Tour Overview
Visit Moët & Chandon and a family-run boutique champagne house. Enjoy a moment in the vineyards, discover the historic village of Hautvillers and indulge in a champagne-paired lunch.
If you join the tour from Eperney, meet your expert guide at 9.45 am at Moët & Chandon in front of the statue of Dom Perignon.
Drive through the Champagne Avenue in Epernay, capital of Champagne where some of the most prestigious estates are based (Pol Roger, Perrier Jouët, Mercier, Boizel, Moët&Chandon).
Visit Moët & Chandon, the most famous producer of Champagne, discover the Champagne making process and enjoy some of the 150 years- old-cuvee “Brut Imperial”.
Enjoy a moment in the vineyards, with breathtaking views on the UNESCO world’s heritage vines of Champagne and acquire knowledge of 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.
Be welcomed in Mareuil-sur-Ay at a typical Champagne House, Le Clos Corbier. Here you will learn how to train your nose to identify the different aromas and flavours that can be found in Champagne through an olfactory workshop. Test your new-found knowledge as you identify blindly three different Champagnes from boutique wineries, while eating local snacks.
Enjoy a regional lunch with paired wines and Champagnes in a fun and familial atmosphere. Get introduced to local products like baguette, Reims’ ham, regional cheeses, pink biscuit, Ratafia.
Appreciate the charming hillsides of Champagne and peek-behind-the-scenes of a family-run boutique winery. Visit the traditional press, vat 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 statue of Dom Perignon in Epernay at 5.30 pm.
What’s included
- Regional lunch with Champagne pairings
- Transportation in a prestige minivan
- Tour of the underground cellars of the prestigious Champagne House “Moët & Chandon
- Visit and tasting at a family run boutique winery
- Discovery of Champagne Avenue in Epernay and picturesque village of Hautvillers including a stop in the vineyard
- Expert tour guide
- Tasting Class: learn Champagne tasting tips
- Pick-up and drop-off from hotel
- Food and drink not mentioned
Meeting point
You will meet your tour guide at 9:45am outside the Moët & Chandon courtyard, in front of the Dom Pérignon statue.
Cancellation Policy
Fullt refundable up to 24 hours before departure.
