Reims: Veuve Clicquot & Family Grower Champagne Tasting with Lunch

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Duration8h

GroupUp to 8

LanguagesEN

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Champagne, Cathedral & Two Cellars in One Day from Reims

You visit Reims Cathedral, descend into the Veuve Clicquot cellars for four tastings, eat lunch at a local restaurant, drive through the Grand Cru vineyards, and finish at a family grower's cellar for a second tasting. Transport, all entry fees, and tastings are included; the guide picks you up in the city and returns you by early evening, leaving time for a train back to Paris.

Step-by-step itinerary

Reims Champagne Tour and Tastings

Sightseeing in Reims city
Visit Reims Cathedral
Tour Veuve Clicquot cellars and taste Champagne
Lunch at local restaurant
Drive through Reims Mountain Vineyards
Cellar tour and tasting at family grower

The Experience

You've just stepped off the train at Reims station—or you're already in the city with a free morning—and the guide is waiting. The day starts at 9:20am (9am on Sundays if you came by train that morning) with a walk through Reims itself, then straight into the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, the one where French kings were crowned. It's a UNESCO site, and the light through the stained glass is the kind of thing you notice even if you're not usually a cathedral person. After that, you're heading to Veuve Clicquot—the house everyone's heard of—where you'll go down into the chalk cellars and taste four different Champagnes. The cellars are cool and a bit eerie, carved into the bedrock, and the guide walks you through what you're tasting and why it matters.

Then there's lunch at a local restaurant, included, which means you're not hunting for a place or worrying about the bill. After you eat, the minivan takes you through the Reims Mountain vineyards—the Grand Cru slopes where the grapes actually come from—and you get a sense of the landscape that makes all this possible. It's not a long drive, but it's the part that connects the tasting to the place. The afternoon ends at a family-run Champagne grower, smaller and different from Veuve Clicquot, where you do another cellar tour and taste again. By the time you're done, you've seen how Champagne moves from the big industrial houses to the independent producers, and you've tasted the difference.

The whole thing runs about eight hours, and you're back in Reims by early evening—trains leave after 5:45pm if you need to get back to Paris. Groups stay small, maximum eight people, so it doesn't feel like you're being herded. The guide speaks English and drives the minivan, so there's no switching between people or waiting for a bus. If you're coming from Paris, the TGV gets you to Reims by mid-morning, which is exactly the timing this tour needs.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel or station pickup in Reims, a guided visit to Reims Cathedral, entry and a four-Champagne tasting in the Veuve Clicquot chalk cellars, lunch at a local restaurant, a scenic drive through the Reims Mountain Grand Cru vineyards, and entry with cellar tour and tasting at a family-run Champagne grower.
Transport throughout is by air-conditioned minivan with an English-speaking driver-guide.
All entrance fees and tastings are included; you only pay for any extra Champagne or items you choose to purchase.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearby

Operated by FRANCE INTENSE

Is this one for you?A good fit if you want to taste Champagne at both a world-famous house and a smaller family producer in one day without arranging transport or worrying about timing—the fixed itinerary and included lunch mean you show up and the day unfolds. Plan for a full eight hours out, which is what lets you see the Cathedral, the vineyards, and two different cellars without rushing.