Where to drink Champagne in Luxembourg?
Luxembourg is small, but it has a surprisingly serious wine culture. Champagne is easy to fit into a city break here, particularly in Luxembourg City, where restaurants, wine bars and hotels cater to an international crowd.
But there’s another reason Champagne Hunters should pay attention to Luxembourg: the country produces its own traditional-method sparkling wine, Crémant de Luxembourg. So this is one of those places where you can drink Champagne and then immediately compare it with something made much closer to home.
If you like Champagne, Crémant de Luxembourg is definitely worth seeking out. It is produced along the Moselle, where Luxembourg’s vineyards sit on the sunny hillsides along the river. The region produces both still wines and sparkling wines, using varieties including Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Auxerrois, Rivaner, Elbling, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
The Moselle wine region is a particularly interesting addition to a Luxembourg trip. It’s not a huge wine area, but it has plenty of small wineries and winegrowers, and you can combine tastings with cycling, walking and villages along the river. Remich, Grevenmacher, Wormeldange and Schengen are some of the places worth putting on your radar.
For a Champagne drinker, I’d actually make the comparison part of the fun: order Champagne somewhere in Luxembourg City, then try a local Crémant in the Moselle and see what you think.
Where should you go for wine in Luxembourg?
If you’re mainly looking for Champagne, Luxembourg City is the easiest place to start.
But if wine itself is part of your trip, head towards the Luxembourg Moselle. The landscape changes quickly once you leave the capital, with vineyards following the river and wineries spread through small villages. The official tourism site currently lists dozens of wine estates in the region, many offering tastings.
And you don’t necessarily need to plan a complicated wine tour. A day around Remich or Grevenmacher, with a winery visit, lunch and a glass of Crémant overlooking the vineyards, can be enough to make the trip worthwhile.
Good to know
Luxembourg is a particularly good destination if you’re interested in Champagne versus local sparkling wine. You can have Champagne in the city, then head to the Moselle and taste Crémant de Luxembourg where it’s produced.
If you discover a Champagne spot that isn’t on our map, add it to Champagne Hunters or comment on an existing place with your experience. And if you find a particularly good local Crémant, tell us about that too – it’s exactly the kind of local discovery that makes the map more useful.
