The day to book if you want both kinds of champagne in one go. A minivan collects you from your Paris hotel, and you spend about six hours in the region: a big house in the morning, lunch with champagne, then a family producer. Everything you drink is in the fare, and so is lunch. Budget only for a tip and any bottles you buy.
You taste in the cellars, at lunch and in the vines, all in the fare.
A famous house, then two family vineyards, or a cooperative and a family vineyard.
A French lunch paired with at least three champagnes, at a grower's or a restaurant.
Your guide pours in the middle of the vineyards when the weather allows.
Pickup in central Paris, with a croissant and a bottle of water on board.
The group never passes eight, so you can hear the guide and ask questions.
Champagne is made by two kinds of producer, and they give you two different visits. A big house takes you down into its chalk cellars, past racks of bottles, and explains the method on a scale you cannot see anywhere else. A family grower shows you the vines the wine comes from, and often the person who made it pours it. This day gives you both, so you do not have to choose before you know which you prefer.
Which house you visit is set by availability. The listing names seven it works with: Mumm, Veuve Clicquot, Moët & Chandon, Mercier, Pommery, Lanson and Nicolas Feuillatte. Booked direct, their cheapest visits cost from €20 at Nicolas Feuillatte to €48 at Moët & Chandon and Pommery, per person, as each house prices them in September 2026. Here that visit is in your fare. If one name matters to you, the private Moët & Chandon and Veuve Clicquot day is the tour that books both by name. The houses and what a visit costs sets out each one.
After the house comes a drive through the vineyards. When the weather allows, your guide stops among the vines and pours, talking you through the soil and the grapes. Lunch then takes two hours. It is served at a family-run champagne house or at a local restaurant, with classic French cooking and at least three champagnes: a Blanc de Blancs, a Blanc de Noirs, a rosé, or ratafia, the region's sweet liqueur, when there is some.
The afternoon visit is the second producer, a family estate or a cooperative. That makes three producers in one day, the most of any shared day we list from Paris. Compare it with the other day tours from paris to champagne before you decide. Tell the operator about any dietary needs when you book, not on the day.
This is your first time in Champagne and you want to taste a famous house and a family producer side by side, with lunch arranged and no driving. It suits couples, friends and solo travellers who are happy to share a minivan of eight.
You want Moët & Chandon and Veuve Clicquot by name: the private day with both houses books them. If a whole day on the road is too much, the Reims afternoon with two family growers lasts four and a half hours from Reims station. For a party of your own from this operator, the private version of this day collects and returns you at your door.
The minivan picks you up at your hotel or apartment in central Paris. The listing does not print a pickup time: you see it when you choose your date, and the operator confirms it. If friends booked separately, tell the operator, so that you are put in the same minivan.
At the end of the day the shared tour drops everyone at Place de l'Hôtel de Ville, in the 4th arrondissement, not at each hotel. From there the metro and taxis are close by. If you book the private option instead, you are taken back to your own door. The visitor guide covers the train, if you would rather go alone.
★★★★★
Champagne day from Paris: a big house, growers and lunch
The region is a long way from Paris, but the guide's knowledge and humour made the drive worth it: three vineyards, plenty of tastings and a lovely lunch.
John · Traveller · September 2026
★★★★★
Champagne day from Paris: a big house, growers and lunch
The Mumm cellar tour explained how champagne is made, and the small family vineyards were the highlight; the one regret was no chance to buy bottles to take away.
Tamsin · Traveller · August 2026
★★★★★
Champagne day from Paris: a big house, growers and lunch
A large house in Mumm, two smaller ones and a good lunch, shared with two other couples and a guide who kept the conversation going.
Kevin · Traveller · August 2026
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before you set off. The fare covers the tastings, the visits and lunch.
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