Reims

So... we got to Reims, and I found that the hotel I chose has a pool, and a restaurant, and free breakfast... and is in the middle of nowhere. On a map, it looked like out hotel was right around the corner from Pommery... Hrm... not quite. It was around the corner... down a very long and busy block. Re-examining the map... I'm not sure there was a better choice...
See... Reims is not set up quite like Epernay... there is no main street with all the champagne houses lined all in a row for the worlds best champagne pub crawl. Nope. There is one house, then about mile away, there is another... 2 miles the other direction, one more, then the town of Reims, where the food & shops are located... still further away.
So... there was a lot of walking.
In the Champagne houses, the champagne is made underground in very deep very cold chalk mines that were dug by the Romans. There is "tagging" from the 1800's... which is kind of cool.
We hit Pommery,
Tattinger
Vranken
and Veuve Clicquot . :-)
New favorite champagne, however, is Ruinart. Very very good.