Louise Pommery has dedicated herself completely into making Champagne after the death of her husband. Inspired by the style of construction of English country houses she built a massive wine production area. In the red ochre rocks under complex she built the wine cellars which are more than eighty kilometres long. If you know that Pommery produces more than twenty million bottles per year, then eighty kilometres is possibly still on the tight side. In the partitions huge reliefs are dug out with several shows of Bacchus. Art nouveau splashes as from and gives the cellars prestige. Louise had the opinion that art and Champagne go together. 

Still the house invites artists to add lustre to the cellars. From time to time it is a little bit too much. Hearing hard music is rather annoying. The guide is difficult to understand with all the noise. Louise Pommery was her time far ahead. The strict looking lady took care that the farmers harvested later, the grapes became more ripe and she had to add less sugar syrup to the wine. Pommery was the first Champagne house which introduced a dry wine on the market. The Brut became a success. 

As from € 17, - you get a guided tour for about a hour accompanied with a glass of Champagne, although on the website an amount of € 10,- is indicated.
Visiting hours: From April to mid- November from 9.30 till 19.00 from mid- November to April from 10.00 till 18.00. Between Christmas and New Year they are closed.