Reims, what is it famous for, well apart from an amazing cathedral, great shopping and some good bars there is this champagne thing going on. Had to go to Taittinger for a look around the caves. Not much to look at on the surface but below ground in Roman excavations they have, at the Riems site alone 4 kilometres of champagne maturing caves with ~two million bottles, mainly the bigger sizes magnum to melchizedek (by special order only) as well as a few thousand vintage bottles.
This little alcove contained 72,202 bottles! Sounds like a party.
The trip was quite fascinating and informative and of course was followed by a tasting or two.
Margaret getting into the spirit, well actually the gaseous white wine (champagne). We paid all this money and they never offered a beer! I'll stick to the pubs next time.
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Great postings, especially from Reims. Wasn't it in Reims that the kings of France were crowned?
Lucky you, getting to taste all that champagne, did you buy any?
Did you see the famous "vase de Soissons"? Not sure when it dates from, but some very big thing in French history.
So glad to see you are enjoying towns in the French "régions". (We have to say "régions" now, as "provinces" is no longer politically correct.)
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