Champagne Problems: The Champagne Locations Behind the Netflix Movie

If you love Champagne, Champagne Problems is worth watching for more than the romance.

The 2025 Netflix holiday rom-com follows Sydney Price, an ambitious American executive who travels to France with one goal: acquire the fictional Château Cassell Champagne house before Christmas. Things become complicated when she falls for Henri Cassell – the son of the family behind the house she is trying to buy.

And while Château Cassell itself exists only in the movie, much of what you see around it is very real. The film was shot in and around Épernay and Reims in the Champagne region, as well as Paris.

So, where can you actually go if you want to see the Champagne side of Champagne Problems for yourself?

Table of Contents

1. Château Cassell isn’t a real Champagne house
2. Château de Challerange and Champagne Virginie T.
3. Avenue de Champagne in Épernay
4. Château Perrier and Les Habits de Lumière
5. The Champagne houses you can spot
6. The vineyards are real too
7. Paris comes first
8. So, is Champagne Problems really about Champagne?
9. Champagne Problems filming locations guide

Château Cassell isn’t a real Champagne house

The fictional Château Cassell is at the heart of the story, but there is no Champagne house by that name.

The filmmakers created the Cassell brand specifically for the movie and used real Champagne properties to give it a convincing home. The exterior of Château Cassell was filmed at Château Comtesse Lafond, located at the end of Avenue de Champagne in Épernay.

The château belongs to a real Champagne family and is open to visitors, making this one of the most interesting places to seek out after watching the movie.

The interiors of Château Cassell were filmed elsewhere – at Château de Challerange in Taissy, near Reims. The property is home to the independent Champagne house Virginie T. and dates back to 1633.

In other words, the movie’s fictional Champagne estate is actually a combination of real Champagne locations.

The fictional Château Cassell is at the heart of the story, but there is no Champagne house by that name.

The filmmakers created the Cassell brand specifically for the movie and used real Champagne properties to give it a convincing home. The exterior of Château Cassell was filmed at Château Comtesse Lafond, located at the end of Avenue de Champagne in Épernay.

The château belongs to a real Champagne family and is open to visitors, making this one of the most interesting places to seek out after watching the movie.

The interiors of Château Cassell were filmed elsewhere – at Château de Challerange in Taissy, near Reims. The property is home to the independent Champagne house Virginie T. and dates back to 1633.

In other words, the movie’s fictional Champagne estate is actually a combination of real Champagne locations.

Château de Challerange and Champagne Virginie T.

This is one of the more interesting real-life connections to the film.

Built in 1633, Château de Challerange is home to Champagne Virginie T., the house Virginie Taittinger founded after leaving her family’s famous firm. The historic château sits beside the Vesle and is surrounded by four hectares of parkland, woods and French gardens.

The château served as one of the main filming locations, with production shot in late 2024. The house itself even announced the Netflix production, describing the château as the main setting for the movie.

So if you are watching the film and thinking, “That château looks real” – it is.

Avenue de Champagne in Épernay

If there is one place Champagne lovers should put on their list, it’s Avenue de Champagne.

The famous avenue appears throughout the film, with real Champagne houses providing the backdrop. Among the recognizable names are Champagne De Castellane and Champagne Boizel.

One of the first recognizable Champagne landmarks is the tower of De Castellane, which appears as Sydney arrives in Épernay.

The avenue is also where the movie gets some of its most festive scenes. The production filmed during Les Habits de Lumière, Épernay’s annual celebration of Champagne, lights and winter festivities.

That means some of the Christmas atmosphere you see in Champagne Problems wasn’t created by a film set. The filmmakers actually incorporated a real local event into the movie.

Château Perrier and Les Habits de Lumière

Another recognizable Épernay location is Château Perrier, a 19th-century mansion that now houses the Champagne Wine and Regional Archaeology Museum.

The gardens and surroundings appear during the film’s festive sequences, including the silent disco scenes. The production used the real Les Habits de Lumière celebration rather than recreating it in a studio.

For anyone planning a Champagne trip, this makes the film especially fun to watch: you can actually recognize parts of Épernay as the story moves along.

The Champagne houses you can spot

Keep an eye on the background when Sydney and the others explore Épernay.

The film includes recognizable Champagne locations along Avenue de Champagne, including:

• Champagne De Castellane
• Champagne Boizel
• Champagne Virginie T.

The production deliberately used real Champagne locations to make the fictional Cassell family and its business feel rooted in the region.

For Champagne Hunters, this is probably one of the best reasons to watch the movie with a glass of Champagne in hand – you can turn it into a little “spot the Champagne house” game.

The vineyards are real too

The snowy vineyard scenes weren’t filmed somewhere that merely looks like Champagne.

The production shot countryside scenes in the Champagne region, including vineyards between Rethel and Vouziers, north-east of Reims.

The result is a very recognizable winter Champagne landscape – bare vines and rolling hills, lit by that pale winter light.

Paris comes first

The movie begins in Paris before Sydney heads east towards Champagne.

Several Paris locations were used, including Gare du Nord, La Samaritaine and Rue Mouffetard, according to France’s official film commission.

Sydney later travels from Paris towards Épernay, making the transition from the city to the vineyards part of the story itself.

So, is Champagne Problems really about Champagne?

Yes!

The fictional Champagne house isn’t just a convenient backdrop for a Christmas romance. The acquisition of the house drives the story, the family business is at the centre of the conflict, and the film was deliberately shot in the real Champagne region.

Even better, many of the locations are places Champagne lovers can actually visit.

So if Champagne Problems puts you in the mood for a trip to Champagne, Épernay should be high on your list. You can walk along Avenue de Champagne, visit real Champagne houses, see the locations used for Château Cassell and explore the same winter landscapes that appear on screen.

And Épernay is only one stop. The rest of the Champagne region, and the places we have mapped across the world, are waiting on our Champagne map whenever you are ready to plan your own trip.

As for tonight, pour yourself a glass and press play. You don’t need a trip booked to start celebrating.

Champagne Problems filming locations guide