Reims in Champagne: A tour of the vineyards

Opened this summer in Verzy, near Reims, the Perching Bar is no ordinary bar. Quite simply, it is perched 5.5 metres above the ground between tree trunks in the Arboxygène park.

This champagne bar, the only one of its kind in Europe, is a wooden cabin built on an 80 square metre platform that can accommodate up to 70 people. Integrated into the landscape, it is accessed via a footbridge, from where you can overlook the Champagne plain while tasting the finest vintages from Mumm and Bollinger. The owner, Olivier Couteau, plans to open two suspended glass and wood rooms in the spring: the Perching Pad.

In the meantime, groups can take a tour through the antlers or abseil 30 metres down into the Leclerc-Briant cellars in Épernay, where organic champagne producers will be showing off their cuvées and introducing them to the art of sandblasting.

And don't miss Le Pré en Bulles, the multi-activity site in Trépail, a village in the heart of the Montagne de Reims. Here you can learn all about champagne through shows and interactive activities. Great bubbles ahead!

Further information : www.tourisme-champagne-ardenne.com