The Marne Valley fell under the ownership of Moët et Chandon in 1879, expanding the company's operations.

French Burr comes from the Marne Valley in northern France.

Kluck was forced to halt his advance prematurely in order to support his flank: he was still no further up the Marne Valley than Meaux.

Field trials have for many years been concerned with finding a clone less susceptible to frost and this was initially seen as a way of upgrading some of the frost-prone vineyards of the Marne Valley which are traditionally planted with the hardier Pinot Meunier.

It is more prolific and easier to grow than the Pinot Noir and, with a later bud-break, is less prone to frost, hence its extensive cultivation in the Marne Valley.

It is the largest champagne house in the western Marne Valley.

The prettiest view of the vines and the Marne Valley is just 10 km (6 miles) down the D10 at Cramant.

The château and gardens were created in 1703, in the reign of Louis XIV, by a businessman, Monsieur Bourvallais, who commissioned Claude Desgots, grandnephew of André Le Nôtre, to design a classical garden with a grand perspective of the Marne Valley.

It was built on a rocky promontory above the Marne River, and still preserves some of its medieval fortifications, which afford panoramic views of the Marne Valley, the Langres plateau and the Vosges.

Evidence that France is far from being a country of hidebound highbrows is the fact that the Marne Valley, east of Paris, was selected for Europe's first Disneyland.