The Champagne wine company Pommery was created in 1858 by Pommery and Greno; it is one of the largest Champagne wine houses.
Emile Galle's "grand foudre" (large barril) can contain 75000 liters of liquid. It is made up of Hungary oak wood. France is represented as a young woman…
Bottles of wine are stored in 18km of tunnels in former cray quarries used during the Roman times.
Cray quarry; the tunnel level is 30m below the ground, making the quarries a good location to hide during the World War I bombings.
Each rack of bottles is clearly identified.
The caves where the bottles are stored were given names of cities where the Pommery champagne is sold.
Champagne bottles have to be rotated manually during maturation.
Some of the bottles are exceptionally old; the oldest bottle kept in the cray quarry dates back from 1874.
