4 days Best of Champagne
The best Champagnes in a tour
This 4-day experience in the Champagne region offers a unique full experience of tours, tastings and food. From the big and biggest wineries to the smallest and hidden gems. Tasting experience and challenging your taste is the main goal. The Champagne won't keep any secrets from you after this tour. Your private guide will drive you safely throughout the 4 days.
On Day 1, the tour will lead you to the big houses of Champagne. It begins with a private tour of Pommery champagne houses in Reims with a double tasting, Then a stop at Veuve Clicquot boutique before a 3-course French lunch with champagne is served in a traditional restaurant. After lunch, the tour continues to Epernay, the capital of Champagne, where you will visit two more great houses, Mercier and Moet & Chandon, with a double tasting and shopping at each.
On Day 2, the tour takes you on a tour of the world of small producers. First you will meet a first real winemaker and taste three of his champagnes: Brut, Rosé, Blanc de blancs, or Vintage. A special champagne lunch is served in a traditional French restaurant, accompanied by a champagne aperitif. After a drive through the vineyards and landscapes of Unesco listed Champagne, you will visit a second small Champagne producer with a large tasting session. The tour also takes you to magical places like a lighthouse, windmill, and unique forest.
Day 3 is even more exciting, with special tastings of the rarest Champagnes, "extra-dry and "zero" to compare with Champagne brut. Taste also Champagnes with still wines from french oak barrels. You will meet handcraft winemakers who will share their passion with you and make you taste their best bottles of Champagne : the single-plot champagnes which are from the few best plots of Champagne.
Day 4 is the luxe day with Dom Pérignon and the oldest house in Champagne, Ruinart, combined with a Michelin starred lunch. This tour takes you to the village where Dom Pérignon lived and created the first bubble of Champagne. Then, in a small group, visit the Moet & Chandon cellars, where bottles of Dom Pérignon are aged with those of its sister brand, before a double tasting under the guidance of a Dom Pérignon sommelier. You will enjoy a 3-course lunch in a Michelin-starred restaurant. In the afternoon, join a small group for a visit to Ruinart Champagne, the oldest big champagne house with its vast medieval cellars. You will end the day with a double comparative tasting of Ruinart and Dom Ruinart champagnes.
You'll be taken back to your place with souvenirs and champagne bottles.
From:
2710€/pers
YOUR 4 DAYS EXPERIENCE :
1st day : Big wineries tour
Pick up where you are staying in Reims or in Epernay and drive you safely all the day.
In the morning, 2 big houses in Reims : Pommery and Veuve Clicquot.
Enjoy a private cellar tour with a double tasting at Pommery.
Have a stop at Veuve Clicquot to enjoy the history of the brand and the boutique.
Lunch with 3 courses and Champagne !
Drive through the UNESCO listed landscapes.
In the afternoon, 2 other big houses in Epernay.
First visit the cellars of Moet & Chandon.
Enjoy a double tasting.
Have a stop at the boutique !
Drive along the famous Champagne avenue.
To finish visit the cellars of Mercier, then taste 2 champagnes and stop at the boutique !
Dinner and overnight stay (not included)
2nd day : Meet small winemakers
Private cellar visit with a small real
Champagne winemaker.
Private tasting of 4 different types of champagne.
Champagne French lunch.
2nd private cellar visit with a totally different small real Champagne winemaker.
2nd Private tasting of 4 different types of champagne.
Visit magical and historical landscapes
and villages of Champagne
Dinner & night (not included)
3rd day : rare Champagnes tasting
Meet a third small winemaker who is working with low dosage and also with oak barels.
He will share his motivations with you and will make you taste and compare his champagnes.
Lunch with 3 courses and Champagne !
Meet a forth small winemaker who select the best of his plots to create single plot champagnes
Enjoy a tasting of these single plot vintage champagnes to find what to pair with.
4th day : The luxury day
Visit to Dom Perignon's Village and Motivations
Your guide will take you to the village where Dom Perignon lived and created Champagne.
You'll have the chance to discover the motivations of Dom Pérignon to create what he called the "Best wine in the world"
Moet & Chandon Cellars Visit
The tour includes a visit in a small group to the Moet & Chandon cellars, where the Dom Pérignon bottles age, providing an insight into the production and history of Champagne.
Dom Pérignon Tasting Experience
You'll have the opportunity to taste privately 2 different Dom Pérignon Champagnes, offering a firsthand experience of the most famous brand.
Michelin-Star Restaurant Lunch
The tour includes a lunch at a Michelin-star restaurant, accompanied by Champagne, providing a luxurious dining experience.
Ruinart Visit and Tasting
The tour also encompasses a visit to the oldest house of Champagne, Ruinart, where you'll have the chance to explore the middle-aged cellars.
Indulge a last double high quality tasting with Ruinart and Dom Ruinart Champagne.
Meeting Point
Where you are staying in Reims or Epernay or at the train station.
Duration
4-day experience.
Comfortable Car
We will use a confortable French car. On demand a convertible car if available.
Tasting included
You will taste all the types of champagne : brut, Blanc de blancs, Blanc de noirs, Rosé, vintage, dry, extra-dry, zero and single-plot !
Special Dom Pérignon and Dom Ruinart tasting included.
Outside sightseeing
Discover the most beautiful sites and landmarks of the Champagne area.
lunch & aperitif
3 Lunches in traditional
French restaurants and a 3-course lunch at a Michelin-starred restaurant.
Meet real people
Share time with people involved in Champagne. Taste with the winemaker or visit the cellar with winemaker.
Photo spots
We will make stops to take beautiful photos for your Facebook wall or memories
All included
2710€ / pers.
For 2 to 8 people
For couple as a romantic day, or for friends to share a special experience.
" I enjoy going deep to understand everything and the wine is my passion. I don't want to drink a lot but very good or the best wines. This tour was perfect for me. I had answers to all my questions and was gently challenged to feel more of the champagne I tasted. I better know now the Champagne is as complexe as a wine and better appreciate it. I thought I knew but I learn a lot. The Champagne wine club is also a good complement to the experience to continue enjoying it at home longer. Thank you !
Bret & Betty- Palm beach, California
" Everything was perfectly organised ! We enjoyed a lot our private guide and driver who was very knowleable and so kind. He eased our 4 days a lot. The best champagnes. the best places. What more ? The time went so fast, we will have to come back to taste the new vintages."