Salon 2015, Cristal 2018 and Krug 2013 will be within reach at Pier Sixty when La Fête du Champagne brings more than 100 Champagnes to New York on October 17, 2026. For anyone planning a Champagne tasting in NYC in October 2026, this is the afternoon to mark first: houses, growers, single-vineyard bottlings, older releases and magnums gathered in one room.

Champagne Tasting NYC October 2026: La Fête

Members discount for the New York Magnum Package

• 18% discount on the New York Magnum Package, Grand Tasting + Gala Dinner
• Members price: $1,350 + tax (regular package price: $1,650 + tax). Save $300 per package.
• What you get: One ticket to the New York Grand Tasting and one ticket to the Gala Dinner.
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• How to book: Book the New York Magnum Package.

This offer applies to the Grand Tasting + Gala Dinner package. Other events are ticketed separately. Availability and applicable fees are shown at checkout.

La Fête du Champagne’s New York Grand Tasting is a three-hour walkaround wine tasting, running from noon to 3:00pm ET at Pier Sixty, 60 Chelsea Piers, New York, NY 10011. Tickets cost $475 plus tax through the La Fête du Champagne official event page.

If you want both the afternoon tasting and the Gala Dinner, check the New York Magnum Package first. Otherwise, use the walkaround format to compare familiar names, discover a grower or spend time on a particular style, with winemakers attending and small plates served alongside the wines.

What La Fête du Champagne brings to New York in 2026

The tasting brings major houses and smaller estates together, so you can explore Krug Grande Cuvée, then move to vineyard-specific wines from Jacquesson or Pierre Péters without crossing town.

The announced 2026 list gives you several useful comparisons. Krug is scheduled to pour 2013, Grande Cuvée 173ème Edition, Rosé 29ème Edition and Grande Cuvée 169ème Edition. Salon appears with Salon 2015. Louis Roederer brings Collection 246 MV, Blanc de Blancs 2019, Brut Rosé 2018 and Cristal 2018. Jacquesson includes Cuvée 744 Dégorgement Tardif, Avize Champ Caïn 2015 and Dizy Terres Rouges 2015. Tarlant reaches back to Cuvée Louis Tarlant Brut Nature 1996. All Moët & Chandon wines will be served from magnum.

Read the list before arriving and choose a few priorities. Three hours gives you time to explore several producers, but a shortlist will help you enjoy the wines without rushing.

How to read the Champagne list before you taste

NV means non-vintage. These wines often combine several harvests, including reserve wines held by the producer. Krug Grande Cuvée, Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle and Louis Roederer Collection each take a distinct approach to blending across years. A vintage Champagne is made from a single harvest.

Vineyard names identify more specific origins. Jacquesson’s Avize Champ Caïn and Dizy Terres Rouges name both the village and site. Pierre Péters’ Les Chétillons and Les Montjolys offer another comparison of Chardonnay from individual vineyards, while Savart contributes several site-specific wines of its own.

Disgorgement also deserves attention. A late-disgorged wine such as Jacquesson Cuvée 744 Dégorgement Tardif has spent longer on lees before release, which can change texture, integration and the way the wine carries maturity. Laurent-Perrier’s Vintage 2006 en magnum, disgorged May 2025, gives another useful reference point because bottle size and disgorgement date both influence how a Champagne evolves.

The Pier Sixty walkaround tasting experience

Small plates from restaurants and purveyors will accompany the walkaround tasting. The food lineup has not yet been fully announced. At the wine tables, ask about the base year of a cuvée, how reserve wines are used and why a producer bottles a particular vineyard separately.

Pier Sixty is at Chelsea Piers on Manhattan’s Hudson River waterfront. It hosts both the Grand Tasting and the Gala Dinner later that day, with separate admission for each. For the afternoon, the draw is the freedom to explore the wines at your own pace.

Three focused tasting routes

If you want to build the afternoon around blending, start with Krug Grande Cuvée 173ème Edition and 169ème Edition, then move to Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle Itération Nº 27 and Louis Roederer Collection 246 MV. Those wines show different producer approaches to multi-vintage composition, reserve wines and house style.

If vineyard identity is your priority, build a line through Jacquesson Avize Champ Caïn 2015 and Dizy Terres Rouges 2015, Pierre Péters Les Chétillons Cuvée Spéciale 2018 and Les Montjolys Cuvée Spéciale 2018, then Savart Mont des Chrétiens 2022, Les Noues 2022 and Le Mont Benoît 2022. That route keeps you close to site-specific Champagne.

For older vintages and different release histories, look for Tarlant Cuvée Louis Tarlant Brut Nature 1996, Drappier Œnothèque 2007, Laurent-Perrier Vintage 2006 in magnum and Jacquesson Cuvée 744 Dégorgement Tardif. The Laurent-Perrier was disgorged in May 2025.

The announced Champagne wine list

Exact wines and vintages are subject to change. Use this list to mark the tables you most want to visit before the room gets busy.

• Henriot Brut Souverain NV, Blanc Souverain NV, Cuvée des Enchanteleurs 2015 and L’Inattendue 2018
• Jacquesson Cuvée 749, Cuvée 744 Dégorgement Tardif, Avize Champ Caïn 2015 and Dizy Terres Rouges 2015
• Krug 2013, Grande Cuvée 173ème Edition, Rosé 29ème Edition and Grande Cuvée 169ème Edition
• Laherte Frères Extra Brut Ultradition NV, Grandes Crayères Blanc de Blancs 2022, Bouzy Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs 2022 and Petit Meslier NV

• A. Lamblot: Synergie 2020, Frénésie 2023, Intuition Nature 2023 and Réserve Perpetuelle 2017-2022
• Lanson: Black Création NV, Rosé Création NV, Le Green Label NV and Vintage 2012
• Larmandier-Bernier: Blanc de Noirs 2019, Longitude NV, Rosé NV and Vieille Vigne du Levant 2017
• Laurent-Perrier: Heritage NV, Vintage 2015, Vintage 2006 en magnum, disgorged May 2025, and Grand Siècle Itération Nº 27

• Leclerc-Briant: Abyss Blanc 2019, Millésime 2020, Les Monts Ferrés 2019 and Rosé NV
• Marie-Courtin: Le Blanc du Tremble 2024 (a still Coteaux Champenois), Présence 2022, Concordance 2020 and Efflorescence 2014
• A. Margaine: Brut NV, Extra Brut NV, Rosé NV and Special Club 2018
• Moët & Chandon is entirely in magnum: Brut Impérial NV, Grand Vintage 2016, Grand Vintage Rosé 2012 and Collection Impériale N°1
• Famille Moussé: L’Esquisse NV, Eugène Rosé NV, Les Vignes de mon Village NV and Les Terres d’Illite 2022
• Philipponnat: Réserve Perpétuelle Non Dosé NV, Blanc de Noirs 2020, Clos des Goisses 2016 and Le Léon 2015

• Bérêche & Fils Brut Réserve NV, Le Cran Premier Cru 2018, Aÿ Grand Cru 2018 and UNE Champagne 2016
• A. Bergère Solera NV, Les Peignottes 2019, Les Clos 2019 and Grand Cru NV
• Billecart-Salmon Le Blanc de Blancs (Base 2019), Louis Salmon 2013, Le Rosé (Base 2019) and Elisabeth Salmon 2013
• Bollinger Special Cuvée NV, PNAYC21, PNVZ19 and La Grande Année 2018

• La Caravelle and Chartogne-Taillet wines to be announced
• Delamotte: Brut NV, Blanc de Blancs NV, Blanc de Blancs 2018 and Rosé NV
• Dom Pérignon: Vintage 2017 and Rosé Vintage 2010
• Drappier: Brut Nature Sans Soufre NV, Rosé Brut Nature NV, Quattuor NV and OEnothèque 2007
• Fleur de Miraval: Petite Fleur (Base 2020), ER3, ER4 and ER5
• Geoffroy: Expression 1er Cru Extra Brut NV, Volupté 1er Cru Extra Brut 2017, Les Houtrants Complantés 1er Cru Brut Nature (2008/2017) and Rosé de Saignée 1er Cru Extra Brut NV

• Pierre Gerbais: Grains de Celles 2023, Champ Viole 2011-2022, La Loge 2011-2022 and Les Grandes Côtes 2011-2022
• Pierre Paillard: Ludes 1er Cru Blanc de Noirs 2020, Bouzy Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs 2021, Bouzy Grand Cru Les Maillerettes Blanc de Noirs 2021 and Bouzy Grand Cru Les Mottelettes Blanc de Blancs 2021
• Joseph Perrier: Cuvée Royale Brut Nature, Cuvée Royale Rosé NV, Cuvée Royale Millésime 2018 en magnum and Cuvée Joséphine 2014 en magnum

• Pierre Péters: Réserve Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru NV (Base 2023), L’Esprit 2021, Les Montjolys Cuvée Spéciale 2018 and Les Chétillons Cuvée Spéciale 2018
• Eric Rodez: Crayères 39ème Edition, Blanc de Noirs 35ème Edition, Les Beurys 2019 and Empreinte Noire 2014
• Piper-Heidsieck: Brut Rosé NV, Brut NV, Essentiel BDN NV and Essentiel NV
• Pol Roger: Brut Réserve NV, Blanc de Blancs 2016, Brut Vintage 2019 and Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill 2018

• Rare: Millésime 2015, Millésime 2013, Millésime 2012 and Millésime Rosé 2014
• Louis Roederer: Collection 246 MV, Blanc de Blancs 2019, Brut Rosé 2018 and Cristal 2018
• Salon: Salon 2015
• Savart: Accomplie NV, Mont des Chrétiens 2022, Les Noues 2022 and Le Mont Benoît 2022
• JM Sélèque: Solessence Extra Brut NV, Solessence Rosé Extra Brut NV, Quintette Chardonnay 5 Terroirs NV and Partition 2020
• Tarlant: Coteaux Champenois Blanc L’Enclume 2020, L’Enclume Brut Nature 2013, La Vigne Royale Brut Nature 2007 and Cuvée Louis Tarlant Brut Nature 1996
• Vilmart & Cie: Grand Cellier Base 2022, Grand Cellier d’Or 2021, Cœur de Cuvée 2017 and Blanc de Noirs 2014

Coteaux Champenois and William Fèvre Chablis

Coteaux Champenois is the appellation for still wines from the Champagne region. William Fèvre’s Chablis selection adds Chardonnay from northern Burgundy to the tasting. If you need a palate shift during the afternoon, this still-wine section gives you one without leaving the Champagne conversation.

The white Coteaux Champenois selection includes:

• Doyard, Vertus Blanc
• Larmandier-Bernier, Vertus Blanc 1er Cru 2018
• Domaine Les Monts Fournois, Ludes 1er Cru 2023
• JM Sélèque, Coteaux Champenois Blanc

The red wines include:

• Pierre Paillard, Bouzy Rouge Les Mignottes 2022
• Brice, Bouzy Rouge Les Hauts Vaudayants 2022
• A. Bergère, Fèrebrianges Rouge Aux Entre-Deux 2019
• Egly-Ouriet, Ambonnay Rouge Cuvée des Grands Côtés Vieilles Vignes 2018
• Geoffroy, Cumières Rouge
• Roger Coulon, Vrigny Rouge Les Champs Chevalier 2022
• Georges Remy, Bouzy Rouge Les Vaudayants 2022
• R. Pouillon & Fils, Mareuil-sur-Aÿ Paunet 2022

William Fèvre will pour Chablis 2023, Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre 2023 and Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos 2023.

How to approach the three-hour Champagne tasting

Choose a few wines you want to compare, then leave time for a producer you know less well. Krug’s two Grande Cuvée editions could be one comparison; Pierre Péters’ vineyard selections could be another. Small pours and brief notes will help you keep track of what you enjoy.

Ask about the particular wine being poured. Its base year, disgorgement date, dosage or vineyard source can be a useful starting point. A focused question also makes it easier to have a worthwhile conversation when a table is busy.

Make time for the food as well. Tasting Champagne with a small plate can change what you notice about its acidity and texture.

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