Day Tour from ParisChampagne Tour with Lunch from Paris: The Day, the Price and Who It Suits
A Champagne tour with lunch from Paris is the easiest way to taste in the region without renting a car, and this listing from My Winedays goes one step further than most. It picks you up at your own Paris accommodation, so the day starts at your door rather than at a fixed meeting point. Over 11 hours you visit one famous Champagne house and two small family vineyards or cooperatives, taste more than 8 cuvées, and sit down to a French lunch paired with at least 3 champagnes at the winemaker's table. The group caps at 8 in an air-conditioned minivan. This page sets out what the $372.69 actually covers, hour by hour, and where it beats the cheaper champagne day trip without lunch. For the wider field, start with day tours from Paris.
About This Tour
My Winedays runs this small-group Champagne day trip with a wine expert guide and hotel pickup in Paris. The minivan holds 8 guests at most, and the day runs about 11 hours from your accommodation to a drop-off at Hôtel de Ville in central Paris. You visit a major Champagne house such as Mumm, Veuve Clicquot, Moët & Chandon, Pommery or Nicolas Feuillatte, then two small family vineyards or cooperatives, with tastings of over 8 cuvées across the day.
Lunch is a traditional French meal at the winemaker's table, paired with at least 3 champagnes. A fresh croissant and a bottle of water are also included. The guide is English speaking, with Spanish and French subject to availability. Children aged 4 to 17 are priced separately and the minimum drinking age is 18.
$372.69 per person, booked on Viator. Gratuities are the only thing you pay on top unless you buy extra bottles.
11 hours, door to door. About 2 hours each way in the minivan, 90 minutes at the Champagne house, 2 hours at lunch and 90 minutes at the second estate.
Pickup at your accommodation in Paris. If you are not staying in Paris the operator arranges a convenient meeting point in the city. The guide emails your exact pickup time 24 hours before.
Air-conditioned minivan with a maximum of 8 travelers, driven with an English-speaking wine expert guide.
Included: all three winery visits, over 8 tastings, the paired lunch, the croissant, water and drop-off. Extra: gratuities, and any bottles you buy on site.
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure for a full refund. The operator cancels and refunds if fewer than 4 travelers book.
Check Dates and Availability
The minivan takes 8 guests at most, so dates close early in peak season. Enter your date to see live availability and the child rate for ages 4 to 17.
You'll confirm the exact date and time on the secure booking page.
Quick answer The short answer
This Champagne tour with lunch from Paris costs $372.69, runs 11 hours with hotel pickup in Paris and includes over 8 tastings plus a lunch paired with at least 3 champagnes. It is the only listing in this comparison with pickup at your own accommodation. Group size caps at 8 and free cancellation applies until 24 hours before departure.
Key takeaways
- The full stop-by-stop itinerary shows where the 11 hours go, including about 4 hours in the van.
- Not a lunch person? The Blue Fox champagne day with six tastings costs $263.75 and leaves you free to buy your own meal.
- The cellars sit at 45°F (10°C) with many stairs and no elevator, so bring warm layers and read who this rules out.
- Weighing a car-free trip instead? See day trips from Paris by train for the Reims and Épernay rail option.
What the Price Actually Covers
At $372.69 this is the priciest champagne option on the site, so it is worth knowing exactly what the money buys before you book.
What Is in the Price
The listing includes hotel pickup at your Paris accommodation, transport in an air-conditioned minivan with 8 guests at most, and an English-speaking wine expert guide. The visit side covers one famous Champagne house, with cellars named in the listing as Mumm, Veuve Clicquot, Moët & Chandon, Pommery or Nicolas Feuillatte, plus two small family vineyards or cooperatives. Tastings of over 8 cuvées are spread across the day, with at least 3 champagnes at lunch.
Food is covered too: a freshly baked croissant on the morning drive, a traditional French lunch at the winemaker's table and a bottle of water. Drop-off is at Hôtel de Ville in central Paris in the late afternoon. The only stated exclusion is gratuities.
| Line | In the price | Notes |
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| Hotel pickup and drop-off | Yes | Pickup at your Paris accommodation, drop-off at Hôtel de Ville. The only tour here with both. |
| Three winery visits and tastings | Yes | One major house plus two family vineyards or cooperatives, over 8 cuvées tasted. |
| Lunch | Yes | French lunch at the winemaker's table, paired with at least 3 champagnes. |
| Croissant and water | Yes | Served on the morning drive. |
| Gratuities | No | Tipping the guide and drivers is up to you. |
| Bottles bought on site | No | Any purchase at the wineries is your own cost, not stated. |
How the Tastings Compare on Paper
The nearest alternative is the Blue Fox champagne day at $263.75, which includes Reims Cathedral, the Nicolas Feuillatte house, a family winery and Hautvillers Abbey with 6 tastings, but no lunch. A standalone cellar visit gives a rough scale for the lunch element: the Moët & Chandon Imperial Moment tour in Épernay costs €48 for 1 hour 30 minutes, and its Signature option costs €65. This tour also costs more than the Chablis wine tasting day at $269.50, which covers three wineries and over ten wines but no lunch either.
If a paired meal matters to you, the gap buys it. If it does not, the arithmetic favors the alternatives.
- Lunch with at least 3 champagnes is the main thing you pay extra for here.
- Wineries visited can change with season and availability, and the operator can arrange special visits on request, which may affect the price.
Sources: Moët & Chandon, Reims Tourisme
Aÿ, in the Marne, is one of the villages rated grand cru for Champagne. Photo: Pline, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What the Day Is Really Like
The listing gives durations for each phase rather than clock times, because your pickup time is confirmed 24 hours ahead. Here is how the 11 hours stack up.
Pickup and the Drive Out
The guide contacts you 24 hours before the tour with a precise pickup time, and the van collects you at your accommodation. From there it is about 2 hours on the road to the Champagne region. The croissant and the region briefing happen on this drive, so breakfast is sorted before you arrive.
A Major Champagne House
The first stop lasts 90 minutes at a renowned house such as Mumm, Veuve Clicquot, Moët & Chandon, Pommery or Nicolas Feuillatte. You walk the historic cellars, hear how the wine is made and take the first guided tasting. Be ready for the underground galleries: they sit at about 45°F (10°C), they are damp, and most visits involve a lot of stairs with no elevator.
Lunch at the Winemaker's Table
Lunch runs a full 2 hours at a family-run Champagne house or a local restaurant, a traditional French meal paired with the producer's own champagnes, at least 3 different styles. Weather permitting the day also stops among the vines for a guided tasting on terroir before or around this.
A Family Estate and the Road Home
The afternoon visit is 90 minutes at a smaller estate, a family vineyard or a coopérative, showing a different expression of Champagne, and it ends with a final tasting. The drive back is another 2 hours, then a 15-minute drop-off at Hôtel de Ville in central Paris in the late afternoon. Four of the 11 hours are in the van, which is the trade for the door-to-door format.
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Who This Tour Rules Out
The listing states several hard limits. Read them before booking, because there is no way around them on the day.
Wheelchair Users and Anyone Avoiding Stairs
The tour is not suitable for wheelchair users. A foldable wheelchair may work if you contact the operator in advance and have some mobility, but there is no promise. More broadly, most cellar visits involve many stairs and no elevator to the underground galleries.
If steps are a problem, a train-based day in Reims, where the cathedral entry is free and the streets are flat, is the better shape.
Under-18s Who Want to Taste, and Families with Very Small Children
The minimum drinking age is 18 and tastings are for adults. Children aged 4 to 17 are priced separately, infants can ride in a stroller and specialized infant seats are available, but a child of 5 will sit through three cellar visits and a 2-hour lunch. For a day with more space to run around, look at day trips from Paris with kids instead.
Anyone Who Cannot Give a Full 11 Hours
This is a long day, roughly 11 hours from your hotel door to Hôtel de Ville, with about 4 of them in the van and no hotel drop-off at the end. If you want a shorter format, the Versailles small-group tour runs 4 hours including transport, and the Versailles bike tour is 8.5 hours with a fixed morning start. Cold-averse travelers should note the cellars again: 45°F (10°C) and damp, so pack a warm layer even in summer.
Dietary requirements go in at booking, and the operator runs the tour only if at least 4 travelers book, offering an alternative or a full refund otherwise.
Could You Do It Without a Tour?
Champagne is one of the easier regions to reach from Paris by train, so the honest answer is yes, partly.
The Train Option to Reims and Épernay
The TGV from Paris reaches Reims in 45 minutes, arriving at Reims-Centre or the Champagne-Ardenne TGV station in Bezannes, which connects by tram. Reims Cathedral is free to enter and the tower tour costs €9 for adults. For Épernay, trains leave Paris Est and the TER takes 1 hour 29 minutes with up to 8 daily round trips.
The Avenue de Champagne there holds Moët & Chandon, Perrier-Jouët and Pol Roger. Mainline SNCF fares are dynamic, so no fixed price is quoted here. Moët & Chandon sells its Imperial Moment cellar tour for €48 and its Signature visit for €65, both 1 hour 30 minutes, and its cellars open daily 9:30 to 17:00.
Where the Train Wins and Where the Tour Earns It
On your own you can cover Reims cathedral, one big house and lunch in Épernay comfortably, and a car-free day there is a genuine pleasure. What the train does not give you is the small family estates. They sit in the villages between Reims and Épernay with thin bus service, so reaching two of them plus lunch at a winemaker's table by public transport in one day is not realistic.
The tour also removes the booking puzzle, since houses require reserved time slots and many close on some weekdays. If you would rather build the day yourself, see day trips from Paris by train. If the small producers are the point, the tour earns its $372.69, or compare it with the Loire Valley wine and castles day at $280.95 and the Chablis tasting day at $269.50 before deciding.
For several vineyard regions at once, a 3 day trip from Paris stretches further.
Hour by Hour on the Day
Durations come from the operator's own itinerary. Clock times are not stated, because pickup is confirmed 24 hours before departure.
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Early morning
Pickup at your accommodation
The guide collects you at your Paris accommodation in a 15-minute pickup, having emailed the exact time 24 hours ahead. If you are not staying in Paris, the operator sets a convenient meeting point in the city.
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Early morning
The drive to Champagne
About 2 hours in the air-conditioned minivan, with a freshly baked croissant and a bottle of water while the guide introduces the region, its history and its traditions.
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Morning
Champagne house cellars and first tasting
90 minutes at a major house such as Mumm, Veuve Clicquot, Moët & Chandon, Pommery or Nicolas Feuillatte. Expect 45°F (10°C) underground, damp air and many stairs with no elevator.
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Midday
Lunch at the winemaker's table
2 hours over a traditional French lunch at a family-run house or local restaurant, paired with at least 3 champagnes from the producer's own range.
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Afternoon
Family estate or cooperative
90 minutes at a smaller family vineyard or coopérative, covering traditional production techniques and closing with a final tasting that shows another side of Champagne.
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Afternoon
The drive back to Paris
About 2 hours to unwind in the van after a sparkling day.
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Late afternoon
Drop-off at Hôtel de Ville
The 15-minute drop-off in central Paris at Hôtel de Ville, near metro line 1. There is no return to your hotel, so plan your evening from there.
Pros and Cons
A straight reading of the listing, including the parts the operator would rather you skimmed.
What we genuinely like
- Hotel pickup at your Paris accommodation is included, the only listing in this comparison that offers it.
- Lunch is a full 2 hours at the winemaker's table, paired with at least 3 champagnes, and over 8 cuvées are tasted across the day.
- The group caps at 8 in an air-conditioned minivan with an English-speaking wine expert guide.
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure, and a full refund or alternative if the 4-traveler minimum is not met.
- Children aged 4 to 17 are priced separately, with infant seats and stroller space available.
The honest downsides
- At $372.69 it is the priciest champagne option on the site, $108.94 above the Blue Fox champagne day without lunch.
- About 4 of the 11 hours are spent in the van, and the day ends at Hôtel de Ville, not your hotel.
- Cellars are cold and damp at 45°F (10°C) with many stairs and no elevator, and the tour is not suitable for wheelchair users.
- Gratuities are not included, and the wineries visited can change with season and availability.
Who it's NOT for: Not for travelers who want a short day, wheelchair access, a fixed meeting point near their hotel, or anyone under 18 who hopes to taste.
Questions About This Champagne Tour
How much does this Champagne tour with lunch from Paris cost?
The price is $372.69 per person on Viator, and gratuities are the only stated extra. It is the priciest champagne listing in the day tours from Paris, the premium buying hotel pickup and the paired lunch.
Where does the tour start and finish?
Pickup is at your accommodation in Paris, with the exact time emailed 24 hours ahead, and drop-off is at Hôtel de Ville in central Paris in the late afternoon. If you are not staying in Paris the operator arranges a meeting point. Most other listings, such as the Chablis wine tasting day, start at a fixed cafe corner instead.
Is lunch really included, and how many champagnes do I taste?
Yes. A traditional French lunch at the winemaker's table is paired with at least 3 champagnes, and the day totals tastings of over 8 cuvées. A croissant and a bottle of water are included too. On the Blue Fox champagne day you get 6 tastings but pay for your own lunch.
Can children come on this tour?
Children aged 4 to 17 are priced separately and infant seats are available, but the minimum drinking age is 18, so tastings are adults only. For days built around younger children, see day trips from Paris with kids.
How fit do I need to be for the cellar visits?
The listing says the tour suits all fitness levels, but most cellar visits involve many stairs and no elevator, and the galleries sit at 45°F (10°C), so bring warm clothes. Wheelchair users should contact the operator in advance, as only a foldable wheelchair with some mobility may work.
What happens if the tour is cancelled?
You can cancel free up to 24 hours before departure for a full refund. The operator also cancels if fewer than 4 travelers book, offering an alternative date or a full refund. Compare terms across the day tours from Paris listings before you commit, as most carry the same 24-hour rule.
Could I visit Champagne from Paris by train instead?
Yes. The TGV reaches Reims in 45 minutes and a TER from Paris Est reaches Épernay in 1 hour 29 minutes, where the Moët & Chandon cellar tour costs €48. Mainline fares are dynamic. The train handles the big houses well, but the small family estates on this tour are hard to reach, so weigh it against day trips from Paris by train more broadly.
Prices, availability and terms are set by the operator and confirmed at checkout.
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