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don alexander

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Hi all,
I am attending the Old Timers event at Nurburgring in August and plan to extend the trip by a stay in the Champagne region. I am currently looking for any suggestions of places to stay near Epernay/Reims for two or three nights, ideally with safe parking for the cars from anyone who has visited this region.
 
We have stayed at Le Clos d'Ay B&B (near Epernay) a couple summers ago. Lovely place and worth a look.
 
We've stayed here a couple of times, the food is good and the wine list unbelievable!

https://www.auberge-champenoise.fr/en/index.php

While there visit a number of the smaller champagne producers like Lecomte https://www.champagne-lecomte.fr/en/index.php, also look at and buy one or two of the sealer clips they use on the bottles in their tasting area, they keep the fizz in even if you're finishing the bottle later that evening or putting it back in the fridge for a day or two - they work!! We love Lecomte champagne, and they will show you round how they produce and bottle their champagne, amazing!

Another unusual one is Ratafia - produced by distilling the last 20% of the juice squeezed from the grapes (the first 60% goes to white, the next 20% produces red blended to produce pink). It's an aperativ about 18%, and tastes different from different houses. The Lecomte is/was very almondy (not my taste) but from http://champagne-louis-casters.fr/# it's lovely. Unfortunately they do not deliver to UK, but I can get it delivered to a wine merchant in Ardres that we use and collect it from there!!
 
If you want to stay in the centre of Reims I can recommend the Best Western Hotel de la Paix. Easy walk to the Cathedral and local restaurants, it has a very secure underground car park which you have to book in advance in addition to your room reservation.

A very comfortable and modern hotel, maybe not so full of local character.
 
Don. I stayed here in 2016 which was very good with a car park and in Epernay. They only do Breakfast and it was previously a fine historic home of a famous Champagne house.
HOTEL LA VILLA EUGENE « The only 5 star-hotel in Epernay, on the Avenue de Champagne With free car park and outdoor swimming pool » 82-84 , avenue de Champagne – F -EPERNAY Tel : (00 33 ) (0)3.26.32.44.76 Fax : ( 00 33 ) (0) 3.26.32.44.98 Mail : info@villa-eugene.com Website : www.villa-eugene.com
 

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