Champagne Day Trip to Moët et Chandon and Family Winery including Lunch from Reims

Reims, France

Meet your personal guide in Reims and start the day with the visit of one of the most famous Champagne producers (Moët & Chandon, Veuve Cliquot or Taittinger). Discover Epernay with Avenue de Champagne and explore the countryside to admire the UNESCO vineyards of Hautvillers, birthplace of Champagne where Dom Pérignon used to live. Walk through the gates of a restored Champagne House for a regional familial meal and learn about the secrets of the winemakers at the Champagne Academy. Discover a charming family run boutique winery in the afternoon and appreciate several other Champagne tastings!

Visit a world famous Champagne house and Epernay’s region

Meet your guide, get in your mini-van and start the day with a full tour of a prestigious Champagne House (Moët & Chandon, Veuve Cliquot or Taittinger), as a first introduction to the Champagne making process. Enjoy a nice morning Champagne glass and prepare your palate for 10 Champagne wines tasted during the day !

Wander through the vineyards of La Montagne de Reims while your guide explains the particularities of the region, from the grape varieties to the vine growing and winemaking process. Drive through the beautiful Champagne avenue in Epernay and hop off the mini-van to explore the picturesque historical village of Hautvillers, cradle of Champagne where the Monk Dom Perignon lived during 47 years and is now buried. Have a walk through the alleys of the beautiful church where the first Champagne bubbles are known to have come to life and enjoy one of the most exquisite panoramic view on the Champagne vineyard. 

 Lunch and tasting class

The trip continue through the Grand Cru and Premier Cru vineyards of Ay and Mareuil/Ay. Enter the gates of a restored Champagne house and enjoy a traditional aperitif followed by a local lunch with paired wines and Champagnes in a fun and familial atmosphere. Get introduced to local products like baguette, Reims’s ham, regional cheeses, pink biscuit ratafi.

When you are full and ready, participate in an introduction to the fascinating Champagne making process, economy and sparkling history. Discover how the delicate effervescent elixir goes from grape to bottle and improve your tasting skills with an aroma discovery and a comparison of different Champagne blends.

Discover an authentic Champagne boutique winery

Back to the mini-van, appreciate the nice hillsides of Champagne and peek-behind-the-scenes of a family run boutique winery. Visit the traditional press,vat room and cellar of an authentic Champagne grower. Stroll down the cool cellar corridors and glance at the immense quantity of bottles slowly maturing. Enjoy several tastings of their best–seller “cuvees” and find the best values of Champagne !

Your effervescent tour ends as your guide drives you back to Reims to conclude your full day tour.