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A Day in Champagne: Famous Maisons and Small Producers

Discover the most noble wine region of France

12 hours

all year round

2 large "maisons" and a small producer

with guide

WHAT BRINGS US HERE
The Champagne region is just 150 km from Paris. This convenient proximity allows you to go on a day trip from the capital and deepen your knowledge about the world’s most celebrated sparkling wine. Find out more about its history, visit its celebrated maisons and dive into the lives of small producers.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN

In Reims you will have your first champagne tasting at a major Maison (Moët & Chandon, Pommery, Taittinger, Mumm, Mercier or Veuve Clicquot), where you will learn more about the history of champagne, the grapes used for champagne and the manufacturing process. Then we’ll visit the fabulous Notre-Dame-de-Reims cathedral, which began construction in 1211 and took 65 years to complete. Several French kings were crowned in this stunning cathedral.
After lunch, you’ll take the famous “Champagne Road” for a beautiful drive around the Champagne countryside and stop in the middle of the vineyards where your guide will explain more about the terroirs, the vines, and the meaning of organic and natural wines.
On the way you’ll meet an authentic family winemaker for the second champagne tasting of the day, with at least 3 champagnes to be tasted, all produced by hand.
We end our day in the beautiful city of Epernay, with a last visit and tasting at a great maison, before returning to Paris, scheduled to arrive at around 7pm. the capital of the Champagne region.
In Reims, we will then visit the fabulous cathedral of Notre-Dame-de-Reims, which began to be built in 1211 and took 65 years to complete. Several French kings were crowned in this stunning cathedral.
After lunch, you’ll take the famous “Champagne Road” for a beautiful journey around the Champagne countryside and stop in the middle of the vineyards where your guide will explain more about the terroirs, the vineyards, and the meaning of organic and natural wines.
On the way, you will meet an authentic family winemaker for the second champagne tasting of the day, with at least 3 champagnes to be tasted, all entirely produced by them, from the grapes to the wine.
We finishe our day in the beautiful city of Epernay, with a last visit and tasting of a established maison, before returning to Paris with an expected arrival around 7pm.

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WHAT IS INCLUDED
– Transport from Paris* (return), we leave at 7am and return to the center of Paris around 7pm
– Visit and tastings in wineries carefully selected by your wine expert
– Visit to the main historical points of the region
* The tour is also available from the city of Reims or Epernay

WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED
– Private tours and bespoke visits (on request)
– Lunch

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did you know ?

The grapes authorized for the production of Champagne are Chardonnay (white), and/or the dark-skinned “red wine grapes” Pinot Noir or Pinot Meunier. However, the resulting base wine is white due to the gentle pressing of the grapes and the absence of contact with the grape skins during fermentation. Rosé Champagne is made by blending red and white wine. In fact, Champagne is the only region in the world where you can legally mix red and white wine to create a rosé. For this, a red wine made from Pinot Noir or Pinot Meunier is added to the sparkling wine to create a rosé sparkling wine. Another way to produce rosé champagne is through the saignée method, a winemaking process commonly used around the world to create rosés. This process involves allowing the must to have minimal contact with the skin, usually for just a few hours. This minimal contact gives the wine a pinkish color.

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