We offer you high-end, private and exclusive tour in English with a certified WSET level 3 wine expert (on the way to level 4) . He will travel and stay with you all day long for giving you any explanation on Champagne wine and region (wine making process, history, economy and private funny stories about Champagne).
We pick you up at your accommodation in Paris, travel to Champagne region in a luxury Mercedes van, then enjoy a worry-free relaxing experience, your guide will take care of all logistical details for you. You will see both sides of Champagne: a well known famous Champagne house, and an independent family owned winemaker. Both are high-end quality classified as "Grand Cru" or "Premier Cru" or "Cru".
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Private transportation
✔ On-board WiFi
✔ Bottled water
✔ Table booked for lunch
✔ All visit and tasting fees are included
✔ In-vehicle air conditioning
✔ All fees and/or taxes
✔ English spoken, wine certified guide all day long is included
✖ Any extra request
✖ A table is booked for lunch (lunch is not included in the price).
Pickup Locations
1. Hidden Hotel
2. Hotel Athena
3. Hotel Allety
4. Agate Hotel
5. Hotel Artus
6. Aparthotel Adagio Paris Centre Tour Eiffel
7. Hotel Astrid Royal
8. Hotel Avenir Jonquiere
9. Hotel Claret Bercy
10. The Chess Hotel
11. Hotel Augustin - Astotel
12. Chambiges Elysees Hotel
13. Hotel Arian
14. Hotel Locomo
15. D'Enghien Hotel
16. Ducs de Bourgogne Hotel
17. Belta Hotel Residence
18. Hotel Ambre
19. Best Western Premier Faubourg 88
20. Hotel Amelie
Additional Info: I will pick you up at your accomodation, airport or train station.
Itinerary
1
Paris
We'll pick you up at 8.00am at your accommodation and head to Champagne region in a luxury Mercedes van with your wine certified guide; he will stay with you all day long.
While driving, your guide introduces the agenda and gets some information from you to make sure your day will be tuned according to your expectations.
Duration: 1.5 hours
2
Chatillon-sur-Marne
First visit will be at a family owned independant winemaker:
You will have a chance to discover the work and spirit of an independent winemaker, winemaker for the sixth generation. They have a unique story to tell, a terroir to share, and the fine bubbles of their labor to make you taste.
You will discover a real french winemaker, the vineyards that are closed to their estate, the process to produce Champagne, the production site and the cellar. You will taste three cuvées (different Champagnes) with explanation on what makes the difference between the three.
Duration: 1.5 hours
3
Chatillon-sur-Marne
We will have a promenade in the vineyard and discover the most beautiful panoramas of Champagne.
Your wine certified guide will give a presentation of the terroir and the vegetative cycle of the vine and will answer your questions.
Duration: 30 minutes
4
Epernay
We will head to epernay, twenty minutes driving accross typical Champagne landscapes, stil with your wine certified guide.
Duration: 20 minutes
5
Avenue de Champagne
You will have lunch in a bistronomic restaurant. You will enjoy a fine french cuisine. Table will be booked for lunch which is not included in the price.
Duration: 1.75 hours
6
Avenue de Champagne
We will walk through Avenue de Champagne where some of the most prestigious Champagne houses are located.
Your wine certified guide will share history and stories about this avenue and all these famous Champagne houses.
Duration: 45 minutes
7
Avenue de Champagne
Visit Moët & Chandon:
Dive into the Gallo-Roman cellars of one of the most prestigious Champagne house, dug between the 4th and 15th centuries where vintages are refined, sometimes centuries old. You will be guided by Moet & Chandon guide.
You will taste two cuvées (different Champagnes).
Duration: 1.5 hours
8
Hautvillers
We will head to Hautvillers, still guided by your wine certified guide.
If there is one place where Champagne really has a meaning, it is Hautvillers. The village, typical of the Champagne vineyards, is the cradle of Champagne. It was here that a certain Dom Pérignon perfected the champagne method, which transformed the wine of Champagne into the king of wines.
Duration: 15 minutes
9
Abbaye Saint-Pierre d'Hautvillers
Hautvillers, Cradle of Champagne:
- As you follow the winding lanes, look up at the original panels created by wine producers on the facades of their houses
- Part of a former Benedictine abbey, the Abbaye St-Pierre d'Hautvillers, founded in AD 650 by St Nivard, bishop of Reims, this church is liberally decorated with 17th-century woodwork. This is where the good monk Dom Pérignon is buried.
Duration: 40 minutes
10
Paris
We will get back to your hotel in Paris.
Duration: 2 hours
Additional info
• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
