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In Troyes, Historic Capital of Champagne, the nearest vineyard is about ten kilometres away (Montgueux), so it would be a sacrilege to talk of gastronomy without mentioning the famous sparkling nectar of the region, Champagne!

It is not well known that the Aube is the 2nd largest producing département of five of Champagne, after the Marne. The actual Champagne appellation vineyards planted and in production cover 6,500 hectares and supply a fifth of the production, with a potential of 50 million bottles, of which 6,3000,000 are produced by winegrowers and winemakers of the Aube.

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What is a good champagne?

What is a good champagne?

A champagne from the Aube department, of course! (But not only.) To the question: “What is a good champagne?”, the answer: “A champagne from the Aube department” is of course more of a chauvinistic joke,...

Champagne and food pairing: a champagne with every type of food, anytime

Champagne and food pairing: a champagne with every type of food, anytime

Wine and food pairing are a well-known art. Champagne is a wine, therefore, there are also food and champagne pairings. What are the right matches? What type of champagne should be served with each type...

Champagne and its containers

Champagne and its containers

Champagne wines: no matter the inebriation, as long as you have the bottle! (from a sentence of the French author Alfred de Musset “Qu’importe le flacon pourvu qu’on ait l’ivresse”) Do you know what a “fillette”...

Two or three things you need to know about champagne so you can feel brilliant during conversations

Two or three things you need to know about champagne so you can feel brilliant during conversations

Champagne making process is complex, as is its organisation. It is a multi-faceted subject that is difficult to master. A single conversation about it will never be enough. Nevertheless, here is some information so you...

Small bubbles or big bubbles

Small bubbles or big bubbles

A GREAT CHAMPAGNE has small bubbles (Well, it is a bit more complicated than that) Sparkling, effervescent, carbonated: as you already know, champagne has bubbles. This is one of the top reasons why people like...

Montgueux, champagne at the gateway to Troyes

Montgueux, champagne at the gateway to Troyes

An unfamiliar terroir… The Montgueux vineyard, about ten kilometres from Troyes, perches on a hill that reaches 268 metres. Nicknamed the ‘Montrachet of the Champagne region’ the 215-hectare vineyard is planted mainly with Chardonnay and...

The Saulte-Bouchon Commanderie

The Saulte-Bouchon Commanderie

« Saulte-Bouchon » (« jumping cork » in old French) was the name of this sparkling wine when the 17th century monks discovered it originally. It was only much later on, when it had become popular in all the...

Did you know that?

Did you know that?

Every two seconds, someone opens a champagne bottle somewhere in the world! 3 billion flutes of champagne are drunk every year. In France and abroad, champagne is seen as the ultimate luxury product. In our western...

The Champagne Tourist Route

The Champagne Tourist Route

The 59 communes of the appellation are for the most part concentrated in the south of the département the length of the “Cotes des Bar” (from the Celtic “Bar”, meaning peak), between Bar-sur-Seine and Bar-sur-Aube,...