Thursday, May 26, 2011

Day Trip - Champagne Epernay, France

Just a short train ride away from Paris, Champagne is such a beautiful place to visit, especially if you like the sparkling bubbles!  There are many tours and tastings available, some require advance reservations.  There is a tourism office at the beginning of the Avenue de Champagne if you have any questions; they were very helpful.

Just outside the train station.  Quaint little town.


Avenue de Champagne.  Immaculate!  I can tell the wineries spend a lot of money for the upkeep.


Perrier-Jouet.  You probably recognize the name if you've seen the beautiful painted bottles, or of course if you tried it.


Inside the cave tour at Moet & Chandon/ Dom Perignon.  It was pretty awesome.


Chandelier made of champagne flutes!  Lobby of Moet & Chandon.  Notice the Verner Panton S chairs?  Pretty fabulous in gold :)


Roundabout in the middle of Avenue de Champagne.


Stool made of cork!  A giant champagne cork :)  And a little side table in the background.  This was at a small winery called A. Bergere, family owned, excellent champagne, I highly recommend stopping by.


And that's a day trip from Paris!

1 comment:

  1. This area is where the champagne came from (of course) that my friends shared with us last week. Excellent.

    Loving your taste of Paris. I will certainly refer to your blog when we plan our trip (however many years away that is). :)

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