Champagne Wine Tour: Self-Guided GPS Audio Guide from Reims

4–9 hours Free cancellation Private tour

Champagne Wine Tour: Self-Guided GPS Audio Guide from Reims, photo 2 — Photos: the activity supplier, via Viator

About this activity

Drive Champagne yourself, with a GPS audio guide that plays automatically as you go. Your booking unlocks the whole region in the free Wine Trails app: pick your date and starting point, Reims, Épernay or Aÿ, choose the houses and growers you want from the 68 mapped across the Montagne de Reims, the Marne and the Côte des Blancs, and the app builds your personal route with turn-by-turn narration. Narrated stories cover the people behind the bottles: you'll hear how Pierre Gosset pressed still wine in Aÿ in 1584 before champagne learned to sparkle, how Jean-Rémy Moët's friendship with Napoleon carried Épernay across Europe, and why Eugène Mercier hauled a 200,000-bottle barrel to the 1889 World's Fair. No group, no schedule, no guide; pause for a long lunch, replay anything, and the audio keeps working when the signal drops, because everything downloads offline. You'll need a car and a designated driver; cellar visits are booked and paid directly with the houses.

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At a glance

Duration: 4–9 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–8
Audio guide: Chinese, English
Operated by: Wine Trails

What is included

Included

Included: Email and in-app chat support
Included: Trip planner to build, reorder and save your own route
Included: Buy once, no expiry: use it on this trip and every future trip
Included: Complete offline download: audio, maps and route stored on your phone
Included: 68 mapped champagne houses and growers across Reims, the Montagne de Reims, Aÿ, Épernay and the Côte des Blancs
Included: In-app map with navigation between stops
Included: Narrated stories on Gosset, Moët, Mercier, Ayala, the Grand Cru villages and the chalk crayères
Included: Free content and audio updates for life
Included: One purchase covers everyone in the vehicle
Included: GPS-triggered audio driving tour of Champagne: stories play automatically at each location

Not included

Not included: Cellar visits and tasting fees (paid directly at each house)
Not included: Visit reservations, where required
Not included: Food, meals and snacks
Not included: Transport: rental car, fuel, parking or driver
Not included: Mobile data used to download the tour (download over wifi and it is free)
Not included: Museum entry at the Phare de Verzenay and other paid attractions

Itinerary

Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims

30 min

The coronation cathedral of the French kings and the natural starting point for the drive; the crayeres of the great houses lie a short way south of it.
Champagne Taittinger

one hour

Reims house whose cellars occupy Gallo-Roman chalk pits beneath the site of the former Saint-Nicaise abbey; visits by reservation.
Veuve Clicquot

one hour

Reims house founded in 1772 and made famous by Barbe-Nicole Clicquot, the widow who ran it from 1805; visits by reservation.
Maison Ruinart

one hour

Founded in Reims in 1729, the oldest champagne house, with UNESCO-listed chalk crayeres beneath it; visits by reservation.
Vranken Pommery

45 min

Reims domaine of Madame Pommery, built above kilometres of Gallo-Roman chalk cellars; visits by reservation.
Le Phare de Vezernay

30 min

A 1909 lighthouse raised above the Grand Cru vines of Verzenay as an advertisement, now a wine museum with views across the Montagne de Reims.
Mailly-Champagne

45 min

One of the seventeen Grand Cru villages, on the northern face of the Montagne de Reims, home to the Mailly Grand Cru growers cooperative.
Hautvillers

30 min

Hilltop village above the Marne where Dom Perignon was cellarer of the Benedictine abbey; his tomb is in the abbey church.
Champagne AYALA

one hour

Founded in 1860 by Edmond de Ayala, son of a Colombian diplomat, after his marriage brought him the Chateau d'Ay; a pioneer of drier champagne from 1865.
Champagne Henri Giraud

45 min

Ay grower whose Hemart ancestors first appear in the parish register in 1625, still farming the same Grand Cru slope.
Avenue de Champagne

30 min

The grand address of the houses, UNESCO-listed since 2015: Moet & Chandon, Mercier, de Venoge at number 33, Boizel and Comtesse Lafond along one street.
Mercier

one hour

Eugene Mercier founded the house in 1858 at twenty and sent a 200,000-bottle barrel to the 1889 Paris World's Fair; a train tours the cellars.
De Venoge

45 min

Epernay house founded in 1837 by Henri-Marc de Venoge from the Swiss canton of Vaud; the blue Cordon Bleu ribbon on the neck dates from 1851.
Champagne Comtesse Lafond

45 min

Chateau at the top of the Avenue de Champagne named for the countess in its salon portrait by Winterhalter; the de Ladoucette family of Pouilly-Fume behind it.
Champagne Boizel - Atelier 1834

45 min

Founded in 1834 by two pastry chefs, Auguste Boizel and Julie Martin; six generations on, the Roques-Boizel family still runs it.
Nicolas Feuillatte

one hour

Chouilly cooperative on the Cote des Blancs; coffee importer Nicolas Feuillatte launched the brand in 1976 and sold it to the growers' cooperative in 1986.

Meeting point and pickup

Everyone meets at the meeting point.

Meeting point

These are self-guided wine tours, so these are just where a user can drive in from. The user can start from wherever they are at.
These are self-guided wine tours, so these are just where a user can drive in from. The user can start from wherever they are at.
These are self-guided wine tours, so these are just where a user can drive in from. The user can start from wherever they are at.

End point

These are self-guided wine tours, so these are just where a user can drive in from. The user can start from wherever they are at.
These are self-guided wine tours, so these are just where a user can drive in from. The user can start from wherever they are at.
These are self-guided wine tours, so these are just where a user can drive in from. The user can start from wherever they are at.

Using your ticket

Your Viator voucher contains a redemption code for the Wine Trails app.

1) Download the free Wine Trails app (App Store or Google Play).

2) Open it, create a free account, and tap Redeem Code.

3) Enter the code from this voucher to unlock the Champagne tour.

4) On wifi, tap Download to save the audio and map to your phone BEFORE you travel.

5) The tour then plays automatically by GPS as you drive, with no signal needed. One purchase covers everyone in your vehicle and never expires.

Cancellation

Free cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

If you cancel	You get back
At least one day before	100%
Less than a day before	0%

Good to know

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
By giving your phone number you agree to receive up to 2 texts from Wine Trails about this booking (your tour link and a tour-day reminder)
Msg & data rates may apply. Msg frequency: max 2 texts per booking. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help
Before you travel: download the free Wine Trails app (iOS or Android) and create your account while you are on wifi
Unlock your region in the app: tap Redeem a booking or code, choose Booked online, then enter your Viator booking reference (starts with BR-) and the last name on the booking
Download your tour over wifi before you drive: coverage in wine country is patchy and the offline download keeps the narration playing
One booking unlocks Champagne on your account for good: unlimited routes and tours, no expiry, no subscription