Search Results: champagne

Champagne ageing in Chalk Cellars

Enjoy Free Tours & Champagne Tastings via Champagne-Booking

By Glass of Bubbly / 1st September 2017

Did you know some Champagne Houses offer free tours and tastings? At Champagne-Booking you can book free tours and tastings without any costs and with no bookings fees. Here are a few where you can visit the vineyards, explore the cellars and enjoy a glass of Champagne, maybe even discover a new favourite Champagne all at…

Read More

Experience a Special Champagne Experience During the Harvest

By Glass of Bubbly / 25th August 2017

The Champagne harvest begins the last week of August /beginning of September. There are Champagne houses which are offering tours during the harvest, including picking grapes or dinner in the vineyard. Enjoy a tour and tasting during the grape harvest at Champagne Yveline Prat The grape harvest is the most important period. During the tour discover…

Read More

Ratafia – The other drink made in Champagne

By Christopher Walkey / 23rd August 2017

During my many trips to Champagne exploring the countless wine making houses, I’d nearly always be blissfully busy with days of tasting and enjoying the commonly known king of wines. Little else would be worth exploring when you are in Champagne, as it is more or less a philosophy of when in Champagne drink Champagne… One…

Read More
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims

A Day in Reims, Champagne

By Glass of Bubbly / 22nd August 2017

Regardless of how you arrive, when in France, travel to Champagne. Here, making and drinking Champagne is a way of life. If you love the nation’s namesake sparkling wine—authentic Champagne only comes from Champagne, France, after all—you could spend weeks exploring vineyards and villages sprinkled about the chalky, limestone terroir. I consider Champagne the Phoenix…

Read More

Discover More with La Cité du Champagne Collet Tours & Workshops

By Glass of Bubbly / 18th August 2017

La Cité du Champagne Collet invites you to discover more with their range of tours, exposition and workshops and yes you can also taste their Champagne! Tour and Tasting: exposition ‘Champagne and Wars’ ‘Champagne and Wars’ La Marne at the heart of the turmoil. La Cité du Champagne offers you an interdisciplinary perspective on the…

Read More

Pairing Irish Cheese with Champagne

By Glass of Bubbly / 17th August 2017

Let’s discover cheeses from a country with beautiful landscapes, surrounded by the sea and a fantastic and lively capital, yes Ireland. Farmhouse cheeses are produced across the country yet each cheese is an expression of its own particular part of Ireland. Gubbeen is a semi-hard cheese, with a washed rind with brine, which makes the cheese…

Read More

Ethereal Champagne

By Glass of Bubbly / 16th August 2017

Champagne comes in all shapes and sizes from big and powerful to light and bright. The latter is very much the style of Champagne F. Cossy, currently under the design of winemaker Sophie Cossy. Sophie was awarded 2016 Winemaker of the Year in Champagne, and thus, no longer under the radar. However, about ten years…

Read More

Interview with Champagne-Booking.com

By Glass of Bubbly / 11th August 2017

Glass of Bubbly interviewed Sonita Bachu, founder and owner of Champagne-Booking.com What makes Champagne, the area, so special? The various landscapes, friendly people and good honest food. The area has different regions in which different types of Champagnes are produced. Each region has its own distinct personalities. For example, the Côte des Bar produces a lot…

Read More

A visit to Champagne Roger-Constant Lemaire

By Christopher Walkey / 11th August 2017

You’ll find Champagne Roger-Constant Lemaire located a short drive away West from Epernay in the village of Villers sous Châtillon. The family owned grower Champagne label owns 12 hectares of vines on the sunny slopes of the Marne Valley and their history dates back to the end of the 19th century in Hautvilliers. When you visit…

Read More