Adventure Champagne Tasting Tour - Abseiling and Sabrage

The Grape Escapes Adventure Champagne Tasting Weekend includes 2 nights accommodation in your chosen Reims hotel, plus a full day tour around the Champagne region. For prices, please see our dates and prices page

Champagne Making Process

Your Adventure Champagne Tour is designed to give you a full insight into the Champagne making process. You will visit one of the prestigious houses based in the centre of Reims or Epernay. The sight of millions of bottles of Champagne maturing in the underground cellars is truly breath-taking. Some of the cellars are within chalk Crayères which were excavated by the Romans and others were purpose built over the last 150 years. The visit to the prestigious house will include a tour of the cellars and conclude with tastings of their Champagnes.

Abseiling

Whilst the large houses show the majesty and grandeur that can be found in Champagne making, there is nothing better than meeting the maker and seeing the passion which he or she puts into their art. We therefore focus our tours on visiting the smaller houses where you can do just this. Your Adventure Champagne Weekend Tour will include a visit to a medium sized house where you will start off the tour by abseilling 100ft into their cellars (stairs available at no extra cost). Once down, you will receive a tour of their cellars and House before finishing by tasting several Champagnes.

Fine Dining with Sabrage

As seasoned Grape Escapes clients will know, in addition to the Champagne, we also consider fine dining to be a prerequisite. Therefore our Adventure Champagne Weekend Tour will include a traditional 3 course lunch as the guests of yet another Champagne House. You will start your visit here by learning sabrage (the art of opening the Champagne bottle with a sword). This was Napoleon's favoured method for opening his Champagne! After this, you will enjoy lunch accompanied by all of the Champagnes that the group has opened. The visit will conclude with a tour of the full Champagne making process at the House.

Tour Guide

As well as learning about the champagne making process, our Adventure Champagne Tour includes a local English speaking tour guide who will give you information on the region, its specialities and history.

What's Included

For full details of what is included, please see the descriptions below:

As well as learning about the champagne making process, our Adventure Champagne Tour includes a local English speaking tour guide who will give you information on the region, its specialities and history.

• A return Dover to Calais ferry crossing with P&O Ferries for a car and two passengers (other options available).
• 2 night’s bed and breakfast at your chosen hotel.
• Full day private coach tour in a luxury coach on the Saturday to include:
• a visit to a medium sized Champagne house. You will start by abseiling 100ft into their cellars (stairs available at no extra cost), then have a tour of the cellars and house before finishing by tasting several Champagnes
• lunch will be as the guests of a Champagne house. You will start your visit by learning Sabrage (the art of opening the Champagne bottle with a sword) before enjoying lunch accompanied by all of the Champagnes that the group has opened. The visit will conclude with a tour of the full Champagne making process at the house
• the day will conclude with a visit to a larger prestigious Champagne house (e.g. Moet & Chandon, Ruinart, Pommery etc.) including a tour of their cellars + 2 tastings
• An English speaking guide for the tour who will provide information on the region and the wines.

Extend Your Stay

If you wish to extend your stay to visit more of the Champagne region, or even head down to Burgundy, we can provide an excellent tour itinerary which includes the very best places to visit. Please call us on 08456 430 860 for details and prices.

Reims Hotels, Tour Dates and Prices

The Grape Escapes Adventure Champagne Tasting Weekend includes 2 nights accommodation in your chosen Reims hotel, plus a full day tour around the Champagne region. For prices, please see our dates and prices page.

Other Champagne Tasting Tours

Please see our Champagne Tasting Tours page for details of the other Champagne Tasting tours we offer.

We also arrange many private Champagne tasting tours for individuals, groups and corporate clients. So, if the above trips are not exactly what you are looking for, please give us a ring on 08456 430 860, or email us at info@grapeescapes.net to arrange your perfect Champagne Tasting Tour