http://www.adashofbitters.com/2009/10/30/ad-of-the-week-ruinart-champagne/ A weblog detailing cocktails, spirits, liqueurs, barware, bars, and bitters. Maintained by Michael Dietsch, a hobbyist mixer in Providence, R.I. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:19:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.adashofbitters.com/2009/10/30/ad-of-the-week-ruinart-champagne/comment-page-1/#comment-38128 Pantagruel Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:08:39 +0000 http://www.adashofbitters.com/?p=686#comment-38128 Yup, they are still around, and if you go to Paris I highly recommend getting out to Rheims 1.5 hours outside Paris and touring Ruinart's network of Champagne aging caves right under the whole town re-purposed from quarries the Romans carved out of limestone to build the city. It was the best tour, much more intimate than the other big houses we hit. And the samples were of course excellent. Yup, they are still around, and if you go to Paris I highly recommend getting out to Rheims 1.5 hours outside Paris and touring Ruinart’s network of Champagne aging caves right under the whole town re-purposed from quarries the Romans carved out of limestone to build the city. It was the best tour, much more intimate than the other big houses we hit. And the samples were of course excellent.

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