TonyHilary Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Hi, Having done the usual tours of Tattinger and Moet before, has anyone any recommendations for a small, perhaps family run, friendly champagne house in France. We are a bit partial to Demi Sec types!! By the way anyone near Carcassonne must visit Limoux area to sample the sparkling wines; it is the true origin of Champagne apparently! 1/2 the price but arguably nicer. ----- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 There is one right by an air at Mareuil sur ay near Epernay page 125 all the air's book. Baz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romahomepete Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Try Mercier in Epernay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan k Posted May 1, 2010 Share Posted May 1, 2010 We've stayed twice with Michel Collard in Vertus, he's a member of French Passion which is how we found him the first time. But if you're looking to buy a dozen or two, I don't suppose he'll mind if you stay the night. Its a big yard behind their house beside the Barns, pretty flat, fresh water and grey disposal, all in all a nice spot. We were invited to taste the various champagnes and bought a mixed 12 the first time. On the second time we collected 42 for my son's wedding. www.champagne-michel-collard.com if you want to look at prices etc alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Jones Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 We stayed overnight at Laval's at Bligny a couple of weeks ago. www.y-laval.fr Very friendly chap, showed us around and gave us a tasting. Never been big fans of "bubbly" before, but that's probably because not had chance to drink the decent stuff - this was! France-Passion again, but as Alan says no-one's going to crib about membership if you're spending money! Hey, why aren't the links working in these posts? Never mind, you'll just have to paste them into the address bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 We regularly visit these... Michel Jacquesson (he's in France Passion, so we always stay there) Philippe Glavier (also France Passion) Tarlant and pretty much any other producer from the FP book (France Passion) that catch our eye. One of the unsung benefits of FP is that book. Even if you never ever stay at a site, the book is essentially a list of hundreds and hundreds of small-producer wineries, cideries and farms that are almost guaranteed to be open (in the non-winter) and available for tasting, and who are outside of the cities and main thoroughfares. For us at least, there's no better way to explore Champagne, Calvados, Loire etc etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berti Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 hi tony and hilary if you are crossing over to france on the tunnel... we crossed on 3rd may and there was an excellent booklet covering this very subject ... on the tourist info leaflet display ...at side of information desk cheers berti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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