Tourism

A Trip To Champagne Goutorbe Bouillot

We arrived in Damery at Champagne Gourtorbe Bouillot and for the first time on our trip, we were greeted by a lovely dog, older in age, very calm and welcoming, the dog gave us a detailed tour around the winery and poured us a glass of Champagne. OK, so the kind dog didn’t give us…

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A Trip To Champagne Paul Launois

Husband and wife, Julien and Sarah Launois design their cuvées from family vines made from Chardonnay Grand Cru grapes planted in Mesnil-sur-Oger in the Côte des Blancs. From the vine to the bottle of Champagne, they strive to work as naturally as possible and to respect the environment. Julien is the inventor of the Single…

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A Trip To Champagne Vollereaux

The second Champagne House of the day is Champagne Vollereaux. The Vollereaux family will always be happy to welcome you to their winery and cellars in Pierry. Our visit included a tour of their cellars and a Champagne and Cheese tasting. Entering their public tasting room, you see a modern tasting room with a fine…

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A Trip To Champagne Frerejean Frères

Our first stop in Champagne was at Frerejean Frères, The Frerejean Frères winery is in the Côtes des Blancs village of Avize, in the middle of the Champagne countryside. We stayed the night at their new guest house planned to host journalists, In the morning we enjoyed a lovely French breakfast with Didier Pierson, the…

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3 Must Visit Italian Sparkling Wine Wineries

Enjoying a fine Sparkling Wine is one thing, but enjoying it at the place it was created is another. If you ever travel to Italy and find yourself wanting a memory to last a lifetime, then these three wineries will surely do the trick. Ferrari Trento Starting in 1902, Ferarri Trento is now a wonderland…

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Amazing accommodation in Champagne: Henri Giraud

The Champagne region is plentiful for locations that thoroughly merit being visited and enjoyed. It is quite an expansive wine region of some 34,000 hectares of vineyards, it’s a UNESCO member and has easy access by train and road as well as by plane. For visitors coming from England, it is merely a three and…

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Experience Sparkling Beauty at the Armani Hotel Milano

When it comes to love a very romantic person may picture a cosy scene of two lovers exchanging glances sitting in front of each other on a dinner table that has been made magical by soft lights whilst warming that moment with a glass of wine. There may be a soft melody coming from behind…

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Denbies Wine Estate to Develop UK’s First Vineyard Hotel

Denbies Wine Estate in Surrey has begun construction on the UK’s first vineyard hotel with support from HSBC UK. The £4 million investment, which saw HSBC contribute £1.7 million towards the total will see the transformation of Denbies’ Farmhouse Bed and Breakfast converted into the country’s first UK vineyard hotel consisting of 17 en-suite rooms…

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5 Sparkling Stays at English Vineyards

Whether you’ve ever fancied a staycation mini- or micro-break on an English vineyard, or even if you’ve never thought about it, you will probably be surprised to hear there are more than 50 vineyards that will be very happy to welcome you with a comfy bed and a delicious glass of English sparkling wine. Here…

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