★★★★★
Day from Paris: Nicolas Feuillatte and a family winery
The contrast between a small house and a giant cooperative was startling. A long day, but worth it.
Paul · Australia · September 2026
Reims Champagne Day Trip from Paris with Six Tastings
A house and growersFrom Paris, 7 amMax 8 guests
The day to book if you are staying in Paris and want both kinds of champagne maker. A minibus leaves a Paris café at 7:00 am with eight people at most. You see Reims Cathedral, taste at a family winery and at Nicolas Feuillatte, and stop at Hautvillers. Food is not in the fare.
Paris to Reims and Épernay in eleven hours
From Paris at 7:00 am
Every day of the year, from Café Dada Ternes.
Reims Cathedral
Half an hour inside the church where French kings were crowned.
A family winery
A cellar tour and three glasses with the family who make them.
Nicolas Feuillatte
An 80-minute tour of a big champagne house, and three more glasses.
Hautvillers
A short stop at the abbey church where Dom Pérignon is buried.
Eight people at most
One driver-guide and a small minibus, not a coach.
Nicolas Feuillatte and a family winery: three glasses each
The point of this day is the contrast. In the morning you meet a family winery, where the people who grow the grapes show you their cellar and pour three glasses. In the afternoon you tour Nicolas Feuillatte at Chouilly, near Épernay, a house on a very different scale, and taste three more. The comparison is what you will remember.
Could you do it alone? Nicolas Feuillatte sells its own cellar tours for EUR 20 to EUR 30, open every day, but only by booking, and Chouilly is outside Épernay. Add a family winery, the cathedral and the train, and the day takes some planning. On this tour you only have to be at the café on time. Weighing up a reims france champagne tour? Every fare from Reims and from Paris sits side by side.
Reims Cathedral and Hautvillers on the way
The first stop is Reims Cathedral, about an hour and a half from Paris. Entry is free and the doors open every day at 8:00. The cathedral parish lists 33 kings crowned at Reims, from Louis the Pious in 816 to Charles X in 1825.
On the way back you stop for 15 minutes at Hautvillers, above the Marne. Dom Pérignon was the cellar master of its abbey, and his tombstone lies in the choir of the Saint-Sindulphe church. The old abbey itself belongs to the house of Dom Pérignon and is not open to visitors.
How the eleven hours run
- 7:00 am, Paris. The minibus leaves Café Dada Ternes on the dot.
- Reims Cathedral, 30 minutes. About an hour and a half after you leave Paris.
- A family winery. A cellar tour and three glasses with the family.
- Épernay, 1 hour. Lunch at a place of your choice; you pay for it.
- Nicolas Feuillatte, 80 minutes. The cellar tour and three glasses at Chouilly.
- Hautvillers, 15 minutes. The abbey church and Dom Pérignon's tombstone.
- Back to Paris. About an hour and a half on the road to the same café.
Who this suits: Paris visitors with one day for Champagne
Book this if
You are based in Paris, you have one day, and you want to taste at a family winery and a big house without planning trains and taxis. It suits couples, solo travellers and friends, at one of the lower fares for a day from Paris.
Book something else if
You want collecting from your hotel: the small-group day with hotel pickup and the day with a sommelier-guide both start at your door. If Veuve Clicquot is the reason you are going, the Veuve Clicquot day by train includes its cellars, but it is non-refundable. With a night in Reims, a half-day champagne tour from the station square costs less and gives you more time with the growers. Every Paris option sits on the champagne tours from Paris page.
What the fare covers and what it doesn't
In the fare
- Transport by minibus
- Guide
- Entrance to the champagne houses
- Tour of Nicolas Feuillatte and 3 glasses there
- Tour of a family-run winery and 3 glasses there
Not in the fare
- Food
- Tips
- Lunch in Épernay
The 7:00 am start at Café Dada Ternes
You meet outside Café Dada Ternes in Paris, at the address on your booking. Be there 15 minutes before 7:00 am. Your driver-guide pulls up in a grey minibus about ten minutes before the start, and the tour leaves on the dot, so a late arrival misses the day.
The day ends back at the same café, about eleven hours later. There is no hotel pickup, so plan the métro or a taxi for the start. If an early start does not suit you, a night in Reims opens up the half-day tours, which leave from the station square in the morning or the afternoon.
Know before you go
- Be early. Arrive at 6:45 am; the minibus does not wait past 7:00.
- Bring water and a snack. Food is not in the fare, and lunch comes after the first two stops.
- Budget for lunch. You stop for an hour in Épernay and pay for your own meal.
- Expect about three hours on the road. It is about an hour and a half each way, so bring something to read.
- Pace the glasses. You get full glasses, not sips: six across the day.
- English only. The guide leads in English; the tour runs every day of the year.
What travellers say about the day from Paris
★★★★★
Day from Paris: Nicolas Feuillatte and a family winery
I expected small tasting pours and got full glasses at every stop, each after a proper explanation.
Bianca · United States · August 2026
★★★★★
Day from Paris: Nicolas Feuillatte and a family winery
Our 30th wedding anniversary trip, with a kind guide who drove well and knew a great deal.
Lisa · Couple · United Kingdom · August 2026
Frequently asked questions
Is lunch included?
No. You stop for an hour in Épernay and choose where to eat, at your own cost. The full day from Reims with a grower's lunch has lunch in the fare, after a morning in Mumm's cellars.
Does it collect me from my hotel?
No. Everyone meets at Café Dada Ternes at 7:00 am. For hotel pickup, look at the small-group Paris days that start at your door.
How many glasses do you taste?
Six: three at the family winery and three at Nicolas Feuillatte. Travellers describe full glasses rather than small pours.
Do we go inside Reims Cathedral?
Yes, for about 30 minutes. Entry to the cathedral is free, and it opens every day from 8:00.
How many kings were crowned at Reims?
Thirty-three, by the cathedral parish's own list. The first was Louis the Pious in 816, and the last Charles X in 1825.
What if I cancel?
You get a full refund if you cancel at least 24 hours before the start. Inside those 24 hours the fare is not refunded.
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