June 12- Day 3

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On this bright and sunny day, the school provided for a us a shuttle bus to Champagne and visited to two sites, Champagne Mercier and Champagne Geoffroy. Overall, we enjoyed this new experience. It is very different reading it and watching videos then for you to be there your self.

Here is a picture of our arrival at the house of Mercier which we were greeted with a champagne on our hands.
This 20-ton champagne barrel was hauled through the streets by 24 oxen and 18 horses.  It’s so big that five nearby buildings had to be demolished just so it could get through.  
This is where we relaxed and had a quick lunch before heading out to Champagne Geoffroy.
This is Champagne Geoffroy and where the professor mentioned its a small winery but family oriented.
This is there newest barrel edition from 2015.
Champagne Geoffroy also upgrade to stainless steel to obtain consistency on there champagne.
Mr. Geoffroy grab a bottle of wine and amazed the student because he put the bottle upside down and he put the light on the bottom of the bottle and we saw the yeast coming down.
These are wines that needs to be kept in this position (riddling) this is to loosen sediments so that it can collect it on the bottle neck.
Mr. Geoffroy mentioned that these bottles on the back wall will be ready to bottled up, cleaned and labeled to sell in 5 years. We should come back then.
We ended tasting 4 different champagnes and some of us learned how to open up a bottle of champagne.

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