Reims: 2 Champagne Producers Tasting & Hautvillers Half Day

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Duration4h

GroupUp to 8

LanguagesEN

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Two small champagne houses, six pours, and the village where it all started

You visit two small champagne estates outside Reims with a guide who explains the process and lets you taste six champagnes across both stops. The afternoon option includes Hautvillers village and Dom Pérignon's church. A minivan picks you up at the train station, keeps the group under eight, and returns you by early evening or early afternoon depending on your slot.

Step-by-step itinerary

Visit Champagne Producers and Hautvillers

Visit first Premier Cru producer
Taste 3 Champagnes at first producer
Stop at vineyard viewpoint for photos
Visit second Premier or Grand Cru producer
Taste 3 Champagnes at second producer
Visit Hautvillers village and Dom Pérignon's tomb

The Experience

The tourism office at Reims train station is where you meet, and the first thing your guide does is ask what you already know about champagne — which is usually nothing, or something half-remembered from a wedding. That honesty sets the tone. You're not walking into a lecture; you're climbing into a Mercedes minivan with maybe six other people and heading out into the villages around Reims where the real producers live, the ones who don't have a gift shop the size of a hotel lobby. The morning slot runs 9am to 1pm, the afternoon 2pm to 6pm, and either way you're visiting two estates classified as Premier or Grand Cru, which means the champagne you taste isn't the stuff they sell at the airport.

The first stop is a producer who walks you through the process — how the grapes become wine, how the bubbles get trapped, why timing matters more than you'd think — and then you taste three different champagnes from their own bottles. It's not rushed. After that, if you've booked the afternoon tour, you drive to Hautvillers, the village where Dom Pérignon actually lived and worked and is buried. You see his church, walk the streets he walked, and the guide explains why this place matters to champagne history without making it feel like homework. There's a viewpoint stop too, where you can photograph the vineyards rolling out in front of you — the actual landscape where the grapes grow, not a postcard version of it.

Then it's on to the second producer, another small family operation in a different village outside Reims, and three more champagnes to taste. By the end of the afternoon you've had six tastings across two houses, you understand the difference between them, and you've seen where Dom Pérignon is buried — which is the kind of detail people remember. The minivan has air conditioning, the groups stay under eight people, and everything is in English. If you fall in love with a bottle, they can ship it to the US, Australia, or Europe after you leave.

What’s included

Hotel or train station pickup is not included, but you meet at the tourism office in front of Reims train station.
Your half day includes transportation in a Mercedes minivan with air conditioning, entrance fees to two family-run champagne producers, six champagnes tastings across both estates, and a viewpoint stop for vineyard photos.
The afternoon tour also includes a visit to Hautvillers village and Dom Pérignon's church.
Maximum group size is 8 people.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelers

Operated by Sparkling Tour

Is this one for you?Right for travelers staying in Reims without a car who want to taste real champagne at small producers rather than tourist estates. The half-day format (morning or afternoon) fits around train schedules, and the minivan handles the driving so you can focus on the tastings.