Wineries in Champagne

In Cormoyeux, a village of barely 200 inhabitants in a side valley of the Marne, five minutes from Hautvillers, the Bochet-Lemoine family has made champagne with a deep connection to the terroir for g…

An authentic Champagne house where all the Champagne is aged in wooden barrels. It's about 17 km from Épernay. Booking a tasting through the website is easy, and it makes a nice change from the establ…

For connoisseurs, the name Egly-Ouriet rings a bell. Eater called it "the wine-geekiest grower Champagne of all." Francis Egly is the fourth generation, but it's his radical approach that made the dom…

A very charming Champagne house, if not the most charming. Located between Reims and Épernay. If you're visiting Champagne, this is one of those original houses to visit. There are several tasting opt…

On the Avenue de Champagne, the most famous champagne avenue in the world, stands a house that is deliberately different from its big neighbours. No mass production, no tours of a hundred people at a …

Of the more than 300 wine-producing villages in Champagne, only 17 hold Grand Cru status, and Chouilly, a small village in the Côte des Blancs south of Épernay, is one of them. Champagne Cyrill Banche…

One of the better Blanc de Blancs we've tasted ourselves. Prices are a bit higher here than at the surrounding grower Champagnes, but in this case it's definitely worth it. Looking for the best Blanc …

Hautvillers: the picturesque Premier Cru village on a hill above Épernay, world-famous as the place where the monk Dom Pérignon worked and is buried, in the abbey of Saint-Pierre d'Hautvillers. The ho…

Perhaps the best-kept secret of Aÿ Grand Cru. The family has been rooted in Aÿ since the early 18th century. 7 hectares, exclusively Grand Cru Aÿ. Pinot Noir dominates (about 90%), with a small fracti…

The story of Pernet-Lebrun began back in 1850 in Mancy, five kilometres south of Épernay on the Côteaux Sud: a quiet, authentic winegrowing village far from the bustle of the big houses. For five gene…

The Coulon family's winegrowing began in 1806 in Vrigny, a Premier Cru village in the north-west corner of the Montagne de Reims. Now the 8th and 9th generations, Eric, Isabelle, daughter Louise and s…

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Small Champagne houses, Champagne bars with hundreds of growers and where to eat: how to plan a wine trip through Champagne.