À la Française Champagne ! · From Reims
À la Française Champagne ! takes eight guests at most to the Veuve Clicquot cellars, a tasting lunch at Le Clos Corbier, a family winery and Hautvillers, ten tastings in a day. Pick it because it's the only tour from Reims that puts a great house and a grower in the same day.
The day opens where most visitors want to start: a 1.5-hour guided tour of the Veuve Clicquot cellars in Reims, in English, ending with four of the house's cuvées. The operator's listing describes galleries about 25 m down in chalk pits dug in Roman times. Then a drive along the Avenue de Champagne in Épernay, past Pol Roger, Perrier-Jouët, Moët & Chandon and Boizel (no stop), and two hours at Le Clos Corbier in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ: a champagne quiz, an aroma workshop, a blind tasting of three champagnes from small producers, and a regional lunch with paired wines. The afternoon brings a family winery (press house, tank room, cellars) and 45 minutes in Hautvillers.
Read one line twice: "If not available, Veuve Clicquot can be replaced by a similar house." The house sets its own calendar. In 2026 it opens Tuesday to Sunday until 1 November, then Wednesday to Sunday from 4 November to 3 January 2027, closed 25 December and 1 January; last winter it shut from 28 December until early April. Book a Monday or Tuesday in November and you'll likely get the substitute. Book Wednesday to Sunday, and in January to March assume the substitute.
Is it worth $371? On your own, the house's Brut Yellow Label visit costs EUR 36 and the 1.5-hour "One Quality, The Finest" EUR 80, both in 2026. The rest of the price buys the lunch, the grower, Hautvillers and a driver for a day of ten tastings, which you can't do by train. The operator's own site uses a 72-hour cancellation window; check the window GetYourGuide shows at checkout before you pay, as it may differ from the 24 hours on the shorter tours. Bookings are for adults 18 and over.
Meet the guide outside the tourist office at Reims Centre station.
1.5 hours underground with an English-speaking guide, ending with four cuvées. A similar house stands in if Veuve Clicquot is unavailable.
A slow drive past the great houses of Épernay, with no stop.
Two hours in Mareuil-sur-Aÿ: quiz, aroma workshop, blind tasting of three champagnes and a regional lunch.
1.5 hours behind the scenes at a grower, then 45 minutes in Hautvillers and its viewpoint.
Drop-off at the station where you started.
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If you want the house and the growers in one day, yes; nothing else from Reims combines them. If you only want Veuve Clicquot, the house's own visit is cheaper. Our Veuve Clicquot tour guide compares the house's visits.
The listing says a similar house replaces it. In 2026 Veuve Clicquot opens Wednesday to Sunday from 4 November, and last winter it closed from 28 December to early April.
From EUR 36 for the one-hour Brut Yellow Label visit in 2026, up to EUR 260 for the four-hour La Grande Dame experience. Book on the house's site.
Roughly "vuhv klee-KOH". Veuve means widow: Barbe-Nicole Clicquot ran the house after her husband died. Our Moët vs Veuve Clicquot guide sets the two styles side by side.
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