Fertile vineyards and winding waterways dotted by picture-postcard villages, half-timbered medieval churches and castles like something from a story-book: Champagne is a place to enjoy at your own pace – just as you would a coupe of the famous fizzy wine. You’ll find it almost impossible to believe you’re just a few minutes off the Autoroute de l’Est and 80 minutes from Paris…
Visit the intimate, family run Champagne caves.
Gain an understanding of wine production by touring the prestigious Champagne Pannier in Château-Thierry, with its cellars in medieval stone quarries, or head for one of the smaller family-run farms dotting the undulating countryside that surrounds Château-Thierry such as The Champagne Meteyer.
Part of the joy of the discovering this region lies in simply happening upon champagne producers along the idyllic tree-lined lanes (though the signposted Route Touristique de Champagne will help you pinpoint them).