New spots to taste the stars from Soulières

Relaxing at the sea or busying up in the heart of everything? Accompanied by a perfectly matched dish or gloriously all on its own? There are so many wonderful ways you can enjoy champagne.

So here you are, there you go: a fast presentation of a few lovely spots, where you will find one or several Tange-Gérard champagnes. Valby, Bornholm, Berlin, Glyngøre, Tvååker.

Bubbles on ice in your new neighbourhood brasserie in Valby. Photo: Anne Bastholm.

à la francaise from A to Z: Brasserie Valby

If you cannot travel to France, allow France to move closer to you.

At Brasserie Valby, the French cuisine has a big place in the hearts of owners Anne and Sofus.

On the menu you find beloved classics like scallops and French oysters, followed by quail or côte de boef then French cheeses and to finish off nice and sweet, Crème Brûlée or profiteroles.

French vintage deco accompany great food and wines at your new neighbourhood brasserie in Valby, Copenhagen. Photo: Anne Bastholm

These are dishes that ask for champagne, and not in vain. Brasserie Valby has four Tange-Gérard champagnes to please different palates and wishes.

Two non vintage brut champagnes (Chardonnay-based and Pinot Meunier-based), a vintage plot champagne of 100% Chardonnays from one field in 2014 and finally a 100% Pinot Noir rosé: Tradition, Noirs & Blancs, Solliphere and Rosé de Saignée.

Whilst the bubbles play on your tongue, you may want to enjoy the neat vintage decor. There is something to discover in every corner, even in the restroom. Most of it is handpicked in la France naturellement.

Let yourself be tempted with the menu of the week: Brasserie Valby

Bull’s Eye in the middle of Bornholm: Vinlageret

The good wine is back in Aakirkeby, Bornholm.

Many islanders will recognice the guys with the leather aprons. The owners, Søren Wolff and Ivar Bilenberg, have sold wine in the Baltic island before, and now they are back with Tange-Gérard champagne in their assortment.

Wolff and Bilenberg welcome you at the Vinlager in Aakirkeby. Photo: Søren Wolff

A recent invitation to pop by for a taste must have worked, as the first batch of bottles more or less sold out fast. But more are on their way, assures Søren Wolff.

Here in Champagne, we look much forward to visit Aakirkeby some time - Bornholm is a must-see island and different from the rest of Denmark - and exchange about champagne.

Discover more in Sørens blog here (in Danish) and here is the vinlagret.dk.

Bei Peter in Prenzl’berg: E.T.C. bar

Evening atmosphere outside the bar in the Prenzlauerberg neighbourhood. Photo: Line Thornberg

The heartbeat of Berlin is so special, always on, often too much, yet so playful that one must surrender.

To find refuge in the metropolis is like an art apart. Necessary as well, breaks help you keep going. So Berlin hosts a multitude of places to rest, eat, drink, party, talk, dance, meet. Be.

Amongst all these many kneipen just one has the yellow label Blanc de Blanc on ice.

That makes us proud. We believe bubbles fit Berlin so well. Nothing is better than champagne to get a good grip of the moment as it stimulates all your senses simultaneously.

At E.T.C. bar in the Prenzlauerberg neighbourhood, Peter, the owner, is behind the counter. This is a spot where town actually may feel like home. Since a bar can become someone’s regular through careful attention. Seizing the the moment fully is one of the finest qualities of champagne if you want it so.

A better match is hard to find.

Berlin nightlife at E.T.C. bar. Photo: Line Thornberg

the wild treasure in Glyngøre: Østersbar

Limfjorden is not far once you have entered Svends bar in Glyngøre.

All you have to do is to dip your fingers in the not of the bar, where running water from the fjord frames the oysters and the bladder wrack perfectly. Through the panoramic windows, your eyes will meet the concrete columns of the Sallingsundbridge and the fjord, obviously.

This is where the wild oysters of the Limfjord come from, this is where they stand.

Skipper, barman etc. Svend Bonde in the shop behind the oysterbar.

In the bar, you can taste the oysters with a specially made dark beer, that provides a surprising soft as silk match in your mouth.

When you pair the local dish with champagne, it’s another story and not just tastewise. All your senses stand up before they get busy for real.

An oyster is so fleshy. The sight of it, the smell of it, the texture of it in your mouth and then finally the taste of it and the feeling. As if this tiny, insignificant mollusc manages to turn everything pretty much upside down. It works on all senses at once, just like champagne. That makes the combination so explosive.

Read more about oysters and our champagne or take a look at the Østersbar.

The fjord itself joins you directly at the bar table in Glyngøre. Photo: Svend Bonde

Tvååker: gourmet and vines at Varberg

The compass points out a spot somewhere to the northeast of Varberg and south of Göteborg. We are on the westcoast of Sweden, not far from sea, but here we move into the woods.

You drive on small and winding roads, into the deep woods. Suddenly your car arrives in a glade. It turns out to be much bigger than you expected at first. The road continues past a number of wooden buildings of all sizes on both sides of the road. Tall, stately trees and signs everywhere, it turns out that there are many activities in this place.

Vineyards, oh yes, vineyards in the county of Halland and they are amongst the biggest in Sweden. Here are all traditional activities around growing vines and making wine. But also fine dining in several restaurants, spa, locations for workmeetings and rooms, of course, for the weekend, you decide for yourself and your darling to get a break from the daily round to paradise for one weekend. With all sorts of treats to relax, move, learn and enjoy a good meal, a great glass.

Basically the main difference between wine and champagne is just gas: invisible, imperceptible and an eternal wait - so it seems - to be let out and soar. This difference then, is it not a bit like whatever dreams are made of?

Discover Åstad vingård

One of the vineyards at Åstad vingård to the northeast of Varberg. Photo: Åstad Vingård