Veuve Clicquot Tasting and Fun Private Tour in Champagne
Overview
I'll suggest good restaurants to have lunch around Reims, where you can pair Champagne and delicious food. After lunch we'll go to the countryside to see the villages surrounded by vineyards, and visit a small Champagne producer, where you're going to learn how Champagne is made and taste 3 glasses of Champagne.
Certified Guide and Sommelier student with 7 years of experience as a guide in Champagne, I'll share with you my passion for History, Culture and Wines. Guaranteed fun!
Inclusions
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Bottled water
- Private transportation
- Tickets to Veuve Clicquot visit and tasting.
- Visit and tasting to a Boutique Champagne Producer
- Entry/Admission - Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin
What to expect
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin, 1 rue Albert Thomas, 51100, Reims France
Cellar Tour and Tasting at Veuve-Clicquot or another famous Champagne House, based on your wishes and availability. The inhouse guide will take you through their historic cellars in the 2000 years old roman chalk pit mines, listed as a Unesco Heritage Site since 2015. At the end of the tour you will taste their Champagne wines, and visit their boutique.
Barbe-Nicole, the Widow Clicquot, became the first successful Businesswoman in the region, after a series of innovations and breakthroughs during the first half of the 1800s. Nowadays this prestigious house is part of LVMH, the largest luxury company in the world.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims, 3, rue Guillaume de Machault, 51100, Reims France
Visit of Notre-Dame of Reims with a Certified French National Monument Guide.
This catholic church from the 13th Century is a masterpiece of the Gothic architecture, with thousands of intricate sculptures and marvelous stained-glass windows.
On this site in 496, Clovis the first king of France was baptised by Saint-Remi the bishop of Reims, which led more than 30 Kings of France to be crowned at the same place.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Reims, Reims, Marne, Grand Est
Sightseeing drive-by of the city of Reims, the largest city in Champagne, with its main squares, Roman ruins, medieval monuments and Champagne Houses.
We'll see the widest Roman arch in the world, the Louis XV square, the covered market, the Surrender Museum where the Nazis signed and many prestigious Champagne Houses: Roëderer, Krug, Mümm, Veuve-Clicquot, Taittinger, Pommery...
The city was heavily bombed during WW1, which forced the city to rebuild in the 1920s, turning Reims into the Art Déco capital of France.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Champagne Route (Route Touristique du Champagne), 51200 France
Visit of the vineyards around Reims, stopping for pictures and explanations. You will marvel at the beautiful sights of the Champagne countryside, where church belltowers in medieval villages contrast against a background of lush forests and vines.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Rilly-la-Montagne, Rilly-la-Montagne, Marne, Grand Est
Small Producer of Champagne
Cellar Tour and Tasting of a small producer of Champagne wines.
There are thousands of small champagne producers in the small villages, some of which produce high quality wines for a good quality/price ratio. You will visit a selected one, looking into their process, machines, cellar and tasting part of their range at the end.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Additional information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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Raphael is great. His knowledge of the area, of the history of champagne, and of the champagne making process is extensive. Terrific experience. Thanks, Raphael.
Raphael is great. His knowledge of the area, of the history of champagne, and of the champagne making process is extensive. Terrific experience. Thanks, Raphael.Raphael was an amazing guide! This trip is a must do for your trip to Paris! It was so fun to get to see the Champagne region, check out two different champagne houses (Veuve Clicquot) and a smaller local champagne house. When we got to Reims we got to see the Notre Dame Cathedral before heading ...
Raphael was an amazing guide! This trip is a must do for your trip to Paris! It was so fun to get to see the Champagne region, check out two different champagne houses (Veuve Clicquot) and a smaller local champagne house. When we got to Reims we got to see the Notre Dame Cathedral before heading to our first tasting. We had a little time after Veuve Clicquot so Raphael took us up to the hills of a small town to check out the vineyard. Then, we took a lunch break at an amazing Michelin starred restaurant that Raphael booked for us. Best meal we have had all trip! Finally, we ended our day at Daniel Dumot Champagne house where we were running a bit behind so we had the opportunity to meet the owner’s son and have a private tour and tasting!Rafael was an amazing guide. His knowledge was above & beyond, he made our day. He kept in contact with us before our trip and helped us with picking an amazing place for lunch. He picked us up at the train station & his van was very comfortable. The tour at Veuve was so interesting, it was prob...
Rafael was an amazing guide. His knowledge was above & beyond, he made our day. He kept in contact with us before our trip and helped us with picking an amazing place for lunch. He picked us up at the train station & his van was very comfortable. The tour at Veuve was so interesting, it was probably the most amazing tour we have ever done. The tastings were amazing. The local champagne house tour was also so cool !