3 days in Champagne - Cellars, tastings, winemakers meetings and heritage

Reims, France

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This tour is totally private. Your guide will take care of you all during these 3 days. He will explain you the history and give you most of the information through funny stories to have a good. In 3 days, you'll have a gobal overview of the champagne and Reims UNESCO heritage: the big houses and the small producers. You will taste 4 different big houses champagne the first day and 2 small producers with minimum 8 glasses the second day and 4 other glasses the third day !
Are you ready to go off the beaten path and taste the best champagnes and vist the heritage sites ?

Description

Itinerary

Day 1: Big houses of Champagne

Stop At: Champagnes Pommery, 5 Place General Gouraud, 51100, Reims France
Visit the cellars, enjoy a tasting in the old vinification centre and have a look to the brand shop. You will cross the champagne cellar where there are the biggest bottles of champagne ageing.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin, 1 rue Albert Thomas, 51100, Reims France
Visit the shop with all the beautiful branding products and enjoy a tasting at Veuve CLicquot tasting room.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Moet et Chandon, 20 avenue de Champagne, 51200, Epernay France
Visit the cellars, taste Moet champagne and enjoy the shop with Moet and Dom Perignon bottles and branding products
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Champagne Mercier, 68 Avenue de Champagne, 51200, Epernay France
Enjoy a cellar visit by small train ! See all without walking. Then have a tasting and a look to the shop and the biggest Champagne oak barrel fone for 200.000 bottles !
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Lunch: 3-courses lunch in a typical French restaurant. Drinks are in extra
Accommodation included: 4-star hotel in Reims city center.
Diner is not included. Recommandations will be given.
Ask for 3rd day accommodation

Day 2: Small producers discovery

Stop At: Verzenay, Verzenay, Marne, Grand Est
Visit a small producer in the mountain of Reims. The winemaker selected is in Grand Cru village. The winemaker will do a private visit of you : press centre, vinification centre and cellars.
Taste minimum 4 different champagnes with the winemaker you will comment the tasting only for you.
Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Rilly-la-Montagne, Rilly-la-Montagne, Marne, Grand Est
Visit a winemaker in a "1er cru" classified village of Champagne. Visit his cellar, learn his history and his way of making the champagne. Taste different champagnes from an other village with totally different tastes than the first one visited.
Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Verzy, Verzy, Marne, Grand Est
Enjoy the UNESCO classified landscapes of Champagne with a drive through the vineyards.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel or in the vineyards if the weather permits.
• Lunch: 3 courses lunch in tradition French restaurant. Drinks in extra. Each day a different place for lunch.
Accommodation included: 4-star hotel in Reims city center.
Diner is not included. Recommandations will be given.
Ask for 3rd day accommodation.

Day 3: Champagne & heritage

Stop At: Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims, 3, rue Guillaume de Machault, 51100, Reims France
UNESCO Heritage. The place where the kings of France were crowned during 1.000 yo !
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Basilique Saint-Remi, Rue Saint-Julien, 51100, Reims France
UNESCO heritage ! Visit the basilica Roman and Gothic style. Understand how the first king of France came to Reims to be baptised.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Bibliotheque Carnegie, 2 Place Carnegie, 51100, Reims France
Visit the most beautiful Art Deco Style building in the world. It won the first price at the international Art Deco exhibition of 1925.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Abbaye Saint-Pierre d'Hautvillers, Rue de L'Eglise, 51160 Hautvillers France
Come to thank Dom Perignon. This is the place where Dom Perignon created the first bubble of champagne.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Romery, Romery, Marne, Grand Est
Visit a small winemaker who is making a champagne from the same place as Dom Perignon during the XVIIth century. At the same time discover Rosé champagne in Rosé de Saignée style !
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast at the hotel or outside in the vineyards if the wether permits.
• Lunch: 3-courses lunch in a typical French restaurant. Drinks are in extra. Each day a different place for lunch.
No accommodation included on this day.

Inclusions

Champagne tastings !
Private transportation
2x Breakfast
3x Lunch
Accommodation included: 2 nights
Entry/Admission - Champagne Mercier
Entry/Admission - Veuve Clicquot-Ponsardin
Entry/Admission - Champagnes Pommery
Entry/Admission - Moet et Chandon

Exclusions

Drinks during lunch are in extra
Diners are not included

Additional information

Infant seats available
Near public transportation
Not wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
Face masks provided for travelers
Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination required for travelers
COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Confirmation will be received at time of booking

Ticket delivery

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

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Cancellation

If you cancel at least 4 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.

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