Hello and welcome to your home from home in the heart of Champagne. We are Jiles and
Yvonne Halling and together with our daughters, Chloe and Lucy, we’ve been living here in Champagne for over 16 years, and as our guest, you too can tap into our network of contacts, making your own champagne experience unique and special.
We bought and restored our beautiful but neglected 19th century former grape farmer’s house in 2000 and in fact it’s a lifelong project that keeps us busy almost all the time!
We opened up our home in 2001 to visitors wanting to stay in a comfortable, spacious environment with all the creature comforts of home, and we’ve welcomed guests from all over the world. We’d love to welcome you too.
And we’re so easy to find too:
We’re just a 2 hour drive from Paris or Lille, 3 hours drive from Calais, Brussels, Strasbourg. Charles de Gaulle airport also only about 1 hour’s drive away, so it’s easy to reach Champagne by air. Just 1 1/2 hours flight time from Dublin, Bristol or Manchester, and 2 hours from Stockholm.
The main city, Reims, with its elegant shops, superb restaurants and old streets is 15 minutes drive away and thanks to the new high speed train (TGV) you can get from Reims to the centre of Paris in 45 minutes. Epernay, the Capital of champagne is home to Moet et Chandon, Pol Roger, Joseph Perrier is just a short 25 minutes drive away.
No matter when you visit, there are myriad ways to spend your time. With few tourists, you’ll discover the real France here walking or cycling among the vineyards and forests, learning the art of champagne making from those that make it, sampling croissants and chocolates made at the local boulangerie and locally grown produce.
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