Porto
Douro Cellar Walks
Porto Port Cellar Tour
Two historic lodges across the river in Gaia, a vintage flight in the cellars, and the Douro going gold behind you.
Reims Cellar Journeys
Champagne House Day
A grande marque, a grower producer, chalk cellars cut by the Romans, and lunch in the vines. The one clients remember.
- Duration
- Full day (8 hours)
- Group size
- 6 – 20 guests
- Location
- Reims, France
- Category
- Wine & Vineyard
About this experience
Reims is forty-five minutes from Paris on the TGV, which makes a Champagne day genuinely doable — and the contrast between a famous house and a small grower in the same afternoon is the whole point.
The cellars at the first are Roman chalk pits, twenty metres down and kilometres long. The second is a family who farm eight hectares and will pour you things you cannot buy.
Highlights
- One grande marque and one grower producer
- Roman chalk cellars, twenty metres underground
- Lunch in the vines between the two
- Vintage and prestige cuvée tastings
How the day runs
Reims
Meet at the station and straight into the first house.
The chalk cellars
Twenty metres down through Roman crayères, then the tasting.
Lunch
Three courses in the vines, with a glass from the estate.
The grower
A family producer, eight hectares, and the bottles that never leave the region.
What's included
- Private transport for the full day
- Both house tours and tastings
- Three-course lunch with wine
- English-speaking guide throughout
Good to know
Over 18s only
Cellars are 10°C — bring a layer
TGV from Paris takes 45 minutes
Six guest minimum, book six weeks ahead
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