Champagne France tours from Reims start on the station square, at the cathedral's gate or at your hotel, 45 minutes from Paris by TGV. Choose a half day with the growers, a full day with a big house, or a private day.
Sparkling Tour's black minivan leaves the small tourist office by Reims station in the morning or the afternoon. Two Grand Cru or Premier Cru family growers pour six champagnes; the afternoon adds Hautvillers. Adults only.
From $140 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
The 2:00 pm departure from the station tourist office, back at 6:30. Two family wineries of an hour and a half each, six glasses, and Hautvillers village between them. Eat lunch before you meet.
From $152 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
The 9:20 am departure from the Reims station square, back at 1:15 pm. Two family wineries, a 20-minute stop in the vines and six tastings, in a van for eight at most.
From $140 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Three family growers outside Reims, nine champagnes and a two-course lunch with a glass, plus the Avenue de Champagne and Hautvillers. Eight people at most, adults only, from the station tourist office.
From $280 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Maison Mumm's cellars in Reims with its own guide, then lunch at a family grower's table, Hautvillers and a second small producer: seven glasses. Meet at the station tourist office, not the one by the cathedral.
From $292 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Veuve Clicquot's cellars for an hour and a half, lunch and a tasting at a family winery, Hautvillers and a small producer: nine glasses. From Reims station at 9:20 am, with a similar house if Veuve Clicquot is full.
From $386 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Meet at the left gate of Reims Cathedral at 9:30 am. Two estates of about two hours each with a guide or sommelier, then Hautvillers and the Avenue; you finish in Épernay about 5 pm, 150 m from the station.
From $245 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Pommery's cellars for two hours, the cathedral, Hautvillers and a boutique producer at Cumières, with time in Épernay. Meet outside Reims Centre station or be collected at your Reims hotel. Lunch is yours to buy.
From $291 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A van from the Reims station tourist office at 9:00 am, then e-bikes in the vines of Mareuil-sur-Aÿ. Le Clos Corbier pours four glasses with lunch, and Hautvillers is on the way. Riders 18 and over.
From $228 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Your party alone in a black Mercedes minivan: three family growers, ten champagnes and a three-course lunch with a glass, coffee and water. Collected at Reims station or a Reims or Épernay hotel; two people minimum.
From $579 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A private day built on Moët & Chandon's visit and tasting in Épernay, two hours, then Hautvillers and a boutique producer at Cumières. Pickup within 30 minutes' drive of Reims; listed for wheelchairs.
From $525 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Two hours at Veuve Clicquot, an hour at the cathedral and a walk through central Reims, then the tourist route and a boutique producer at Rilly-la-Montagne. Private, with infant seats; lunch is extra.
From $525 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A minivan and guide for your party from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm: a family winery, then Moët & Chandon's cellars, or another great house if it is full. Pickup at a Reims or Épernay station or hotel.
From $631 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Two family wineries, six tastings and lunch, with the Avenue de Champagne and Hautvillers between them. Your own guide collects you within 40 km, Champagne-Ardenne TGV station included. Non-refundable once booked.
From $661 per person
Non-refundable: this fare cannot be cancelled or changed once booked.
Two famous houses, two hours each, picked from Veuve Clicquot, Moët, Ruinart, Taittinger or Pommery by availability, with lunch at the Royal Champagne hotel between them. A chauffeur-guide for up to seven.
From $848 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
One fare for the car and up to four of you: an iconic house's cellar visit, tastings at four houses, lunch and Dom Pérignon's tomb at Hautvillers. Pickup anywhere in the region; Paris costs EUR 750 more.
From $1,990 per group, up to 4
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
One hour at a tasting table in a cellar at 25 rue Henri IV, in central Reims. A sommelier pours three glasses and explains how champagne is made. Ten guests at most; food pairings cost extra.
From $51 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
À La Française's afternoon leaves the Reims station tourist office at 2:00 pm and is back at 6:30, with six glasses and Hautvillers village on the way.
Check availabilityIt is a day or a half day that starts where the train from Paris stops. By TGV you are in Reims in about 45 minutes. Most shared tours meet on the Reims Centre station square, outside the small tourist information point in the Cour de la Gare, and head out to the villages of the Montagne de Reims and the Marne valley.
Reims has more ways to go than any other start. You can take an hour's tasting in a city cellar, a half day with two family growers, a full day with a big house and a grower's lunch, a day on an electric bike, or a private day with the houses you ask for. The famous Reims houses, Veuve Clicquot, Mumm and Pommery among them, are on the full days.
What separates the days is who pours your glass. Every half day pours at family growers. The full days add a big house's cellars, or keep to growers all day, or leave the choice to you on a private tour.
The morning tour leaves the station square at 9:20 am and is back at 1:15 pm; the afternoon leaves at 2:00 pm and is back at 6:30. Sparkling Tour's half day runs morning or afternoon. You know when you are back before you book your train home.
Maison Mumm's cellars, Veuve Clicquot's and Pommery's are on days that start in Reims. À La Française pairs each of the first two with a family grower's lunch, and Uncork pairs Pommery with a boutique producer at Cumières.
Sparkling Tour's full day takes you to three family growers, with nine champagnes and lunch, in a minivan for eight. You meet the people who grow the grapes, which is much harder to arrange on your own.
Private tours collect you at your hotel or station: within 30 minutes' drive of Reims on Uncork's days, within 40 km on À La Française's, and anywhere in the region on Royal Journey France's.
The other place to start is Épernay, 30 minutes from Reims on the TER. The two towns sell different days, so the start you pick decides the choice you get. Here is how they compare, using each listing's own figures.
| Starting in Reims | Starting in Épernay | |
|---|---|---|
| From Paris by train | About 45 minutes by TGV | About 1 hour 20 direct |
| Where you meet | The station square, the cathedral's left gate, or your hotel | The tourist office on the Avenue, a house's front desk, or within 6 km |
| Half days | Two family growers, $140 to $152 | Private only, $298 to $333 per person |
| Shared full days | $228 to $386, most with lunch | The e-bike day, the houses walk ($632), or the Reims days' Épernay starts |
| Short formats | An hour's city tasting, $51 | The open-top bus, $105; the jeep, $234 for up to three |
| Houses | Veuve Clicquot, Mumm and Pommery on the full days | Moët & Chandon, de Castellane and Mercier on foot |
| Best for | The most choice, and grower half days | The Avenue de Champagne and the short formats |
If you want a grower half day or one of the Reims houses, start in Reims. If you want to walk the Avenue de Champagne or try the bus or the jeep, start in Épernay. Our guide to Reims or Épernay sets the two towns side by side in more detail.
Sparkling Tour's full day pours nine champagnes at three family growers, with a two-course lunch and a glass, from the Reims station tourist office.
Check availabilityThe houses' own prices are set out on the houses' own visits, and what each champagne tour costs weighs each fare.
Not sure Reims is the right start? Compare it with every other way in on Champagne France Tours.