You've reached a milestone in your life and want to celebrate your birthday with friends and family. But you want it to be an extra special , once in a lifetime celebration that won't be forgotten. Oh, and you want to involve fine wines!

Well, a wine tasting tour over a long weekend is perfect for this. Whether it is for four or 40 people (or even more), we can arrange your perfect celebratory birthday tour.

Just tell us your favourite wines - either the region generally, or a particular winery or Champagne House, and we will do all the rest. However, if you are new to wine, then why not try something based around our Prestige Champagne Weekend - a perfect introduction to the most famous of wines.

We recently helped someone celebrate their 60th birthday in style, in the heart of the Champagne region, with 27 of their closest friends and family. This is what they did.

60th Birthday Wine Tour Celebration:

Friday

• The group was met at Paris Gare du Nord by a private coach and transferred to Epernay.
• They then check into a 19th century boutique hotel, which was originally built as the private residence for one of the larger, prestigious Champagne families.
• After freshening up, they then enjoyed a welcome drinks reception in the hotel's conservatory, before taking the short walk to dinner (we arranged a reservation for 28 people at one of our favourite restaurants in Epernay and arranged a bespoke menu for the group).

Saturday

• The day started with breakfast at the hotel.
• The group was then met at the hotel by a Grape Escapes guide and a luxury coach.
• The first visit was to a larger prestigious Champagne house in Reims. The Champagne House is built over the historic chalk crayères extracted by the Romans and the visit included a tour through some of these pits and two tastings. Options include Ruinart, Taittinger, Pommery, GH Mumm and Veuve Clicquot.
• After this, a light lunch was enjoyed at a café on main square in Reims, washed down with wine, water and coffee.
• After lunch, the group visited a smaller Champagne House producing Grand Cru Champagnes located in one of the villages amongst the vineyards. Here they saw first hand the full Champagne making process from vine to bottle before tasting at least three of their Champagnes (including a vintage Champagne).
• Following this visit, there was a couple of hours to relax and freshen up at the hotel prior to the celebration dinner.
• In the evening, the group were taken to a final Champagne House where they started the evening by learning the Napoleonic art of Sabrage (opening the Champagne bottle with a sword). After the guests had opened some Champagne, they enjoyed a gala five course dinner as the guests of this Champagne House. The meal was accompanied by a selection of their Champagnes (paired to each course).
• At the conclusion of the evening, the coach took the group back to the hotel

Sunday

• A leisurely breakfast was taken, followed by a relaxing morning at the hotel
• A coach transfer from the hotel to Paris Gare du Nord was then arranged for the return Eurostar back to London.

With Grape Escapes, you can be sure that we will arrange an excellent itinerary for your birthday wine tasting tour, in brilliant surroundings with welcoming wineries and Champagne makers, great wines and top class meals.

Call us now on 08456 430 860 to arrange your ideal birthday wine tour

All of our birthday wine or Champagne tasting tours are designed with flexibility in mind, so you can choose how you wish to travel (drive, train or fly), what grade of accommodation you would like, and how long you wish to stay etc.

Call us now on 08456 430 860 for a FREE PROPOSAL for your ideal birthday celebration