Champagne lies a short train ride east of Paris, which makes it an easy extension to a few days in the capital. Chalk soils, gentle vine-covered slopes and cellars cut deep underground produce the wine, and the growers range from famous houses to families working a handful of hectares. Tastings run all year; September, when the harvest is picked by hand, is the busiest and most atmospheric time to be there.
Champagne lies a short train ride east of Paris, which makes it an easy extension to a few days in the capital. Chalk soils, gentle vine-covered slopes and cellars cut deep underground produce the wine, and the growers range from famous houses to families working a handful of hectares. Tastings run all year; September, when the harvest is picked by hand, is the busiest and most atmospheric time to be there.
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