and kitchen on a quiet Reims street, run by Aline and Eric Serva. The focus is small-scale, organic and biodynamic champagne with local.
The list: Carefully curated organic and biodynamic grower champagnes and natural wines, poured alongside local seasonal small plates by owners Aline and Eric Serva
Pours: Grower Champagne, Biodynamic Champagne, Natural wine
A one-Michelin-star restaurant on the boulevards of Reims, where chef Jacky Louaze cooks fish and shellfish to order. The list favours house champagnes alongside.
Awards: Michelin 2025
The in-person Champagne Master certification of the Wine Scholar Guild, run from a central Reims hotel, combining lectures, tastings and grower visits.
A craft gin distillery behind Reims Cathedral, distilling a ten-spice London-style gin in an Art Deco setting with a cathedral-view terrace.
Tasting: Gin-creation workshop with tasting; visitors leave with their own custom bottle
A 4-star town-house hotel in central Reims, ten minutes on foot from the cathedral, with an indoor heated pool and sauna. A quiet base for visiting the city house.
The list: Champagne service in the lounge; staff bookings for the nearby Saint-Nicaise house cellars
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 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.