GRAPE ESCAPES - HEN & STAG WEEKENDS
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Taste the Champagne in the best Champagne Houses in France. If you want an unforgettable Champagne Hen or Stag Weekend but don’t want the hassle of organising it, then why not let us help? At Grape Escapes, we specialise in creating the ideal Hen Weekend in Champagne to match your group’s requirements and budget. We organise more Champagne tours than any other company in the UK, so we know what we’re doing.
The Grape Escapes Recipe for Hen or Stag Weekend Success:
Ingredients for a Deluxe Champagne Hen Weekend:
- Your closest friends and family.
- Travel to Champagne. A Dover Calais ferry crossing is the cheapest way. You could consider the Eurotunnel; the Eurostar from London; or flying to Paris with onward transfers.
- Great accommodation.
- A gourmet dinner washed down with Champagne.
- A few celebratory glasses of Champagne in a bar on the main square.
- A luxury mini coach so you can enjoy the day’s tastings without having to worry about who will be driving.
- A tour and tasting at three Champagne Houses.
- Sabrage and abseiling!
- A premium lunch with fine wines.
Method:
- Get to France. The best way is to drive via a Dover Calais ferry crossing to Reims, in the heart of the Champagne region.
- Stay in a great hotel right by the main square in Reims, to be a stone's throw from the many bars, cafes, clubs and restaurants.
- Visit large, prestigious Champagne Houses (such as Moët and Chandon, Veuve Clicquot or Ruinart). Enjoy a tour of their vast cellars, and taste their great Champagnes.
- Visit a smaller, family owned Grand Cru Champagne House to see the full Champagne making process from vine to bottle. Meet the owners, see the vineyards, see how they press the grapes, and taste their Champagnes
- Add in an unforgettable activity such as a ropes course, abseiling 100ft into the Champagne House cellars, or learning the art of Sabrage (opening the Champagne bottle with a sword – Napoleon’s favourite method – then drinking the contents of the bottle).
- Throw in gourmet food from the best restaurants in the region.
- Mix in some top tunes and Champagnes in the local bars in the evening.
And you have the perfect recipe for an outstanding, unforgettable Champagne Hen or Stag Weekend!
With Grape Escapes, you can be sure that we will arrange an excellent itinerary for your Hen Weekend, in brilliant surroundings with welcoming Champagne makers, great Champagnes and top class meals.
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We will discuss your requirements and budget and then provide you with an outline proposal without obligation. We can develop an itinerary to match any budget from as little £195 per person to over £1,000 per person.
Please note that whilst everything mentioned on this page is possible, all of our Hen and Stag Weekends are booked subject to availability. This is especially important in the case of 'special' type events, such as abseiling, Sabrage, or indeed visits to the Marriage Museum.
Typical Itinerary for a Hen or Stag Weekend in Champagne
Friday:
- Drive to Reims in the heart of Champagne, via a Dover Calais ferry crossing.
- Check into your city centre hotel.
- Freshen up before dinner.
- Enjoy a three course dinner complete with Champagne at a brasserie on the main square.
- Stay on the main square in Reims for a while to enjoy one of the many bars.
Saturday:
- Start the day with a great breakfast in the hotel.
- Your luxury mini coach will pick you up from your hotel at approximately 9.15am.
- Your first visit to a Champagne House will start with abseiling 100ft into their cellars (stairs optional). Following this you will have a tour of their cellars and House before tasting some of their Champagne.
- You will then move on to a top quality restaurant for a three course lunch where each course will be accompanied by a single varietal Champagne (one Chardonnay, one Pinot Noir and one Pinot Meunier).
- You will then be taken to one of the biggest and best known prestigious Champagne Houses. Go underground to walk through some of their many miles of cellars, where you’ll see millions of bottles of Champagne maturing. The cellars were excavated hundreds of years ago and the stone was used to build much of the city. Your visit will conclude with a tasting of their great Champagne.
- Move onto a smaller, but still top quality family owned Grand Cru Champagne producer. The owners will take you around their estate and you will see the full Champagne making process from vine to bottle. You will also visit their award winning gardens and their highly acclaimed ‘marriage museum’ that shows the links between Champagne and romance. You’ll finish with a tasting of some of their brilliant Champagne. Don’t forget to buy one of their excellently priced bottles of Champagne, at a fraction of the price you’d pay in the UK for a Grand Cru ‘Blanc de Blanc’ Champagne. Chill it and crack it open on your honeymoon or first wedding anniversary.
- Your coach will then drop you back at your hotel, where you’ll probably be too full up to eat a big meal.
- Spend the evening in one of Reims’ brilliant bars, drinking Champagne. There are bars and clubs to suit everyone, and we will provide a list of them all with opening times and descriptions and reserve a VIP table for you.
Sunday
- Enjoy breakfast in the hotel restaurant.
- Have a lazy morning either in the hotel or looking around Reims. Finish up with a light lunch and head back to England via the Calais Dover ferry.
Other Regions
We also arrange Stag and Hen Weekends in other wine regions around France. For example we have recently arranged a Stag Weekend in Bordeaux combining surfing and fine wines, including an exclusive lunch in a top Grand Cru Château.
All of our Hen and Stag Weekend Wine 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.