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Chapoutier trip + Burgundy - France - Sept. 12-21, 2006

Day 8-9 - Champagne

En route to Champagne - we had a great lunch at a small town hotel in Aisey-sur-seine - the view from the dining room:

The back of the cathedral in Reims - it was a massive structure that was impossible to photograph completely and I did not get a shot from the front side:

Some detail views:

The entrance to Champagne Taittinger:

Gate detail:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Millions of bottles are stored in the caves below the structure:

An ancient stairway to the caves >>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bottling line:

Those rubber devices hold the bottles neck-down in a freezing solution prior to disgorgement:

This specialized machine actually performs disgorgement:

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