Champagne Day Trip from Paris with 8 Tastings & Lunch

About This Experience

This is the most-booked Champagne day trip from Paris on GetYourGuide, and the shape of the day explains why: one famous Champagne house, two small family producers, and at least eight tastings, with a wine-expert guide alongside you from pick-up to drop-off.

The day starts with a pick-up at your hotel in central Paris and a two-hour drive east in an air-conditioned minivan capped at eight passengers. Croissants and water are handed round on the way while your guide sets out how Champagne is grown, blended and aged.

First stop is a grande marque house — Mumm, Veuve Clicquot, Moët & Chandon, Mercier, Pommery, Lanson or Nicolas Feuillatte, depending on the day's availability. You walk the chalk cellars, follow the production line from press to riddling rack, and take your first tasting underground.

A scenic drive through the vines follows, with a tasting laid on among the rows and an informal masterclass from your guide when the weather allows. Lunch is served either at a family-run Champagne house or a good local restaurant, with several styles poured alongside the food — Blanc de Blancs, Blanc de Noirs, rose, and ratafia when it is available.

The afternoon is given over to the other end of the scale: a family estate or a cooperative, where production runs in thousands of bottles rather than millions and the grower usually pours the wine themselves. You are back in Paris by early evening, dropped at Place de l'Hotel de Ville or at your hotel on the private option.

Highlights

• Visit a major Champagne house
• Enjoy over 8 tastings of local Champagnes throughout the day
• Traditional French lunch at a winemaker’s table, paired with Champagne
• Discover family estate and coopérative

What's Included

• ✓ At least 8 tastings during the day
• ✓ Discover 1 famous Champagne house and 2 small family vineyards (or a cooperative and a family vineyard)
• ✓ Traditional French lunch paired with at least 3 champagnes
• ✓ An authentic masterclass led by your expert wine guide (depending on weather conditions)
• ✓ The services of an English speaking & wine expert guide
• ✓ Hotel pick-up at your accommodation in Paris
• ✓ Drop-off in central Paris (Hotel de Ville)
• ✓ A delicious freshly baked French Croissant and a bottle of water
• ✓ Transportation in a comfortable minivan (with A/C, 8 people Max)

Not Included

• Tips

What to Bring

• Warm clothing

Good to Know & Caveats

• Please advise of any dietary requirements at the time of booking.
• This tour is not suitable for wheelchair users. However, if you use a foldable wheelchair and have some level of mobility, please don't hesitate to contact us directly and we will do our best to arrange a tour that suits your needs.
• Caves and wine cellars are usually quite cold and damp (45°F/10°C), so please remember to bring warm clothes.
• The visited wineries may vary depending on availability and can be changed based on your preferences and requests, please contact us to arrange any special visits (special visits may affect prices).
• Wine Passport reserves the right to cancel tours where the minimum (4 travelers) is not reached; an alternative or full refund will be offered.
• Please let us know if you are joining our Winedays tour with others who booked separately, so we can make sure you are all grouped together.
• Tours in Spanish and French are subject to availability: not all wineries or guides offer these languages.

Meeting Point

Hotel pick-up at your accommodation in central Paris. The tour drops off in central Paris at Place de l'Hotel de Ville, or back at your hotel if you book the private option.