The bravest souls stand back when a bottle of Champagne is
about to pop, but you can enjoy a champagne toast without
injuring your guests or damaging your home. The easy, step-by-step
method to open a bottle of Champagne with no danger and no
mess is revealed...
Both Reims and Epernay are just a quick train ride away
from Paris and feature great Champagne houses and vineyards
to visit. Reims has the magnificent Gothic Cathedral, but
a visit to Epernay offers a tour of the Moet & Chandon
cellars...home of Dom Perignon, complete with a tasting...
Usually the scene of street artists and tourists to overflowing, at one time this section of Paris enjoyed a booming vineyard that is still celebrated at an autumn festival every year amid a party atmosphere and traditional pomp ...
More information about French wines & wineries around the Web:
Terroir
France - Terroir is a French wine term that is
difficult to translate. It is the concept of what surrounds
the wine as it grows, the sun, the soil, the weather and
all of the factors that influence the grapes on the vine
and the wines that are made from them. This site offers
insight into the terroir of the wine regions of France
and the world class wines that are the end product......
