My mother-in-law Suzanne and I share a serious love for champagne. It was therefore only a matter of time before we went on a pilgrimage to the Champagne region to taste and purchase some bubbly from the source. The obvious choice for our trip to the motherland was the world-famous Veuve Clicquot winery, which holds a special place in my heart as it is what we raised a glass to toast our marriage in 2013. It is also one of Suzanne's favorites. Under normal circumstances, we probably would have stayed for longer to visit multiple champagne houses - main cities to visit are Reims and Epernay - but since we had Oliver with us (and he was only 2.5 months old), we really could only do the one tour and tasting for a day trip. From what I gather, most of the big champagne houses in the region can be visited and toured on appointment. Because Veuve Clicquot is such a huge enterprise, they offer guided tours of their cellars in English every day from Tuesday to Saturday. We chose to take the "On the Footsteps of Madame Clicquot" tour, which I would highly recommend. While the tour was awesome, I am still working out how to travel in the car with a young child. When we got there, I though it was all under control as we fed him in the car ride there (it's only 2 hours from Paris). However, when I strapped on the baby carrier and popped on his jacket - it's cold down in the caves - he let out an unbelievably loud banshee-like scream, and didn't stop until the tour actually started. And even then I was sweating bullets that he was going to ruin the experience for everyone else.
He woke up half-way through and started wailing again, poor baby, this time from hunger. Only one thing to do when on a champagne tasting tour... feed the baby and follow it up immediately with a glass or two of excellent wine!
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Rebecca
6/16/2017 07:53:26 am
I think it's critical I tell you that I had that same Seraphine top. My friend in London passed it along to me when I was visiting you while prego with Miles! Also, I love Veuve and this looks amazing. 😘
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