One of the things France is undoubtedly known for is its wine – particularly its Champagne. If you’re in Paris or Reims and are looking to explore its heritage or simply get away from the hustle and bustle, you’re in the right place!

I’ve gone ahead and carefully curated a guide to the top Champagne tours from Paris and Reims that are well worth the time and money, with plenty of exclusive tastings along the way!

There are tours of all lengths and types, designed to suit everyone from the wine connoisseur to the absolute newbie. Let’s jump right in!

Be sure to see our reviews of Wine Tours To St Emilion and Wine Tasting Tours in Paris.

Best Champagne Tours from Paris & Reims

	Day Trip to Champagne with 8 Tastings & Lunch From Paris	Small Group - Full Day Champagne Tour 3 Small Champagne Growers	Small-Group Champagne Day Trip with Six Tastings From Paris
Meeting Location:	Hotel pickup and drop-off	Cour de la Gare, Cr de la Gare, 51100 Reims	Cafe Dada Ternes, 70 Av. de Villiers, 75017 Paris
Tour Length:	10 to 11 hours	8 hours	11 hours
Start Time(s):	7:00 AM	9:30 AM	7:00 AM
What’s Included:	Transportation in air-conditioned minivan, driver/guide, visits to 2 champagne houses, 8 champagne tastings, traditional lunch, wine tasting led by wine expert	Small groups of 8 people max, Mercedes minivans with AC, entrance fees for visits and tastings, 9 champagnes, lunch with glass of champagne, coffee and water	Transport by minibus, entrance to Champagne houses, guide, tour of Nicolas Feuillatte and tastings at two wineries
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Our 7 Top Picks For The Best Champagne from Paris & Reims Tour:

1. Day Trip to Champagne with 8 Tastings & Lunch From Paris
2. Small Group – Full Day Champagne Tour 3 Small Champagne Growers
3. Small-Group Champagne Day Trip with Six Tastings From Paris
4. Champagne: E-Bike Champagne Day Tour with Tastings and Lunch
5. Reims Afternoon Tour Champagne and Family Growers
6. Reims and Champagne Tasting Full-Day Tour From Paris
7. Full Day Champagne Mumm, Family Growers & Lunch From Reims

Champagne from Paris & Reims Tour Reviews

1. Day Trip to Champagne with 8 Tastings & Lunch From Paris

What to Expect on the Tour

With complimentary hotel pickup and drop-off, there’s no need to worry about transportation.

This tour offers the option to either partake in a shared or completely private group tour of the Champagne region, complete with 8 wine tastings at various renowned Champagne houses, along with a traditional French lunch.

If you’re new to wine, you’ll appreciate the way that they teach you how to properly taste wine so next time you’re with your friends at a winery, you’ll be the pro!

They offer a nice comparison and contrast between large Champagne houses and more boutique, family-owned wineries, which offers nice insight into the different types.

By the end of your visits, you’ll be able to identify the characteristics of many different local wines and how to properly pair them. You’ll even learn about the delicate yet impressive way to properly open a Champagne bottle!

What Makes This Tour Great

This tour is perfect if you’re not exactly what you’d consider a “wine expert”, or would simply like to brush up on your knowledge and skills.

You’ll be shown from the best of the best how to correctly taste wine, how to disgorge a Champagne bottle and the differences between the incredible wines found here. We got to try everything from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay to Pinot Meunier and ratafias.

We chose the shared tour which was still a very small group, which meant we got personalized attention and had a great time with our guide.

It was really cool being able to see such a prestigious Champagne estate as Moet (you can also choose to see Chandon, Mumm, Veuve Clicquot, Pommery, and others!) complete with seemingly endless bottles.

Exploring the beautiful vineyards and trying the incredible Champagne Rose was definitely a wonderful memory. At the family-run winery, they were very sweet and showed us the art of sabrage, and offered up plenty of interesting stories and lessons!

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2. Small Group – Full Day Champagne Tour 3 Small Champagne Growers

What to Expect on the Tour

Expect a fun and educational small-group tasting tour where you’ll be led by a local expert guide through 3 different Champagne houses! I had a feeling this was going to be a great tour, but I had no idea it would be this fun.

The 8-hour tour is planned very well, with precise timing that allows for ample time at each of the 3 different houses to taste, see, and learn.

I appreciated that we didn’t have to spend anything extra, as the tastings were included in the tour price, along with a tasty 3-course lunch!

You’ll get to explore the Church of Dom Perignon and how he influenced the Champagne process and enjoy a cruise through the famous Champagne Avenue after lunch. You’ll learn a lot about the history of each Champagne house, as well as what makes each so unique.

What Makes This Tour Great

This all-day tour was as comfortable and convenient as can be, with easy transportation, a great driver, and plenty of well-spaced stops and visits.

Our guide probably taught me more about Champagne than I’d ever learned anywhere else, and her passion for the local wine was contagious.

We not only went through some fantastic tastings at some smaller producers, but were even lucky enough to meet one of the owners and see the different bottling stages!

Lunch couldn’t be beat, as it was at a Michelin-star restaurant complete with amazing service, delicious food, and a great ambiance. I loved this tour so much, that I’m planning on going on it again with friends on my next trip to Reims!

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3. Small-Group Champagne Day Trip with Six Tastings From Paris

What to Expect on the Tour

If you’ve ever been curious about the entire process of how to make Champagne, this next tour is perfect for you. The Small-Group Champagne Day Trip with Six Tastings from Paris tour is one of the longest, but also one of the most comprehensive.

In fact, I’d go as far as to say you don’t even have to like Champagne to enjoy this tour – it’s great for history buffs and those who want to see more of the art and architecture of the region.

Interestingly enough, I felt this tour made me realize what an art form producing Champagne really is – from its traditions to the process itself.

Hop on a comfy minibus from Paris out to the Nicolas Feuillate Champagne House (largest producer of Champagne in the world) for a tour and tasting at the family-run estate.

There are plenty of local landmarks to explore in the surrounding area, that make it that much more captivating!

What Makes This Tour Great

I’m a huge history nerd and I’m a big wine aficionado as well, and this tour takes the cake for how it combines both, seamlessly.

Our guide did a fantastic job at regaling us with stories about the history of Champagne, taking us to visit Reims Cathedral to see where the kings of France were crowned. We also got to see the charming chapel of the Abbey at Hautvillers, where Dom Perignon was laid to rest.

After learning about Dom Perignon’s life and how the Benedictine monk was important in the early development of Champagne, we then made our way to a local producer to learn about how to grow the right grapes.

Afterward, we took a fully-guided tour at the House of Nicolas Feuillatte, tasting 3 amazing glasses of crisp to buttery Champagnes.

I shamelessly picked up a couple bottles for souvenirs (and for myself!) before we headed back to Paris (visiting Reims Cathedral of Notre Dame along the way!).

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4. Champagne: E-Bike Champagne Day Tour with Tastings and Lunch

What to Expect on the Tour

For me, one of the best ways to see the Champagne region is casually cruising around on an e-bike in the fresh air, fully appreciating the beauty of this special region.

Undulating vineyards, rolling hills, and an air of timeless sophistication comes dotted with charming little villages and towns known for their centuries of winemaking tradition. See various Premier and Grand Cru villages, as well as the Marne Canal, and much more.

You get to choose your pickup location, then drive into the countryside to visit the cradle of Champagne: the commune of Hautvillers.

Visit Le Clos Corbier for a great tasting of different types of Champagne before hopping back on your bike for a guided visit of the church where Dom Perignon is buried. Enjoy plenty of traditional French dishes, like pate en route, quiche, lentils, cheeses, and a Reims pink biscuit.

What Makes This Tour Great

From the point of pickup, our guide was absolutely phenomenal! She was knowledgeable, friendly, and willing to answer any and all of our questions.

I never felt that we were rushed, offering plenty of opportunities to stop and soak in the views around us, take photos, etcetera. Being able to cycle through the fields was so lovely, with a delicious French lunch that I’d love to have every day!

However, it was our exclusive, “behind the scenes” look into how to make Champagne that really stuck with me. It was explained in a way that made sense, and made me have an even greater appreciation for it.

The guided tours of Hautvillers and its church where Dom Perignon’s grave only enriched the experience further, along with our relaxing ride alongside the Marne Canal.

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5. Reims Afternoon Tour Champagne and Family Growers

What to Expect on the Tour

If you’re looking for a taste of Champagne (literally and figuratively) without spending the entire day out there, this is the tour for you. The Reims Afternoon Tour Champagne and Family Growers is another small-group tour that packs in a ton of fun and learning!

With roundtrip transportation from Reims, it’s very easy to access the historic village of Hautvillers and various vineyards.

You’ll learn all about how to make Champagne, with different techniques shown at 2 boutique, family-run wineries for an insider’s look into the beverage.

I practically guarantee you’ll learn things about Champagne you didn’t know before – even if you’ve been drinking it for years! The views are amazing, and the guide does a great job of managing the schedule well to fit everything in nicely.

What Makes This Tour Great

This tour is excellent not only because of the tour guide who knew a ton about Champagne and the history of the region, but also because of how well-managed it was.

It’s a significantly shorter tour than any other on this guide and is perfect for those who don’t want or can’t do a full-day tour. However, you’ll learn a ton thanks to the guides who do a great job of explaining everything!

The tastings were amazing, and my favorites were the Cordon Didierlaurent and Billecart-Salmon Champagne visits, with the stunning countryside serving as our background! The light, fine Brut Reserve was my favorite, though the Brut Rose offered a hint of sweetness I loved, too.

There are so many Champagne tastings included, however, that if you’re new to trying it, you’ll figure out quickly what you like!

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6. Reims and Champagne Tasting Full-Day Tour From Paris

What to Expect on the Tour

Between sips of the finest cuvées, enjoy a delicious, 3-course lunch at a world-class restaurant, with journeys through the vineyard-draped hills to be enjoyed between each stop.

Learn and experience firsthand what makes renowned Champagne houses like Mercier, Nicolas Feuillate, or Veuve Clicquot so important. Led by expert guides, you’ll get to explore the terroir and grape varietals, along with the alchemy that lends Champagne its unique profiles.

This tour does a great job at including some interesting history lessons as well, with a visit to the majestic Reims Cathedral which is amazing for anyone who appreciates Gothic architecture and French coronation history.

Upon your return to Paris, you’ll not have only savored the finest Champagne out there, but will feel like you’ve traveled through centuries of French excellence.

What Makes This Tour Great

First off, this was an absolutely beautiful journey through Champagne, with an informative and enthusiastic guide to make it even more fun!

Honestly, the landscape alone is worth heading out to the countryside for. However, I absolutely love Champagne, and was excited to try the very best, right from the source.

It was surprising how fast a whopping 11 hours flew by with our guide, managing to keep our entire group engaged the entire time. The door-to-door transportation service was impeccable, and it couldn’t have been more convenient.

The service was excellent, the lunch was amazing, and there are no words to describe how delicious the Champagne was.

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7. Full day Champagne Mumm, Family Growers & Lunch From Reims

What to Expect on the Tour

This is one of the best ways to have fun with a friend group or the entire family! Meet your guide at the Reims railway station, where you’ll hop into a cozy minivan with the rest of your small group of fellow Champagne enthusiasts, setting right into the heart of the region.

The first stop is Maison GH Mumm: the legendary Champagne house where you’ll learn all about their secrets to success!

Next is La Montagne de Reims, where you’ll learn about the grape varietals and terroir and how they affect the taste of Champagne.

Cruise down Champagne Avenue, stopping to soak in the historic charm of Hautvillers – once home to Dom Perignon and his Champagne experiments that were transformative for the bubbly beverage.

Take a well-deserved break for a local lunch showcasing Reims’ ham and delicate rose biscuits, perfectly paired with regional wines and of course, Champagne!

What Makes This Tour Great

I loved the way that this tour balances the big Champagne houses and the way they operate along with the smaller, family-run estates. I loved exploring the traditions and innovations behind each one, with friendly staff who were more than happy to teach us what they know.

You’ll not only learn the basics, but will really dive into the art of winemaking at the smaller estate. I particularly loved the little quiz we had at lunch where we had to match 3 different Champagnes by taste, where I took the chance to show off my newly-acquired knowledge!

It was a lighthearted yet knowledgeable experience, overall!

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A Guide to Champagne Tours from Paris

Forty-five minutes northeast of Paris, under the city of Reims, there are miles of Roman chalk tunnels stacked floor to ceiling with bottles. The air down there sits at about ten degrees year round, and the only place on earth that makes real Champagne is right above your head.

You can be standing in one of those cellars by late morning if you leave Paris after breakfast. Here is how to do the trip well, whether you book a tour or take the train yourself.

Why Make the Trip from Paris

Champagne is close, which is the whole reason this works as a day out. The region sits just northeast of the city, and the fast train puts you in Reims in about the time it takes to watch a long lunch service turn over.

What you get for the trip is the real thing. Every sparkling wine in the world copies this place, but only the wine from these chalk hills can call itself Champagne, and tasting it where it is made changes how you drink it.

It is worth it for anyone who likes wine, likes history, or just wants a day in the French countryside with a glass in hand. If you do not drink at all, the cathedral and the cellars still carry it, but the wine is the point.

This is a full day, not a quick errand. Give it from breakfast to dinner, because the travel and the tastings do not rush.

The Tour or the Train

This is the real decision, and it comes down to how much you value convenience over control. A booked tour handles everything and a train trip costs less and goes deeper, and both are good answers.

A group bus tour from Paris is the easy choice. Someone drives, the house visits are arranged, lunch is usually included, and you never think about logistics, though you trade away a lot of the day to the road and get herded through two big houses.

Doing it yourself by train is what I would do. Here is how the options compare.

• Group bus tour. Around 150 to 250 euros a head for a full day, two houses, tastings, and often lunch. Convenient, social, and the least flexible.
• The TGV on your own. The fast train from Gare de l’Est reaches Reims in about 45 minutes, often for 25 to 60 euros each way booked ahead. Arrange your own house visits and go at your own pace.
• A private guide or driver in the region. Meet a local guide in Reims, or hire a driver for the day, usually 300 euros and up split across a group. The best way to reach the small growers in the villages.
• Driving yourself. Do not, if you are tasting. France enforces its drink driving limits hard, and a designated driver who cannot taste is a sad way to see Champagne.

If you want depth and you have the day, take the train and book a grower or two. If you want it handled, the bus tour earns its keep.

When to Go

Late spring through early fall is the sweet spot. May, June, and September give you green vines, open cellars, and weather that makes the villages worth a wander between tastings.

September is harvest, the vendange, and it is the most alive the region gets. The catch is that some houses limit visits while they are bringing the fruit in, so book early and confirm.

Winter is quiet and cold, and a few small producers and village restaurants close. The big houses stay open, and the cellars are cold no matter the season, so bring a layer underground in July as much as January.

Avoid turning up without appointments any time of year. The houses run on booked visits, and the good growers will not open the door to a stranger who did not call.

What You Will Drink and See

The Wine

Champagne is made from three main grapes, and knowing them changes what you taste. Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs gives you the lean, chalky wines labeled Blanc de Blancs, while Pinot Noir from the Montagne de Reims and Pinot Meunier from the Marne valley bring the weight and the red fruit.

Learn two words and you will order better for the rest of your life. Brut means dry, which is what most good Champagne is, and a wine with a vintage year on it was made from a single strong harvest rather than blended across years.

Here is the thing the big houses will not tell you. The famous labels are a polished show, but the real find is grower Champagne, the small producers who grow their own grapes and make their own wine, marked by the letters RM on the label.

A grower like Pierre Péters in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger makes wine with more soul than most of what the giant houses pour. Look for those bottles and you will drink better and cheaper.

The Houses, the Chalk, and the Villages

Reims is the grand end of it. The cathedral where French kings were crowned sits in the center, and houses like Taittinger, Veuve Clicquot, Ruinart, and Pommery age their wine in the crayères, the Roman chalk pits that run cold and silent under the city.

Épernay is the other hub, smaller and slower to reach by train, built around the Avenue de Champagne. Moët and Chandon, Pol Roger, and Perrier-Jouët line that street, and the cellars beneath it hold more bottles than you can picture.

For a village, go to Hautvillers up on its hill. This is where the monk Dom Pérignon worked, where he is buried, and where you will hear the story that he invented Champagne.

He did not. He improved how it was made and the line about tasting the stars is marketing, but the abbey and the view over the vines are worth the climb anyway.

What It Costs and How to Plan

Budget by the route you choose. A bus tour runs 150 to 250 euros, a train day on your own runs less once you add up the fare and two house visits at 25 to 60 euros each, and a private guide runs more and is worth it for a group.

Book the house visits before you leave Paris. The big maisons sell timed tours that fill up, and the growers need a call or an email days ahead, not a knock on the door.

Know what your tasting includes. The cheapest visit pours the house standard, and the prestige cuvée costs more, so pick the level you actually want rather than being surprised at the counter.

Eat properly and pace yourself. A real lunch between houses keeps the day standing up, and two or three visits is plenty, because a fourth tasting is a tasting you will not remember.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I really do Champagne as a day trip from Paris?

Yes, easily. The TGV from Gare de l’Est reaches Reims in about 45 minutes, so you can leave after breakfast and be in a cellar before noon.

Just make it a full day and book ahead. Two house visits, a proper lunch, and the train both ways fills the day comfortably.

Should I book a tour or take the train myself?

Take the train if you want control and a lower price, and book a tour if you want it all handled. The train wins on flexibility and depth, the tour wins on ease.

The one strong case for a guided trip is reaching the villages and the small growers. Those need a car, which means a driver or a private guide.

Reims or Épernay, which should I choose?

Reims if you have one day, because the fast train goes there and the cathedral and the big crayères are all in town. Épernay if you specifically want the Avenue de Champagne and houses like Moët and Pol Roger, knowing the train takes longer.

With a car or a guide you can touch both. On a tight day, pick Reims.

Do I need to speak French or book the houses in advance?

You do not need French, the big houses run tours in English. You do need to book, because the famous maisons sell timed visits that sell out and the growers do not take walk-ins.

Reserve online a week or two ahead in high season. A day or two can work in winter.

Is it worth it if I do not love Champagne?

Partly. The cellars, the cathedral, and the countryside hold up on their own, and a good guide can turn a skeptic into a fan in two tastings.

If sparkling wine does nothing for you and history bores you, spend the day in Paris instead. This trip rewards curiosity about the wine.

When is the best time to go?

May, June, and September, for the weather and the open cellars. September adds the energy of harvest if you book around the houses being busy.

Avoid winter only if village charm matters to you, since some places close. The wine and the big houses are there all year.

Shayanne DeCastro

Shayanne is a freelance writer, wine snob and marketer based in LA, California. Describing herself as a nomad, she has lived in many different cities including Boise, Idaho and Seattle, Washington as well as Guadalajara, Mexico. She is forever on the move.

Being an extremely active person, she loves to snowboard, skateboard, and ski. She enjoys sharing her love for active sports with others through her “how to” sports guides as well as food and wine reviews. Her love for wine and good food shines through every paragraph. While she travels, Shayanne loves to try new restaurants and wineries.  If there is a wineries or good restaurant in your town, you will probably meet her one day.