Epernay
A principal city in France's Champagne district where the facilities for blending, aging and bottling of many Champagne producers are located.
Estate
Vineyards owned by or under the direct control of the winery.
Drive south out of Reims towards Epernay - as I did in the introduction to this guide - and it is over the Montagne de Reims that you must climb.
Hautvillers: Small town very close to, and just north of, Epernay in the Champagne region of France.
The majority of Chardonnay is grown in a north-south-running strip to the south of Epernay, called the Cõte des Blanc, including the villages of Avize, Oger, and Le Mesnil-Sur-Oger.
Everybody knows Champagne, made in the Marne Valley around the cities of Reims and Epernay for more than 300 years, a wine so iconic that its name has been casually borrowed by other producers of sparkling wine around the world.
Around the 1690s, a Benedictine monk named Dom Perignon made some very significant developments as cellar master at the Abbey of Hautvillers in Epernay.
Part of this affection comes from a private tour we had at the French cellar in Epernay many years ago.
The Montagne de Reims, the Cote des Blancs, the Marne Valley and a region 110km south of Epernay - the Aube.
Traditionally Pinot Noir is grown in the Montagne de Reims, Chardonnay in the Cotes des Blancs, and Pinot Meunier in the Marne Valley.
It in fact happened the crisp Chardonnay wines from Chablis were transported to Reims and Epernay and transformed in noble champenois bubbles.
REIMS
A city in northeastern France. Along with the town of Epernay, Reims is the center of the Champagne region.
 See also: Champagne, Grape, Wine, Style, White
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