Moët & Chandon reopen their legendary Avenue de Champagne wine cellars in Epernay after a long and accurate preservative renovation which lasted more than 1 year with two main aims: the strong will to respect and exceed the official standars and the need to protect these legendary and unique places, now part of Unesco’s World Heritage. With this careful renovation, the prestigious tour of Moët & Chandon’s wine cellars is now possible and accessible to all. The Cour d’Honneur, the historical Imperial and Jean Remy salons and the boutique have been enhanced and renovated in order to offer visitors an exclusive experience, faithful to the brave spirit of the Maison. An intensive renovation which has made the entrance to the wine cellars even more exciting, to best view one of the Maison’s top spots. Since 1743 Moët & Chandon, international byword of the French art de vivre, fully devotes to the excellence and perfection of its wines, by taking its visitors to the legendary and hystorical origins of the Maison. Since day one, the Maison owns the Avenue de Champagne wine cellars in Epernay. Claude Möet, its founder, bought them in Faubourg de la Folie, now known as Avenue de Champagne. An archive document reveals that Claude Moët in 1743 owned a wine cellar under the actual site of Trianon. Many underground tunnels were digged or bought until the end of the 20th Century, by completing the widest wine cellar network which now totals 28 kms. The wine cellars, apart from keeping the prestigious bottles of champagne, allow guests to visit the iconic Imperial Gallery, which celebrates the friendship between Jean-Rémy Moët and Napolen 1st, and to admire the historical Napoleon Cask offered by Napoleon to Jean-Remy during one of his visits and the memorial plate of the Emperor’s 3rd visit in 1807.
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