Moet and Chandon Tour, Guiding You to Know More about its History and Production

Paying a visit to Moet et Chandon would be very enjoyable. The tour starts with a video that explains the champagne-making history & process - while a bit cheesy, it is informative. the tour in the cellars was pretty neat & the vastness of Moet’s collections is quite something to see. Champagne at the end of the tour is served in a dark, commercial-feeling space - the bubbly is good despite this! The Moet tour is definitely all about the romance of making and drinking champagne. My advice would be to do a tour like this one, and then go to a smaller house that gives you a more authentic look at the production side.

February is about pruning, namely after the harvest and until April, the vines are pruned according under strict rules to generate the grapes and restrict the yield.

March mainly lays its importance on fastening, which begins in March, shoots from the previous year are fastened to the wires.

April would focus on opening of the Buds: In April the buds open and the young shoots begin to emerge. An April or May frost can kill them, forcing the vines to send out new, later shoots.