The Champagne wine region ... ride from Paris, and well worth a visit. But if you don't have time to make it out of the city, there are endless options for enjoying a glass or bottle of champagne ...

Yes, there are a plethora of hipper and grodier natty wine bars in Paris these days, but this is a bite-size version of what I imagine it would be like to drink ... some cool bottles for you.

If you want to find a more interesting bottle to drink, go to a genuinely good independent shop or website, which will have a carefully chosen range of wines." Alexander Benz is an avid wine ...