Champagne rose biscuits – making a traditional Charlotte. Our daughter’s birthday always deserves special attention. I always bake a cake every year for her birthday. This year I decided to make a traditional Charlotte 🎂 with “Rose Biscuits de Reims” brought all the way from Reims. Guess how challenging that idea was🧐? Where, outside of […]

We are finishing our champagne and wine tour by driving through Alsace to Germany. After day 7 spent in nearby Nancy, we are now visiting hills covered by vineyards just across the French border in Germany. We can still see France from the terrace of Haus Rebland, our hotel room is overlooking the green vineyards.

Nancy sweet Nancy….we are stopping overnight on the way home. This is a vibrant city, Nancy is the cultural jewel of the Lorraine province of France. This is our last stop in France after our visit to Chablis on day 6. We stayed in an old monastery right in the heart of the city. When

Day 6 A walk in the Chablis vineyards. After a fun day 5, it is time for lunch in Chablis the home of Chardonnay. We visited the excellent bistro in the Logis Hostellerie des Clos. With our entree, we selected an awesome crisp Blanc de Blanc champagne. We followed this with a Premier Cru Chablis with our

Day 5 Visiting one of the smallest regions. To see what we got up to Day 4 click here. We are heading to the smallest Champagne regions. Guess which one? Montgeaux – I have also never heard of it and we are now going to taste champagne from this tiny region near Troye Champagne 🥂🍾

Day 4 Cote de Sezanne. It’s only 10am and it is already really hot in the Cote de Sezanne. We began driving to our first visit. We had such a fun time yesterday on day 3 on the Cote des Blancs. Michael has read all about Champagne Yveline Prat and is keen to visit their

Day 3 Cotes des Blancs. After driving over from our day 2 hotel, we drove to our next stop. At the village of Cramant in the heart of the Cotes des Blancs, we were welcomed at champagne Voirin-Jumel by Julie, who was a star. It is two years since we tried to stay overnight in

Day 2 Epernay champagne houses. It was a beautiful morning, and after breakfast, we drove to Epernay to visit Champagne Mercier. This is the home of the largest champagne barrel ever made. We managed to make a train tour through part of the original 80km long wine cellar. The cellar contains a bizarre but unique

It’s time for a holiday in Champagne. We’re off to spend some time in our favorite place. Yes, 👏 we’re going back to champagne 🥂. No work, just tasting new cuvee, meeting old friends, and big plans to visit some of the smaller regions. After a long drive, Vertus was our first stop. We parked

Willem Dafoe Moet & Chandon. We recently found a rare bottle of Moet & Chandon when we visited a very remote and old restaurant. We were amazed to find this exclusive bottle of Moet & Chandon on the menu. The bottle of Willem Dafoe Moet & Chandon comes from the after-party of the 51st Karlovy