Reims: 3 Champagne Producers Tour with 9 Tastings & Lunch

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Duration8h

GroupUp to 8

LanguagesEN

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Nine tastings across three family cellars, not a single grand house

You visit three family-run champagne producers in their own cellars, taste nine champagnes across the day, walk through Hautvillers where Dom Pérignon worked, and eat a two-course lunch with champagne included. Transport in a climate-controlled minivan, no more than eight people per group. The tour runs in English only.

Step-by-step itinerary

Visit Champagne Producers and Lunch

Visit first Champagne producer
Tour cellar and taste 3 Champagnes
Visit Hautvillers village and church
Stop in the vineyards for photos
Lunch at restaurant with Champagne
Visit second Champagne producer
Taste 3 Champagnes at second producer
Visit third Champagne producer
Small cellar visit and taste 3 Champagnes

The Experience

You probably expect Reims champagne to mean the big names—Moët, Veuve Clicquot, the houses with the marble lobbies. This tour skips that. Instead, you're in a Mercedes minivan with at most seven other people, driving into the actual vineyards where the smaller producers work, the ones who've been making champagne for generations but don't have a gift shop. The first stop is a Premier Cru grower who walks you through the whole process—how they press, how long it sits, why the chalk matters—then down into the cellar where you taste three of their champagnes, one after another, and you start to notice the difference between them instead of just nodding along.

After that, you drive through the Champagne Avenue (the route depends on the day's timing, but it's the scenic part where the vines actually surround you) and stop at Hautvillers, the village where Dom Pérignon figured out how to make champagne in the first place. There's a church there with his name on it, and your guide explains what he actually did—it's less mystical than the marketing, but more interesting. Then lunch at a restaurant in Épernay: two courses, a glass of champagne, coffee, water. Nothing fancy, but it's real food, not a tasting-room snack. You sit down, you eat, you're not rushing.

The afternoon brings two more producers. The second one is in the Grand Cru area, smaller visit, three more tastings. The third is back in Premier Cru, another cellar, another three champagnes. By the end of the day you've tasted nine different champagnes from three different makers, and you've actually been inside the places where they're made instead of standing in a visitor center. The minivan has air conditioning, which matters on a warm day when you're moving between cellars and vineyards. Minimum two people to run the tour, but groups cap at eight, so you're never in a crowd.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel or meeting-point pickup in a Mercedes minivan, entrance fees and tastings at three family-run champagne producers outside Reims (nine champagnes total), a guided walk through Hautvillers and Dom Pérignon's church, a drive through the Champagne Avenue vineyards, and a two-course lunch with a glass of champagne, coffee, and water at a restaurant in Épernay. Air-conditioned transport throughout, small group of no more than eight people.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyPublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelers

Operated by Sparkling Tour

Is this one for you?Right for travelers who want to taste champagne where it's actually made rather than in a tasting room, and who prefer smaller producers to the big houses. Expect a full day of driving, walking, and tasting—that's what fits three cellars, nine tastings, and a proper lunch into one outing.