3 days Masterclass
Become a Champagne winemaker expert
This 3-day experience in the Champagne region offers a unique tasting experience with visits to the best cellars and meeting real winemakers to taste some rare champagnes and create your own blend.
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 will make you live like a Champagne winemaker. This experience is unique. You will first experience the evolution of Champagne over time. From the latest vintage to a champagne over 25 years old! Then in the afternoon, you will create your own champagne and blend it just like a local winemaker.
Rest assured, you'll be guided by a Champagne winemaker and your Champagne will be excellent.
We will take you to the train station or to your place in Reims with plenty of souvenirs and bottles of Champagne.
From:
2090€/pers
THE
EXPERIENCE
YOUR 3 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 : Become an expert
Time travel and feel the evolution of the Champagne taste in the time.
You'll then be taken to a 10 years old champagne and then a 15 years old to taste vintage Champagnes and see how fruitiness and freshness give way to more complex aromas.
At the end of the tasting, you'll taste a champagne over 25 years old, with fewer bubbles but powerful aromas.
Champagne French lunch.
Create your own Champagne guided by a winemaker.
Taste still wines taken from the vats to feel the difference between different Chardonays and Pinots Noirs.
Be guided by the expert winemaker to find the balance between the different still wines to blend. Make the perfect blend to your taste with these clear wines.
Taste champagnes already done by this expert.
Drive back to the station with a lot of memories
Meeting Point
I will collect you directly at the station or where you are staying in Reims or Epernay.
Duration
3-day experience.
Comfortable Car
We will use a confortable French car. On demand a convertible car if available.
Outside sightseeing
Discover the most beautiful sites and landmarks of the Champagne area.
Tasting included
You will taste all the types of champagne : brut, Blanc de blanc, Blanc de noir, Rosé, vintage, and 2 glasses of Dom Pérignon Champagne !
lunch & breakfast
3 Lunches in a traditional French restaurant and 2 breakfasts at the hotel
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
2090€ / pers.
For 2 to 8 people
For couple as a romantic day, or for friends to share a special experience.
" This experience is so exclusive and private ! Exactly what I was looking for. I like unique experience. Dom Perignon cellars refused me first because I was not a wine professional but Stephane has the connection and opened the doors ! He embodied my dream : visiting the Dom Pérignon place and playing the life of a Champagne winemaker. These 3 days were fabulous ! We went from surprise to surprise meeting very friendly people, drinking excellent Champagnes and having fun. We are so happy to have chosen this 3 days experience. We are living the Champagne area as if we were now part of it. It's to do once in a life. And Stephane helped me to fill my cellar in with the best Champagnes. I can just recommend not to hesitate and wish you to live the same experience as the one we had ! "
Ben - San Franscico, California
" Now I know what Champagne is and why it's so unique !
This experience made all my friends jalous when I sent them photos from the cellars totaly unknown by american people. They are hidden as the most beautiful gems.
It's very interesting to first be able to compare the big brands we know in the States and the small producers we know that exist but never taste really good ones. Then it's magical to meet people involved in making special high quality Champagne. It's so handcraft ! and so good ! This experience is a travel in the Champagne area as well as in the Champagne taste. We are so happy to be able now to really talk about Champagne and more about high quality Champagne ! Thank you Stephane for this gift !"