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Their staff is multilingual, the introduction video looks like the most cliche\u2019 marketing video I\u2019ve ever seen and the tour was very well scripted. These big places leave a bad taste in your mouth if you have done your research and know some of the truth behind the tour statements. The prices are high, demand is high and most people that visit these large houses are tourists who know very little about Champagne or lack the adventure to visit smaller producers.<\/p>\n<p>However, the 2.5 million bottles stored in their caves and walking tour through them was a lot of fun. It was 41 Euro per person for the highest tier tasting and tour which took just over 1 hour with a group that was 4 Americans, 8 Chinese and another 5 or so Europeans. When you look at sales of Champagne, that tour-mix actually makes a lot of sense.<\/p>\n<p>Tattinger\u2019s intro video showed how Saint Dom Perignon himself helped them make the first bottles of wine. Their caves were deep below an abbey that was destroyed in World War 1 and they are made of chalk which the mines \/ caves today are relics of the immense mining of chalk that was used at the time as a building material. Despite this history &lt;enter annoying techno music&gt; Tattinger is cool, hip and ready for the modern Champagne buyer\u2019s discerning palate. *barf* That video really was awful. \u201cWe are classic and hip. We appeal to everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Below the main building are caves that hold millions of bottles. I saw that most bottles alongside our tour path are 3 and 6 liter bottles which I imagine is intentional for people to oggle over. Supposedly the business is 100% family owned according to our tour guide. I challenged her on this but she remained persistent. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taittinger\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a> says a USA Equity Firm bought some parts of Tattinger (mostly hotels) in 2005 but a Tattinger still owns the Champagne side of things. I doubt there aren\u2019t foreign investors. A multi-billion dollar family business with no outside parties?<\/p>\n<p>The high-end tasters I had were very good but their standard offerings were just okay. 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