Founded
1746
Founded here in Épernay
Champagne house · Cellar tour
Moët & Chandon
The Avenue's most famous name — a grand boutique you can wander even without a tour, and the cellar visit everyone knows.
Boutique
Free to wander
A highlight even without a tour
Visit
Cellar tour
Very popular
The pick
Try Mercier
Source prefers the Mercier visit
The house
Moët & Chandon is a Champagne house in Epernay, founded here in 1746 (source: Champagne Houses in Epernay Elegant Heritage with a Down-to-Earth Welcome.md). Its boutique is a highlight even for visitors who can't book a tour — you can simply walk around it (source: Epernay - Top 5 things to do.md).
The founder's heir, Victor Moët, commissioned the grand residence on the Avenue de Champagne that is now Épernay's Town Hall (Hôtel Auban-Moët) (source: Champagne Houses in Epernay Elegant Heritage with a Down-to-Earth Welcome.md). The Moët cellar tour is very popular, though the source recommends trying Mercier instead (source: Epernay - Top 5 things to do.md).
On the visit
- Wander the boutique
- Famous cellar tour
- Avenue de Champagne frontage
Our notesFamous, but not the source's pick
The cellar tour is very popular and the boutique is worth a wander on its own, but the source steers you to Mercier for the actual visit.
Wander the boutique; book Mercier for the tour.