Take a Break; Enjoy a Unique Champagne Harvest Tour
Take a Break; Enjoy a Unique Champagne Harvest Tour
Live the experience of a real winemaker and take part in the fascinating harvest process when you book this exclusive package. Discover the age-old secrets that only a select number of people are privy to and make unforgettable memories to bring back home.
Duration:
3 Days
Number of Meals:
1 hotel breakfast + 1 Harvest breakfast + 1 lunch
Number of Winery Visits:
2 Champagne Houses
Number of Wines Tasted:
Approximately 9
Tour Transport:
Pre-booked transfers within Reims and the Harvest location
Dates / Availability:
To be Confirmed.
Important information:
Please note that harvest dates can change (without prior notice), and this is entirely weather dependant.
Usual harvest in Champagne takes place in September, however, should extreme weather occur, the Champagne house will propose an alternate form of hands-on activity which can be equally enjoyed by the participants. It is therefore recommended that you travel sooner rather than later to avoid such an instance.
A customised experience like never before!
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Important information: Please note that the definitive dates of the Champagne harvest is entirely dependent on the weather. Harvest in Champagne usually takes place in September, and the provisional dates are determined in June. However, in the case of extreme weather, the harvest dates can change (sometimes with just a few days’ notice). If this is the case, the Champagne House will propose some alternative hands-on activities which will be equally enjoyable. Based on the past few years, we recommend travelling earlier rather than later.
After settling in at the 4* Hotel de la Paix in the town of Reims, a pre-booked and pre-paid transfer will take you to the impressive Champagne Taittinger which is located on the outskirts of the city. Here, your guide will accompany you around the estate and through the extensive cellars. Your visit will conclude with two tastings of Champagne Taittinger including a glass of their Comte de Champagne. You will then be taken back to your hotel where the evening will be free for you to do as you please.
In the morning, you will be met at the hotel by a pre-booked driver, who will take you to a boutique Champagne House where you will spend a unique and exciting day as a Champagne harvester. Your day will start with a traditional harvest breakfast accompanied by a glass of Champagne to help get you ready for working in the vineyards!
You will then head into the vines, where you will try your hand at picking the grapes with the harvesting team. This once-in-a-lifetime activity will allow you to truly immerse yourself in the spirit of the Champenoise people and will last for around an hour. Following your time in the vines, you will have a private tour of the winery to help you understand the process from vine to bottle. You will then enjoy a typical harvest lunch accompanied by a selection of the estate’s Champagnes in a private area.
After lunch, you will be given the opportunity to see the old-style press working within the winery museum to fully appreciate how the harvest would have been in years gone by. You will then have a guided tasting of three further Champagnes to help cement your newfound knowledge of the harvest process and its very special end product. At the end of such an enlightening day, your driver will arrive in time to take you back to your hotel.
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Package Prices
• All are per person and based on two people travelling together and sharing a twin or double room.
• Although we propose specific hotels as part of our standard packages, we enjoy excellent relationships and preferential rates at the majority of the hotels in each of our featured destinations. Therefore if you would prefer to stay in a different hotel, this can be arranged. Please contact us for the relevant supplements/discounts.
• Other room grades are available at most of the hotels that we work with. Just let us know which hotel you prefer and we will send you the relevant supplements for the various room grades.
• Single supplements and extra night prices are available upon request.