Short Day Tour to a Family Grower with Lunch
Short Day Tour to a Family Grower with Lunch
Enjoy a Champagne tasting and lunch in Epernay where you’ll learn more about vine growing and how the cellar master creates their Champagnes. You’ll be able to observe the scenic vineyards around Epernay whilst visiting an authentic family boutique winery.
Your tour will include the following:
Discovery of Champagne Avenue in Epernay and picturesque village of Hautvillers, cradle of Champagne
Tasting Class : learn Champagne tasting tips
Lunch at a restored Champagne House with Champagnes and regional specialties
Visit and tasting at a family run boutique winery
A customised experience like never before!
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Meet your local guide from Reims or from Epernay:
- 11:15am : Pick up from Reims city center : Meet your expert guide at the train station in Reims.
- 11:15am : Pickup from Epernay city center : Meet your friendly guide in Epernay at Moët & Chandon, on 20 Avenue de Champagne, in front of the statue of Dom Pérignon.
Drive through the Champagne Avenue in Epernay, the capital of Champagne where some of the most prestigious estates are based (Pol Roger, Perrier Jouët, Mercier, Boizel, Moët & Chandon).
Enjoy a moment in the vineyards, with breathtaking views on the UNESCO world’s heritage vines of Champagne and acquire knowledge about the particularities of our “terroir”. You will then discover the village of Hautvillers, birthplace of Champagne. Get to enter the church where the famous monk Dom Pérignon is buried. Drive through one of the most famous streets in the world, the Champagne Avenue in Epernay.
Be welcomed in Mareuil-sur-Ay at a typical Champagne House (Le Clos Corbier). After a Champagne Quizz, train your nose to identify the different aromas and flavors that can be found in Champagne through an olfactory workshop. Get competitive as you get to identify blindly 3 different Champagnes from boutique wineries all while eating some local snacks.
Immerse yourself into the french lifestyle with a traditional lunch which consists of homemade regional specialties paired with a variety of Champagnes.
Appreciate the charming hillsides of Champagne and peek-behind-the-scenes of a family-run boutique winery. Visit the traditional press, tank 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!
After a day full of experiences and precious souvenirs, your guide will drop you off in front of the tourist office of Epernay at 5:15pm or Reims centre train station at 6:00pm.