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Kings and Champagne

The area from Reims to Epernay is the region known for Champagne production. With its picturesque rolling hills and vineyards and only 90 minutes from Paris, the whole region is an easy day trip or overnight from Paris. Don’t miss a visit to Reims’ historical gothic cathedral where France's kings were crowned

Champagne, the very symbol of sophistication, graceful living and celebration, is produced nowhere else in the world. All champagnes are made within a few miles of each other outside Reims and Epernay, near the Abbey of Saint-Pierre where the legendary Benedictine monk, Dom Pérignon, supposedly invented the bubbly by accident in the early 18th Century (some would say by divine inspiration). Just as still wines have different characteristics and tastes, so do champagnes, and the great houses of Mumm, Piper-Heidsieck, Taittinger, Veuve Clicquot and Moët & Chandon, among more than 100 others, want to prove this with guided tours (in English) of their cellars and tasting of the current vintage.

(Article from: www.francetourism.com )