- Escaping since 2004
- Favourite wine: Champagne (of course) – ideally a blanc de blancs. A bottle (or even better a magnum) of Dom Ruinart would go down nicely!
- Best travel experience: Sitting down to dinner with strangers and finishing many hours (and bottles) later with friends
- Pet peeve: Les grèves! the French tradition of striking at the drop of a hat
- Best dining experience: Enjoying the 6 course tasting menu paired with 6 Champagnes at Chateau Les Crayères
- Random fact: One day each year I dam up the stream through our village and arrange delivery of 60 tons of sand to create a temporary beach for our annual wheelbarrow race and fair!
Behind the scenes in Champagne with the Grape Escapes team
To kick off 2024, it’s only fitting that, 20 years after we first started, we go back to where it all began with a few days in Champagne. Still one of our best-selling regions today, we send thousands of our […]
