Reims Favorites

Favorite thing:
Level of DrynessAmount of residual sugar/liter

Extra Brut, Brut Sauvage,
Ultra Brut, Brut Integral,
Brut Zero
0.6%

Brut
1.5%

Extra Dry, Extra Sec
1.2 to 2.0%

Sec
1.7 to 3.5%

Demi-Sec
3.3 to 5.0%

Doux (Sweetest)
5% and up

Favorite thing: Visit Epernay

In Epernay, only 1 h 30 from Paris, you are at the heart of one of the world's most prestigious vineyards. All around you, 20.000 hectares of vines. Beneath your feet, 200 million bottles stocked in 100 kilometres of cellars. There is nowhere else where you can better get to know, understand and fall in love with the magic of Champagne.

Click on the champagne label to find out more about these marvellous 'golden bubbles'!



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Favorite thing: Champagne comes in a whole universe of sizes, and basic economics tells us that we should buy only as much as we need and no more. Anyway, knowing some of these terms is sure to wow your date.




NameBottle size

Quarter-Bottle


Half-Bottle


Bottle


Magnum
2 bottles

Jeroboam
4 bottles

Rehoboam
6 bottles

Methuselah
8 bottles

Salmanazar
12 bottles

Balthazar
16 bottles

Nebuchadnezzar
20 bottles




Sure, you're not going to have much occasion to bust out the Nebuchadnezzar, but at least you now know that those oversized bottles in vintners' windows aren't just hokey advertising gimmicks.

Fondest memory: Any visitor expects the alchemical encounter with a royal wine, the most bubbling of all odes to life.The great champagne houses keep open-cellar and may arrange sumptuous gala dinners. One remembers a friend or a loved-one and, imperceptibly, vows to come back.
To marvel again and rejoin, by raising one’s glass, the circle of the happy people.

Favorite thing: visit the city center. The cathedral is the most outstanding monument, but not the only one. Don't forget to visit the beautiful streets and squares in the city, full of French grandeur and charm. This is a picture of the city hall. Other interesting sights are the Place Royale, the Basilique Saint Rémi, The Place d'Erlon....

Favorite thing: The Cathedral of Our Lady is the most famous landmark of the city. A masterpiece of gothic art built in the 13th century it is famous for its statues and majestuous lines. Nearly all French kings were crowned under its elegant vaults.

Favorite thing: Do you like champagne ? As for me, gathering with my friends I prefer to drink beer. But that preference was not a strong reason to refuse from the visit to the capital of French province Champagne – Reims. We spent very few hours in the city, but it was enough to have an interesting excursion to the Notre Dame de Reims, to view champagne collections in the local shops and to buy good presents for friends.

Favorite thing: Reims is known for the most famous wine in the world. So everyone absolutely must visit the champagne houses. Read below for a very detailed reason you must visit those awesome champagne houses.

For more than two centuries, Reims has been the historic city where most world wide known great champagne houses have developed. The 30,000 hectares of vineyards are situated to the south, in particular the Montagne de Reims with its pinots, the Marne Valley with its meuniers, the Côte des Blancs and Bar with its chardonnays. The skillful blending of these varieties, wines and years enables each champagne to retain its characteristics year after year.

To the east of a line from Geneva to Boulogne, its Air Traffic Control Centre maintains the safety of air transport.

The plane attracted on the eve of the 20th century by the wide plains of Champagne, today puts the City of Coronations within reach of international airport. The airport of Reims Champagne hosts commercial aviation, the aerodrome of Reims Prunay is for business travellers. By railroad, Reims should soon be 30 minutes away from Charles De Gaulle Airport, by the TGV Est.

Conviviality first. Nestled in the most prestigious vineyards in the world, Reims seduces especially by its human dimension, cherishing its traditions and giving everyone a new taste for the future.