Planning
How to Visit the Reims Champagne Houses in 2026: Cellar Slots, Trains and What It Costs
The two tourist offices, how to book a cellar slot at a house, the train from Paris, and what a first day in Reims costs with a tour or without one.
Reims Champagne Blog
Short answers to the questions you ask before a champagne day: how to visit the houses, what the cellars are like, the facts and the myth, bringing children, and whether to start from Reims or Épernay. Choosing a Reims Champagne tour? The fares sit side by side there.
Start with the first post if this is your first trip, and the last if you cannot decide between the two towns. Each post links the tours it talks about, so you can go from reading to booking without hunting. The longer planning pieces are in the guides.
Underground
Inside the Reims Champagne Cellars, House by House
Chalk pits 40 metres down, Gallo-Roman quarries and kilometres of galleries: what each house shows you under the city, and how long you spend below.
History
Reims Champagne Facts: 33 Coronations, 1.2 kg of Grapes a Bottle and a Myth
How many kings were crowned in Reims, how many grapes go into a bottle, what brut means, and the monk who did not invent the drink.
Families
Reims Champagne with Kids: Age Rules and What Works
The minimum ages each tour sets, which houses let children into the cellars and at what price, and what a child does on a tasting day.
Choosing
Reims Champagne or Épernay: Where Should Your Trip Start?
Two champagne towns, each with its own houses. Which houses sit where, where the tours start, and which town suits your first trip.
The practical answers are in the visitor guide and the FAQs, and every tour is compared on Reims Champagne Tours.