Düsseldorf is famous for Altbier. Its Altstadt — nicknamed the longest bar in the world — packs around 260 pubs, bars and restaurants into a compact stretch of old town streets. But there’s another side to this city, and it’s considerably more interesting for Champagne lovers. Beyond the traditional breweries, Düsseldorf has a strong wine…
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Inside Champagne Pommery: 18 kilometres of cellars, chalk sculptures and the woman who made Champagne dry
Some Champagne Houses take you underground to show you where their bottles age. Pommery takes you into a piece of Reims history that happens to be filled with Champagne. We visited Domaine Pommery for a private tour led by Pommery winemaker Baptiste Chazeaud, who took us far beyond a standard cellar visit. We walked through…
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Find best champagne bars and restaurants in Dublin
Dublin is, unambiguously, a Guinness city. A whiskey city. A city where the pub is the social infrastructure and the pint is the default. None of that is a cliché — it’s just true, and it’s a big part of why Dublin is worth visiting. But it has made people miss something that’s been quietly…
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Find best champagne bars and restaurants in San Francisco
San Francisco sits at the edge of the most famous wine country in America. Napa is an hour north. Sonoma is even closer. You’d think Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon would have the whole conversation to themselves here. They don’t. The city has developed a wine bar culture with a distinctly French soul — a cluster…
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Find best champagne bars and restaurants in Houston
Houston doesn’t get the credit it deserves. Ask most people to name the best food cities in America and they’ll say New York, Chicago, San Francisco. Houston rarely comes up: which is strange, because it’s one of the most culinarily diverse cities on the planet, home to more than 150 nationalities, a James Beard-loaded restaurant…
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Find best champagne bars and restaurants in New York City
New York City doesn’t need a case made for it as a Champagne destination. The city has more world-class restaurants, more legendary hotel bars and more dedicated Champagne spots than almost anywhere else on earth. The question isn’t whether you can find exceptional Champagne here — it’s knowing where to start. We’ve been building our…
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Where to drink Champagne in Frankfurt
Frankfurt is known for Apfelwein, tart fermented apple wine served in ribbed glasses from a stoneware Bembel. It’s as local as a drink can be, and the city’s traditional taverns in Sachsenhausen are a genuine part of the culture here. But Frankfurt also has a strong restaurant and hotel bar scene, an international business crowd…
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Besserat de Bellefon: a Champagne House to discover in Épernay
If you are walking around Épernay and looking for somewhere to stop for Champagne, Besserat de Bellefon is a place worth knowing. The Champagne House has been part of the region’s story since 1843, when it was founded in Aÿ. Today, Besserat de Bellefon is based in Épernay, where the Maison has created something that…
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Where to drink Champagne in Berlin
Berlin has a drinking scene that suits almost any mood — and Champagne fits into more of them than you might expect. The city isn’t traditionally thought of as a Champagne destination, but it has serious wine bars with carefully chosen grower lists, a cluster of dedicated Champagne spots inside one of Europe’s most famous…
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Champagne Houses in Champagne: A Guide to the Best Champagne Houses to Visit
Visiting Champagne is about much more than tasting a glass of bubbly. Across the region, Champagne houses tell stories that go back generations. Some are internationally famous names with enormous underground cellars, while others are family-run estates where you might meet the people who actually make the wine. A visit to a Champagne house gives…
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Where to drink Champagne in Hamburg
Hamburg isn’t the first German city that comes to mind for Champagne — and that’s exactly what makes it interesting. The city is built around its harbour, shaped by the North Sea and the Elbe, and known for fish and maritime tradition. But underneath that practical exterior is a wine scene that covers everything from…
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Find best champagne bars and restaurants in Miami
Miami is one of the few cities in the world where drinking Champagne outside, in the warm evening air, with water nearby, is simply a normal part of life. The climate, the culture and the city’s appetite for celebration make Champagne feel completely natural here: not as a special occasion drink, but as the natural…
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Where to drink Champagne in Toulouse
Where to drink Champagne in Toulouse? Toulouse has a wine culture of its own – deep, regional and rooted in the South-West of France. Champagne joins that culture as the drink of celebration and aperitif, sitting comfortably alongside the local wines and the generous food that defines this part of the country. In the pink…
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Champagne Boizel: the Champagne House that started our love for Épernay
We visited Boizel in May 2023, just after getting married, during our honeymoon in Champagne region. We had enjoyed Champagne for years, but this was our first real Champagne House tour. At the time, Champagne Hunters didn’t exist. We were simply two newlyweds in Épernay, curious about Champagne and excited to see what actually happens…
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Where to drink Champagne in Marseille
Where to drink Champagne in Marseille? Marseille is a city for long lunches, fresh seafood, Mediterranean views and evenings that take their time. Champagne fits in naturally here – not as a formal occasion drink, but as the right glass for a harbour-side aperitif, a bottle shared over bouillabaisse or a sunset on a rooftop…
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Where to drink Champagne in Chicago
Chicago has a strong case for being the best restaurant city in North America. It has more Michelin-starred restaurants than any other US city outside New York, a steakhouse tradition that is genuinely its own thing, and a cocktail bar scene — centred around places like The Aviary, that has influenced how the whole world…
