While it can be difficult to find a reason to leave Paris even for just a few hours, the Champagne region is one of the best day trips you can take from the City of Lights; you can spend the day ...

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Here's why: Champagne is a sparkling wine exclusively made in the Champagne region of France, about 90 miles east of Paris. Anything bought outside of the region is not real Champagne. Wine ...