3 days in Champagne - Cellars, tastings, winemakers meetings and heritage
Overview
Are you ready to go off the beaten path and taste the best champagnes and vist the heritage sites ?
Inclusions
- Champagne tastings !
- Private transportation
- 2x Breakfast
- 3x Lunch
- Accommodation included: 2 nights
- Entry/Admission - Champagne Mercier
- Entry/Admission - Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin
- Entry/Admission - Champagnes Pommery
- Entry/Admission - Moet et Chandon
What to expect
Day 1: Big houses of Champagne
Stop At: Champagnes Pommery, 5 Place General Gouraud, 51100, Reims France
Visit the cellars, enjoy a tasting in the old vinification centre and have a look to the brand shop. You will cross the champagne cellar where there are the biggest bottles of champagne ageing.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin, 1 rue Albert Thomas, 51100, Reims France
Visit the shop with all the beautiful branding products and enjoy a tasting at Veuve CLicquot tasting room.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Moet et Chandon, 20 avenue de Champagne, 51200, Epernay France
Visit the cellars, taste Moet champagne and enjoy the shop with Moet and Dom Perignon bottles and branding products
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Champagne Mercier, 68 Avenue de Champagne, 51200, Epernay France
Enjoy a cellar visit by small train ! See all without walking. Then have a tasting and a look to the shop and the biggest Champagne oak barrel fone for 200.000 bottles !
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Meals included:
• Lunch: 3-courses lunch in a typical French restaurant. Drinks are in extra
Accommodation included: 4-star hotel in Reims city center.
Diner is not included. Recommandations will be given.
Ask for 3rd day accommodation
Day 2: Small producers discovery
Stop At: Verzenay, Verzenay, Marne, Grand Est
Visit a small producer in the mountain of Reims. The winemaker selected is in Grand Cru village. The winemaker will do a private visit of you : press centre, vinification centre and cellars.
Taste minimum 4 different champagnes with the winemaker you will comment the tasting only for you.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Rilly-la-Montagne, Rilly-la-Montagne, Marne, Grand Est
Visit a winemaker in a "1er cru" classified village of Champagne. Visit his cellar, learn his history and his way of making the champagne. Taste different champagnes from an other village with totally different tastes than the first one visited.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Verzy, Verzy, Marne, Grand Est
Enjoy the UNESCO classified landscapes of Champagne with a drive through the vineyards.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel or in the vineyards if the weather permits.
• Lunch: 3 courses lunch in tradition French restaurant. Drinks in extra. Each day a different place for lunch.
Accommodation included: 4-star hotel in Reims city center.
Diner is not included. Recommandations will be given.
Ask for 3rd day accommodation.
Day 3: Champagne & heritage
Stop At: Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims, 3, rue Guillaume de Machault, 51100, Reims France
UNESCO Heritage. The place where the kings of France were crowned during 1.000 yo !
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Basilique Saint-Remi, Rue Saint-Julien, 51100, Reims France
UNESCO heritage ! Visit the basilica Roman and Gothic style. Understand how the first king of France came to Reims to be baptised.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Bibliotheque Carnegie, 2 Place Carnegie, 51100, Reims France
Visit the most beautiful Art Deco Style building in the world. It won the first price at the international Art Deco exhibition of 1925.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Abbaye Saint-Pierre d'Hautvillers, Rue de L'Eglise, 51160 Hautvillers France
Come to thank Dom Perignon. This is the place where Dom Perignon created the first bubble of champagne.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Romery, Romery, Marne, Grand Est
Visit a small winemaker who is making a champagne from the same place as Dom Perignon during the XVIIth century. At the same time discover Rosé champagne in Rosé de Saignée style !
Duration: 2 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel or outside in the vineyards if the wether permits.
• Lunch: 3-courses lunch in a typical French restaurant. Drinks are in extra. Each day a different place for lunch.
No accommodation included on this day.
Additional information
- Infant seats available
- Near public transportation
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- Face masks provided for travelers
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Social distancing enforced throughout experience
- Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Proof of COVID-19 vaccination required for travelers
- COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Ticket delivery
Cancellation
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.
It has now been three months since our Christmas trip to Reims and barely a day passes without thinking back upon our champagne experience with Stéphane. These are memories that will last a lifetime and we cannot wait to return to the region. Stéphane’s knowledge of champagne, his wonderful sto...
It has now been three months since our Christmas trip to Reims and barely a day passes without thinking back upon our champagne experience with Stéphane. These are memories that will last a lifetime and we cannot wait to return to the region. Stéphane’s knowledge of champagne, his wonderful storytelling ability and his French joie de vivre made the tour an unforgettable adventure. His intimate relationships with the champagne houses means the journey through this fascinating part of French history feels personal and engaging. To witness the champagne making process first hand, learn about the region and it’s history, and perhaps most importantly, drink some of the finest champagnes made right from the source, is a must for a lover of bubbly. You won’t regret it. À votre santé.We spent 3 wonderful days with Stephane learning about champagne, visiting both big houses and small producers, and seeing the beautiful areas of Reims and Epernay. Stephane customized the itinerary based on our requests and was incredibly communicative and responsive during the planning process....
We spent 3 wonderful days with Stephane learning about champagne, visiting both big houses and small producers, and seeing the beautiful areas of Reims and Epernay. Stephane customized the itinerary based on our requests and was incredibly communicative and responsive during the planning process. We found that he was just as knowledgeable (if not more) than the guides who provide the cellar tours and appreciated the private tours he arranged. Although the famous champagne houses are a must-see for first time visitors, we loved the small producers the most. I did quite a bit of research to compare your companies, and I’m so glad that I booked with Stephane. We will absolutely book with him again on our next trip.3 days in Champagne tour by Stephane was amazing - exceeding our expectations. The tour provided a holistic perspective of Champagne production including tours and tastings at several small and large producers in Reims and Epernay. We learned so much - not just about Champagne but of the region...
3 days in Champagne tour by Stephane was amazing - exceeding our expectations. The tour provided a holistic perspective of Champagne production including tours and tastings at several small and large producers in Reims and Epernay. We learned so much - not just about Champagne but of the region's history and culture. Breakfast and lunch were delicious at places we would have not been able to find on our own. Our guide Stephane was welcoming and hospitable, extremely knowledgeable, responsive to our questions and adaptive to our tour. We would highly recommend this unparalleled experience.We went september 2020 to the area of Champagne. It was an INCREDIBLE journey to never forget! #makememories Stéphane was our private tourguide for 3 days. He’s a very nice guy and could tell us everything about the area and about the process of making champagne. He also knows very good local res...
We went september 2020 to the area of Champagne. It was an INCREDIBLE journey to never forget! #makememories Stéphane was our private tourguide for 3 days. He’s a very nice guy and could tell us everything about the area and about the process of making champagne. He also knows very good local restaurants. Stéphane arranged a perfect planning based on our wishes. That’s exactly why i loved him as our tourguide. I definitly recommend to book a tour at ‘tours in champagne’!