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Reims is one of the best cities in the Champagne region for cellar tours and tastings.
With several world-famous Champagne houses calling it home, the city offers everything from historic underground crayère tours to casual tasting experiences right in the center of town.
Some Champagne houses offer full guided cellar tours followed by tastings, while others let visitors enjoy a glass without committing to the full tour.
On top of that, Reims has a handful of tasting-focused spots dedicated entirely to Champagne flights and grower Champagne discovery.
This guide covers all three types of Champagne experiences you can have in Reims.
Quick Comparison
| Champagne House From Reims Station | Cellar Tour | Tasting Without Tour | Best For | Booking |
| Thiénot 11min on foot | €45+ | Bar | Modern Champagne experience | Book |
| Mumm 16min on foot | €32+ | Walkable major house | Book | |
| Lanson 5min by car | €32+ | €20+ | Vineyards in Reims | Official Site |
| G.H. Martel & C° 8min by car | €30+ | Smaller house experience | Book | |
| Pommery 9min by car | €30+ | Self-guided tour | Book | |
| Villa Demoiselle 9min by car | €30+ | Belle Époque design | Book | |
| Taittinger 9min by car | €40+ | Workshop | Historic & Chardonnay lovers | Book |
| Veuve Clicquot 9min by car | €60+ | Café | Iconic Champagne house | Book |
| Ruinart 11min by car | €90+ | Bar | Elegant Blanc de Blancs experience | Book |
| Charles De Cazanove 6min on foot | €20+ | Easy tasting near station | Book | |
| Pol Couronne 10min on foot | €29+ | Cathedral-side tastings | Book | |
| Jacquart 15min on foot | €26+ | Modern tastings in a historic house | Book | |
| Club Trésors de Champagne 11min on foot | Grower Champagne discovery | Official Site |
Best Champagne Cellar Tours & Tastings in Reims
Champagne Thiénot
Le 3 par Champagne Thiénot offers a modern and boutique-style Champagne experience in central Reims.
- Access: Around 10 minutes on foot from Reims station
- Best For: Visitors looking for a cellar tour and tasting experience in central Reims
- Experience Style: Contemporary guided visits and tastings
- Atmosphere: A stylish blend of tradition and modern design
- Tasting Without Tour: Yes. Rooftop bar available (check hours, reservations recommended)
Opened in 2025, this is the closest cellar tour to Reims station.
The surrounding area is filled with popular restaurants and wine bars, making it easy to combine with lunch or drinks in the city center.
The property also includes a hotel, which may be worth considering if you are interested in staying at a Champagne producer-owned property.
Champagne Mumm
Champagne Mumm offers one of the easiest major Champagne cellar tours to reach on foot from Reims station.
- Access: Around 15 minutes on foot from Reims station
- Best For: Visitors looking for a walkable major Champagne house tour in Reims
- Experience Style: Classic large-house cellar tour for first-time visitors
- Atmosphere: Professional and well-organized
- Tasting Without Tour: No
Mumm is within walking distance from Reims station, but it sits slightly away from some of the city’s other main attractions, so it is worth planning your itinerary carefully.
The tour explanations are also particularly clear and beginner-friendly — something several local tour guides I know also agree on.
Champagne Lanson
Champagne Lanson offers a cellar tour experience centered around one of Reims’ most historic Champagne houses, including access to Clos Lanson, a rare walled vineyard located within the city.
- Access: Around 5 minutes by car from Reims station
- Best For: Visitors staying in Reims who also want to see vineyards, and those interested in fresher Champagne styles (non-malolactic)
- Experience Style: Guided cellar tour including underground cellars and Clos Lanson vineyard
- Atmosphere: Classic, elegant, and professional
- Tasting Without Tour: Yes. Champagne by the glass and tasting flights are available without a reservation
One of the most unique aspects of the Lanson tour is the opportunity to visit Clos Lanson, a rare walled vineyard located within Reims itself, where vineyards are otherwise rarely seen.
Visitors can also reach the house by tram, getting off at Courlancy and walking about 6 minutes.
Champagne G.H. Martel & C°
Champagne G.H. Martel & C° offers a cellar tour experience through UNESCO-listed chalk quarries in Reims.
- Access: Around 10 minutes by car from Reims station
- Best For: Visitors looking to explore a smaller Champagne house experie
- Experience Style: Guided tour through former chalk quarries beneath the house
- Atmosphere: Historic and intimate
- Tasting Without Tour: No
G.H. Martel has a Champagne series called “Victoire” (“Victory”), which makes a fun choice for celebrations or gifts.
The house is also located close to the Basilique Saint-Remi, making it easy to combine both visits if time allows.
Champagne Pommery
Champagne Pommery offers one of the most visually distinctive cellar tour experiences in Reims, combining vast underground chalk cellars with contemporary art installations.
- Access: Around 10 minutes by car from Reims station
- Best For: Visitors who prefer exploring at their own pace
- Experience Style: Choice between self-guided and guided cellar tours
- Atmosphere: Grand and spacious
- Tasting Without Tour: No.
Pommery is often easier to book than some of the most famous Champagne houses in Reims. The self-guided format also makes it a good option for visitors who prefer exploring without being tied to a group tour schedule.
A tour-and-lunch experience at the on-site restaurant, Le Réfectoire, is also available.
Villa Demoiselle – Champagne Vranken
Villa Demoiselle offers one of the most elegant Champagne visit experiences in Reims, centered around a guided tour of a Belle Époque mansion rather than a traditional underground cellar tour.
- Access: Around 10 minutes by car from Reims station
- Best For: Visitors interested in architecture and interior design
- Experience Style: Choice between self-guided and guided house tours
- Atmosphere: Refined, elegant, and visually distinctive
- Tasting Without Tour: No
Villa Demoiselle is located directly next to Champagne Pommery, making it easy to combine both visits on the same day.
The beautiful staircase inside the mansion is especially photogenic.
On weekends, visitors can also book an optional tea-time experience with tea and small sweets after the tour.
Champagne Taittinger
Champagne Taittinger offers one of the most iconic cellar tour experiences in Reims, featuring UNESCO-listed underground chalk cellars originally created during the Roman era.
- Access: Around 10 minutes by car from Reims station
- Best For: Visitors who enjoy more historic tours and Blanc de Blancs Champagne
- Experience Style: Guided cellar tour following a short introductory video
- Atmosphere: Historic, elegant, and immersive
- Tasting Without Tour: Yes. The house also offers themed tasting workshops focused on topics such as aging and blending.
Taittinger reopened its visitor facilities in 2024 following a major renovation. Even visitors who have toured the house before may find it worth revisiting. Visitors may also want to consider the newly opened on-site restaurant before or after the tour.
The prestige cuvée “Comtes de Champagne” is also one of the most famous Blanc de Blancs Champagnes in the region. Visitors who enjoy Blanc de Blancs may want to choose an experience that includes a tasting of it.
The UNESCO-listed Basilique Saint-Remi is located just a short walk away.
Champagne Veuve Clicquot
Champagne Veuve Clicquot offers one of the most iconic Champagne cellar tour experiences in Reims, featuring UNESCO-listed underground chalk cellars and the history of Madame Clicquot.
- Access: Around 10 minutes by car from Reims station
- Best For: Visitors interested in one of Champagne’s most famous houses
- Experience Style: Guided tour focused on Veuve Clicquot history and Champagne production
- Atmosphere: Historic, polished, and immersive
- Tasting Without Tour: Yes. Champagne by the glass is available at the Veuve Clicquot Café.
Even inside the underground cellars, Clicquot yellow appears throughout the tour experience, giving the visit a strong sense of the house’s identity.
The boutique also offers many original Veuve Clicquot items that are difficult to find elsewhere, making it worth leaving some time for shopping after the tour.
Veuve Clicquot also has an on-site café that visitors can stop by casually, whether or not they have booked a cellar tour.
Champagne Ruinart
Champagne Ruinart is the oldest established Champagne house and offers one of the most impressive cellar tour experiences in Reims, featuring the deepest underground chalk cellars in the city.
Access: Around 10 minutes by car from Reims station
Best For: Visitors looking for an elegant Champagne experience and fans of Blanc de Blancs
Experience Style: Guided tour through deep underground chalk cellars
Atmosphere: A blend of tradition and modern elegance
Tasting Without Tour: Yes. Champagne by the glass is available at the bar inside the pavilion
Ruinart’s underground cellars are, in my opinion, the most beautiful in Reims, and their depth feels genuinely impressive in person.
In 2024, the house also opened a modern new pavilion featuring a bar, terrace, and boutique.
Ruinart is one of Champagne’s most iconic Chardonnay houses, and visitors interested in Blanc de Blancs may want to book one of the Chardonnay-focused tour experiences.
Best Champagne Tastings in Reims (No Cellar Tour)
Champagne Charles De Cazanove
Champagne Charles de Cazanove is the closest Champagne tasting spot to Reims station, making it an easy stop for visitors arriving by train.
Access: Around 5 minutes on foot from Reims station
Best For: Visitors looking for a casual Champagne tasting in central Reims
Experience Style: Themed tastings and Champagne masterclass
Atmosphere: Distinctive interior design and easy to visit between sightseeing stops
Charles de Cazanove enjoys an especially convenient location close to Reims station. Visitors arriving or departing by train may find it most efficient to stop here at the beginning or end of their itinerary.
The house’s premium “Stradivarius” cuvée, sharing its name with the famous violin, could also make a fun gift for music lovers.
Champagne Pol Couronne
Champagne Pol Couronne’s boutique offers one of the most central Champagne tasting experiences in Reims, located directly beside Reims Cathedral.
Access: Around 10 minutes on foot from Reims station
Best For: Visitors looking to enjoy Champagne in the heart of Reims sightseeing area
Experience Style: Several tasting options, Champagne masterclasses, and sabrage experiences
Atmosphere: Stylish, welcoming, and tourist-friendly
Directly in front of Pol Couronne is a wide grassy tram corridor that gives the area an unusually open atmosphere despite its central location. The terrace seating makes it an especially pleasant stop during sightseeing in Reims.
It is also the only place in the city center where visitors can experience sabrage.
Champagne Jacquart
Champagne Jacquart offers a modern Champagne tasting experience inside an elegant historic mansion in Reims.
- Access: Around 15 minutes on foot from Reims station
- Best For: Visitors looking for a casual Champagne tasting experience in central Reims
- Experience Style: Themed tastings, masterclasses, and The Sound Experience
- Atmosphere: Historic, modern, and welcoming
Jacquart offers “The Sound Experience,” a tasting workshop unlike anything else currently available in Reims, combining Champagne tasting with an immersive audio experience. Visitors looking for something beyond a traditional tasting may find it especially interesting.
Boulevard Lundy, where Jacquart is located, is also home to famous Champagne houses such as Louis Roederer and Krug, although they are not open to the public. Lehmann, a well-known Champagne glassmaker that also offers tasting experiences, is located just nearby.
Club Trésors de Champagne
Le Club Trésors de Champagne is a tasting space dedicated to grower Champagne from the group’s member producers.
- Access: Around 10 minutes on foot from Reims station
- Best For: Visitors interested in grower Champagne and smaller producers
- Experience Style: Guided tastings and Champagne discovery experiences featuring multiple grower houses
- Atmosphere: Intimate, educational, and Champagne-focused
Le Club Trésors de Champagne brings together 25 grower Champagne producers, each releasing a top cuvée called “Spécial Club” in the group’s distinctive rounded bottle.
This boutique is an excellent place to explore high-quality grower Champagne in one location. It is also located just behind Les Halles du Boulingrin, home to Reims’ popular Saturday morning market.
Cellar Tour or Tasting Only: Which Should You Choose?
If this is your first time visiting the Champagne region, a cellar tour is usually the better place to start. You’ll get to explore underground cellars, learn about Champagne production and house history, and enjoy tastings as part of the experience.
On the other hand, tasting-only spots are ideal for visitors with limited time or those looking for a more casual and flexible Champagne experience.
Many visitors also combine both — joining a cellar tour at one Champagne house while enjoying additional tastings elsewhere in the city.
Tips for Booking Champagne Experiences in Reims
Reservations Are Essential in Reims
Reservations are strongly recommended for almost all Champagne experiences in Reims. While last-minute availability is sometimes possible, tourism in the Champagne region continues to grow, and many experiences are often fully booked in advance. This is especially true for popular cellar tours during weekends and the summer season, where reservations may sell out several months ahead.
Getting Around Reims Without a Car
All of the places featured in this guide can be reached from Reims station on foot or by taxi. Keep in mind that taxi stands are only located directly outside the station, and ride-hailing apps such as Uber or Bolt are not always immediately available in Reims. Booking transportation in advance is often a good idea.
How Many Champagne Experiences Should You Book in One Day?
If you are unsure how to plan a day in Reims, a good balance is usually one cellar tour combined with one tasting-focused stop. You can always add another tasting later if you still feel like exploring more Champagne afterward.
Personally, I would not recommend scheduling more than two cellar tours in a single day — ideally one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
Champagne cellars are often large, and the visits can be surprisingly tiring both physically and mentally. Walking through underground cellars and following detailed explanations for several tours in a row can become more exhausting than many visitors expect.
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