Private tours in Champagne.
The only place on earth where Champagne can legally be made.
Champagne, in a nutshell.
The Champagne region lies 150 km east of Paris, around the cities of Reims and Épernay in the Grand Est. Only sparkling wine produced here, from these chalky soils, can legally be called Champagne.
The region is UNESCO-listed for its hillsides, houses and cellars — over 200 km of Roman-quarried chalk tunnels run beneath Reims, ageing 200 million bottles at any given moment.
Key facts about Champagne
- Country
- France
- Region
- Grand Est
- Distance from Paris
- ~150 km / 90 min by car
- Producers
- ~16,000 growers, 360 houses, 130 cooperatives
- Bottles ageing
- ~1.5 billion at any moment
- UNESCO
- Hillsides, houses and cellars since 2015
What to see in Champagne
Reims Cathedral
Where 33 French kings were crowned, including Charles VII alongside Joan of Arc.
Maison Veuve Clicquot, Pommery, Taittinger
Prestigious houses with cellars in former Roman chalk quarries — crayères.
Avenue de Champagne, Épernay
1 km of grand houses sitting on top of 110 km of cellars holding 200 million bottles.
Grower-producer cellars
Family estates where the same hands work the vine and the bottle.
How to reach Champagne
- By car: 1h30 from Paris via the A4 motorway to Reims, or A4 + A26 to Épernay.
- By TGV: Paris Gare de l'Est to Reims in 46 minutes — the fastest wine region in France to reach.
- Most visitors come on a private day tour from Paris that includes round-trip transport, two cellar visits with tastings, and lunch in a vineyard.
Local transport
- On a tasting day, never self-drive between cellars — French drink-driving limits are very low (0.5 g/l, 0.2 g/l for new drivers) and roadside checks are routine.
- Reims and Épernay are 25 min apart by car or by regional train — easy to combine in one day.
- Many grower-producers in the surrounding villages (Aÿ, Hautvillers, Avize) require advance booking and a car.
What to know before you go
- Best months: May to October. Harvest happens in late August / early September — the most atmospheric time, but cellars are busy.
- Always book cellar visits in advance — even the big houses sell out weekends in summer.
- Mix one prestigious house (for the cellars and theatre) with one grower (for the wine and the human story). That is the formula our guides use.
- Eat before tasting. A traditional Champagne lunch — pink ham of Reims, biscuits roses, regional cheeses — is part of the day.
- Bring a cool bag if you plan to buy bottles in summer; Champagne hates heat.
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