Other than being the burial place of Dom Pérignon, and a ‘pretty’ village Hautvillers is said to have 140 wrought iron signs hanging outside the houses. These signs depict (or at least depicted) the trade of the family who occupied the dwelling. As you would expect, the majority of the trades related to champagne production, either directly such as picking, pressing, bottling etc. or indirectly in a supporting trade like bottle or basket making.
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