Reims: Champagne Tastings & Dom Perignon Abbey Day Trip

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Duration8h

GroupUp to 8

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Three Winery Tastings & Dom Perignon's Tomb in One Day from Reims

You spend the day moving between three family-run champagne estates with a driver-guide, tasting nine different champagnes and learning how each one is made. You see Dom Perignon's tomb in Hautvillers, walk Avenue de Champagne in Epernay, and eat lunch at a local restaurant—all included. Small groups mean you're not herded; the fixed itinerary means you don't have to plan transport or timing yourself.

Step-by-step itinerary

Reims Champagne Tour and Tastings

Sightseeing in Reims city
Tour and tasting at first family grower
Visit Hautvillers and Dom Perignon Abbey
Walk Avenue de Champagne
Lunch at leisure
Tour and tasting at second family estate
Tour and tasting at third family grower

The Experience

The minivan is already rolling through Reims when you realize how much ground the day covers. First stop is the city itself—the Cathedral, the Champagne Houses along the grand avenues—then out into the countryside where the real work happens. Your guide, a driver who knows every village road, takes you to a family grower first, walks you through the chalk cellars, pours the first tasting. It's not the big houses; it's smaller operations where someone's been making wine for three generations and actually talks about what's in the glass.

Then Hautvillers. The village sits on a slope, and you're standing in front of the Abbey where Dom Perignon is buried—the monk who figured out how to trap bubbles in a bottle, which is basically the entire reason Champagne exists. After that, Avenue de Champagne in Epernay, which is just what it sounds like: a street lined with grand champagne estates, some of them built like small châteaux. You stop, you look, you understand why this region matters. Lunch happens at a local restaurant—a proper meal, not a rushed thing—and then two more tastings at family estates in the afternoon. By the end you've tried nine different champagnes and you're not tired of it because each one tastes different depending on who made it and how long it sat underground.

The tour runs with a maximum of eight people, which means the minivan doesn't feel crowded and the guide actually remembers your name. Transport is included, lunch is included, all three winery visits are included—you're not stopping at a gift shop and realizing you have to pay extra for the tasting. If you're coming from Paris, there are TGV trains that get you to Reims by mid-morning; the guide picks up at the station at 9:30am (9:00am on Sundays in certain months) and you're back by evening in time to catch a train home after 5:45pm. The only thing to know: Avenue de Champagne closes mid-July through late August, so if you're traveling then, plan around it.

What’s included

Your day includes air-conditioned minivan transport with a professional driver-guide, sightseeing of Reims Cathedral and Champagne Houses, a tour and champagne tasting at a family grower, a visit to Hautvillers and Dom Perignon Abbey, a walk along Avenue de Champagne in Epernay (seasonal), lunch at a local restaurant with a main course, and two additional champagne tastings at family estates. All nine tastings and transport between stops are covered; you arrange your own arrival in Reims (train from Paris is recommended).

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearby

Operated by FRANCE INTENSE

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to taste real champagne at the source without renting a car or piecing together your own itinerary—the guide handles the driving and knows which family estates are worth your time, and the fixed schedule gets you back to the station in time for an evening train.