CHAMPAGNE TOUR

About the Champagne tour departing from Paris

Meet your Guide in the morning in central Paris at Place d’Italie. After a 1.5 hours safe drive in a air-conditionning comfortable van with max 8 people, you will arrive to your first stop in Reims city, to visit the famous Cathedral were Kings of France coronations were held.

We will then leave the Reims area and head to the first Champagne tasting at a Maison de Champagne or a Family Champagne estate. We will visit the reputed Champagne cellars, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You will learn about the history of Champagne, the grapes used for Champagne and the making-process and of course you will have the first Champagne tasting of the day, with Champagne carefully selected by our Sommelier.

We will then head to Epernay, the second capital city of Champagne where you will have a 90 minutes free time for lunch. We will indicate some good traditional french restaurants. After lunch we will pass by the Avenue de Champagne with its 200Millions bottles underground.

We will then take The Champagne Road for a lovely drive around the Champagne countryside. Your guide is an experimented guide or a certified sommelier. He will drive you across the Champagne vineyards explain the terroirs, the vines, the biodynamic process,  till the charming village of Hautvillers, Dom Perignon monk headquarter. You will then head to the second winery, meet an authentic family winegrowers and taste at least 3 different Champagne. 

Return to Paris around 6:30pm at Place d’Italie.

. Lunch is not included in the price. For lunch time we will have a 90 minutes break. Your guide will suggest you good option for lunch and has already booked a table for the group.
. The Tour is in English but your Guide speaks fluently French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian if needed
. More than 8 Guests or for a Private tour, contact us via the contact form or email us at info@winetoursparis.com
. Legal minimum drinking age is 18 years old
. Children or non drinkers guests can join the tour. They will have to buy a non drinker ticket with a 20euros discount on the regular ticket. Please contact us to get the non drinker ticket. Please let us know before the number of children joining the tour to arrange the safety seats which are limited in numbers.
. The tour involves a small easy walk. The van can fit a wheelchair in the back
. Please look up the weather forecasts before the tour as Champagne can be hot in the Summer and sometimes rainy and cold, rainy and windy in the Winter. Cellar temperatures are always around 50F/10C. So Jaket, umbrella, good shoes are recommended.

Departure:
. 7:40 am in front of 9 Place d’Italie – 75013 Paris. Metro line 5,6 and 7: Place d’Italie

End of the tour:
. 6:30pm at Place d’Italie

Duration:
. around 11 hours