Champagne Paul-Etienne Saint Germain — Attraction in Épernay

The tasting was €14, which included a small taste (approximately 1 ounce or 3 CL) of two Champagnes. There were no other visitors at this house during our visit. The tasting was guided by the house’s owner (a very nice gentleman) who talked about each champagne for 20-30 seconds before serving it (type of grapes, flavor profile, years aged, etc). The tasting room did not have chairs, and was standing room only. There was no tour of the house and a restroom was not available. From start to finish, the visit was less than 10 minutes.

Pros: Excellent champagne & the bottles are reasonably priced (starting at €30). The tasting is hosted by the owner, who actually lives upstairs at the Champagne house — very authentic.

Cons: The champagne pours were very small, the smallest of any of the 6 houses we visited in Epernay & Reims. While meeting the owner was neat, the visit was otherwise short & impersonal. As the tasting room was small and without seats, it felt awkward to have private conversations (with the owner present). Further, as the pours were truly tastes and not full glasses, it was two sips and done. No opportunity to relax and enjoy the experience.

Overall conclusion: Buy a bottle to-go or have a glass at a restaurant, but skip the visit. As I had read so many positive reviews online, I was very disappointed. Spend a few more Euros and enjoy a longer experience as...

OK so it's a dismal kinda day in March - deffo out of season - and we are having a day out in Epernay - the veritable (and actual) home of Champagne. Strolling down Avenue de Champagne and we spot several offers of tastings so we have to choose one as it would be rude not to. Two ladies enjoying a flute in the front garden of no. 51 tell us the champers is great - Champagne St. Germain - so we knock on the door and a very elegant chap answers, invites me in to make a choice and we sit outside with our wee dog. £24 gets us 2 decent glasses of the "standard" and 2 of the Grand Cru. Well in all honesty they were both fabulous - Grand Cru probably smoother and rounder but both 100% quaffable. It started to rain as we began our 2nd glass - the Grand Cru - so the chap let us in to stand in his inner sanctum and answered some of our daft questions while we enjoyed his wares. Tasting was good value I thought - nice way to spend half and hour or so enjoying a champgane I had never heard of before but will look out for should I ever win...

A small nice champagne house on Avenue de Champagne. We started our 3 days trip with one glass of Divine St Germain on their sunny terrace. We couldn't do better...the moment you start right away, you set a standard for the next few days. After a few days of tasting champagne we realized you must skip the commercial tastings of the big houses. Nice to see and explore, but you have so much more value for money when you taste the Divine St Germain and Sublime St Germain. We have also experienced this at other small champagne houses in the area( for example Bouzy & Cumieres). The owners are very friendly and they...