As you may recall, I went to Champagne back in March with my friend Lee and had a fabulous time. Ever since then I’ve wanted to take Nate back so he could see it as well. And now that we’re in Paris and it’s only 45 minutes on the train from here to Champagne, we have a great opportunity to go. So two Saturdays ago, Nate and I planned a day trip to Champagne. We went back to Rachel, our informative tour guide who now feels more like a friend. She took us back to Wafflart-Briet where Nate learned all the details around making champagne while of course drinking their delicious champagne. We got a little tour around the champagne house, which sits in a cute little village of no more than 400 people called Sacy. After a nice light lunch there and purchasing a case of their champagne (would have purchased more too but a case was probably the most reasonable to take back on the train with us) we were off to Casanove.
Casanove is a slightly larger champagne house where you’re able to take a tour and see their production area. This was also interesting as of course it’s on a much larger scale than Wafflart-Briet. After our tour and of course tasting there, we were off to Pommery to see a well known large champagne house. After arriving there and stepping inside, you could definitely feel that it was basically all about marketing. The tour takes you down into the caves, which is kind of cool but you don’t see anything that has to do with how they actually produce their champagne. Of course at the end of the tour you get what starts to feel like your reward in the form of a glass of champagne.
To be honest I actually liked the small champagne house much better than the larger ones like Pommery. But I felt like we had to go check it out just to see what it’s all about. I must say though, they did have a lovely champagne bubble Christmas tree outside which was quite fun!
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