Gourmet Champagne and Cooking Day Trip
Premium Veuve Clicqout tour and tasting, gourmet cooking with Champagne, and sunset vineyard toast in Epernay.
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Day Trip from Paris to Champagne
Enjoy a day of Champagne from the cellars to the vineyards, with a cooking lesson in between. Lovely countryside, a quaint city and bubbles throughout the day! High speed rail to and from Reims makes it an easy day trip.
The widow Clicquot was a pioneer in popularizing Champagne and creating techniques for perfecting the bubbly treat since 1810. She cannily put Champagne forward as an upper class drink of celebration, using her family connection to Napoleon, the emperor who filled the void in French power after the 1789 revolution.
Gourmet Champagne Day Tour from Paris
Price: $3,200 for 4 people. Contact us for pricing for larger or smaller groups.
Train Departure Time: before 8:00 a.m. from Gare d’Est in Paris
Duration: 13 hours
Meeting Point: Reims Tourist Office next to Reims station
Group Size: Minimum 4, maximum 6, private only
Availability: Tour runs every day of the week. Available from March through November. Off season options by request.
Tour includes
- 1st class rail to and from Paris
- Transportation in a comfortable minivan for the day.
- Wifi access on board.
- Licensed English speaking driver/guide.
- Premium Cellar tour of Veuve Clicquot
- Champagne focused lunch cooking class
- Sunset Champagne toast with sabrage
- Visit of Dom Perignon gravesite and village of Hautvilliers OR Reims cathedral tour.
Not included
- Paris hotel transfers to and from train station
- Gratuity for the guide (not mandatory)
Note: Currently by private option only. Contact us for pricing and details. Read our customer reviews.
Premium Champagne Day Tour Itinerary
After arriving via TGV rail from Paris, you’ll meet at the Reims Tourist Office and head to the Veuve Cellars for a cellar tour and a premium tasting.
You’ll compare 3 cuvées: Brut Yellow Label and Brut Rosé in Magnum and La Grande Dame 2015.
After the tasting, you’ll drive to a chef’s atelier right next to Reims cathedral. Create a two course lunch with appropriate wines, per your menu preferences.
Next you’ll either have a walking tour of central Reims and the cathedral, or drive to the quaint, hilly village of hauitviellers, burial place of Dom Perignon, the monk said to have created Champagne.
The day finishes with a drive to the upper vineyards above Epernay and a sunset toast with sabrage – yes you are invited to try it yourself!
You’ll return to Reims in time for the evening train back to Paris. Overnight stay in Reims available. Contact us for details.
Cancellation and Refund Policies
Due to the small group aspect of all of our tours, our cancellation policy is as follows. More than 7 days before tour date – 100% refundable; from 7 to 3 days before tour date – 50% refundable; less than 3 days – non-refundable. If cancelling please contact us as soon as possible to insure we can credit you properly.
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