Epernay - Mercier made the huge 200,000 bottle cask from oak for the 1889 Paris Exhibition, then dragged it there by bullocks and horses.
Thursday 12th
July – Saturday 14th July
Champagne region
The highlight of our stopover to the ferry was a day of wandering
around the champagne fields of Chalons en Champagne and nearby Epernay followed
by a tour of Mercier caves. Fascinating to learn how they produce
champers…we now guzzle with a little more respect! And so it was on Bastille Day that we were on
the ferry sailing across to Dover…..