{"id":20657,"date":"2016-06-08T16:26:03","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T15:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/?p=20657"},"modified":"2025-07-06T17:51:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T16:51:41","slug":"ay-champagne-festival-henri-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenchduck.com\/latest\/ay-champagne-festival-henri-iv\/","title":{"rendered":"Ay Champagne Festival Henri IV"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

The Champagne wine village of Ay<\/strong> (51 Marne, Grand Est<\/em>) holds an bi-annual celebration of its wines with its King Henri IV Festival in July (5 – 6 July 2025)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Every other year for more than 20 years the good people of Ay hand over the keys to their village to “their good King Henri IV.” The King owned a wine press and was a fan of the wines of Ay! His doctor advised him to drink Champagne, as the wines were lighter than those of Burgundy.
Pendant les f\u00eates Henri IV, partout dans A\u00ff, des surprises \u00e0 d\u00e9couvrir, des sp\u00e9cialit\u00e9s \u00e0 d\u00e9guster, une ambiance \u00e0 saisir au cours d\u2019un week-end de joie et de d\u00e9tente dans la grande tradition champenoise<\/em>. He did of course only drink Champagne for medicinal purposes!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Ay is the home of Champagne Bollinger!<\/a><\/strong> Sample the wine and food at the many Champagne houses which will be open on these two festival days.On Saturday evening see the grand firework display with musical accompaniment. On Sunday afternoon the Ay carnival processes through the streets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

For more info see www.fetes-henri4-ay.fr\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n