Les Avisés — Hotel in Épernay

We stayed at hotel which was very nice apart from bathroom flooding every time we had a shower and it was not fixed in spite of informing the hotel reception 3 times.||However the most disappointing part was the restaurant. Firstly the wine list is completely inaccessible 3814 wines on an iPad not searchable by anything other than region. The Sommelier offered to help but then showed us wines from Sancerre telling us they were Chenin. I have since discussed the list with 3 senior (very senior) professionals in the Wine industry who have dined there and all agree the approach doesn’t work well. We got passed that and asked the Somm tp pair using wine from the glass. The result was less than spectacular. He was grumpy and unhelpful for the rest of the evening . The pairing of the Couteau Champagne Blanc clashed horribly with the Tomato course and his claimed pairing of Saumur Cab Franc was with with veal however we weren’t having veal (it was on the other tasting menu)he had got them mixed up !, The meal did have some great highlights. The tomato course was delicious but too much was really a meal in itself. The red mullet was very disappointing the overpowering flavour of the fish was not matched by the sauce or accompaniments. Even our waiter said yes the fish was not well liked and he didn’t enjoy it||The waiter rushed through the cheese and we asked for a tasting of 4 cheeses gave us two and walked away||The Chef very kindly came to all tables asking how each enjoyed it. When we gave our honest feedback he said he didn’t speak much English and disappeared very quickly presumably back to the kitchen||||Staff were efficient but a bit closed and not very interactive. Maybe we just had a bad night but for us it was a great disappointment and a...

After 6 nights in Reims, we wanted a country hotel experience and chose this property due to the connection with Jacques Selosse our favourite champagne. With this in mind we ate in the brilliant restaurant both nights of our stay and enjoyed the Selosse champagnes particularly VO. We stayed in #3 which was exterior to the main house. This is a small 2 room suite and is really charming. We had just a couple of issues. The room does not have air conditioning, and it was unpleasantly hot. The room had some ants that the staff tried to kill off for us. We were kept awake the second night by some "small animal" in the wall/ceiling, maybe a field mouse, don't know what it was, but most annoying. There was no in room coffee, but I dressed and walked across to the restaurant. The hotel is quite reasonably priced, the town is charming to walk about, the staff all very friendly and welcoming. Perhaps our room experiences are typical of this kind of country hotel. We were fortunate to meet Monsieur Selosse and taste some of his terrific wines, so very...

Back to our champagne Rally 2021. Yet another unforgettable evening to remember at Les Avisés, a place definitely to stay! Nathalie & Stéphane will take care of you while you enjoy a selection of grower champagne with a blend of well know wines.

If I think back to theses days, where people did not care if you got a shot or not, where the freedom to share a common passion was not banished by confusing rules. It was just another amazing night among champagne lovers who came together and enjoyed the here and now around wonderful champagne and wine. #thegoodolddays

After the visit at Salon it could not end any better, Geoffrey Delouvin joined us and once again, talking to this new generation of winemaker comes with lot of new approaches that opens furthermore your mind. Oh and by the way, he got impressive tasting wine...