Afternoon family wineries tour from Reims

About this experience

À la Française Champagne ! starts this one outside Reims Centre station, in front of the tourist information office on the Cour de la Gare. A minivan of eight at most drives half an hour into the vineyards. You spend 1.5 hours at a first family winery, 45 minutes in Hautvillers, and another 1.5 hours at a second producer, with three tastings at each: six glasses in all. Hautvillers is the stop people remember. Dom Pérignon lies under a plain stone slab in the Saint-Sindulphe abbey church, and about forty wrought-iron trade signs hang over the streets.

The wineries aren't named, and they change with the guide's schedule. That's normal for grower tours here, and guests report meeting the owners in their own press houses and cellars. What you won't get is a great house. Those you book yourself, and the 2pm start leaves the morning free for exactly that: Pommery runs a one-hour cellar tour from EUR 30 and opens all year, reachable on bus line C in about 20 minutes from the station, while Mumm starts at EUR 30 in the centre. A big house in the morning, the growers after lunch. That is the best Reims day we know of.

The small print. No lunch, no under-12s, no wheelchair access, and the tour runs only with two or more guests (book alone and the operator reschedules or refunds). It leaves from Reims Centre, not Champagne-Ardenne TGV, which sits 8 km out of town. Coming in by train? The operator won't refund a booking lost to a missed or misbooked train, so leave a margin. Cellars hold around 10°C all year, so bring a jacket in August too.

• Two family-run wineries, three tastings at each
• Hautvillers, Dom Pérignon's village, and his tomb in the abbey church
• A stop in the UNESCO-listed vineyard for the views
• Eight guests at most, with a local English-speaking guide
• A 2pm start that leaves your morning for a house in Reims

How the day runs

1. MorningA house in Reims (optional)

   Book a cellar visit yourself: Pommery, Mumm or Veuve Clicquot all run tours of an hour or so. Eat lunch in town afterwards.

2. 2:00 pmMeet at Reims Centre station

   Outside the station, in front of the tourist information office. Then 30 minutes by minivan.

3. Early afternoonFirst family winery

   About 1.5 hours with a family producer: vines, press house, cellar and three tastings.

4. Mid-afternoonHautvillers

   45 minutes in Dom Pérignon's village, with the abbey church and the view over the Marne valley.

5. Late afternoonSecond family winery

   Another 1.5 hours and three more tastings at a second estate.

6. 6:30 pmBack at the station

   Drop-off where you started, in the centre of Reims.

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Tips before you book

• Book a house for 10 or 10:30am, eat, and be at the station by 1:50pm. It's the day this tour is built for.
• Check which station your ticket says. You want Reims, not Champagne-Ardenne TGV.
• Eat lunch before 2pm. Nothing on the tour is solid food.
• Bring a jacket for the cellars, around 10°C even in summer.
• Travelling solo? The tour needs two guests, so book early and expect a reschedule if nobody joins.

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