avis_word SPARKLING TOUR Reims

Great tour, service, and a nice introduction to the Champagne creation process.

Valentin’s excellent team guided my wife on a private full day tour. We began our day at Ruinart before continuing on to a great lunch and two delicious tasting at smaller, premier cru producers. We learned so much about the methode champenoise, which we hadn’t been exposed to before and came away with an understanding of what blends and grapes we enjoy in our Champagne. I would highly, highly recommend Valentin and Sparkling Tours to anyone seeking to spend a day in the Champagne region.

I would like to give Valentin 10 stars !! We had a group of 12 and he planned two days of tastings for us and we had the absolute BEST time. I really don't have words for how great this experience was for our group. We did a mix of big and small houses and the wine was superb and he is so fun and has so much knowledge about the area. I cannot recommend this tour more !! Seriously -- if you are even remotely considering it please book a tour with this company. Thank you Valentin for the most perfect two days !!!

We had a great time with Valentin this past weekend! He was very responsive from the beginning and always happy to answer any of my many questions while planning. The tour itself was magnificent. I didn't even realize there was that much to learn about champagne! I planned for a group of 11 people and everyone was so thrilled and happy with the tour. Everyone felt like it was the best and most informative tour they've been on. If you want lots of compliments from your friends, book this tour for your group!

Our half day tour was both informative and a lot of fun. Alex our guide was so passionate and well informed about the champagne industry. Our visit to two smaller producers was fascinating and enjoyed by everyone in our group. Highly recommended.

Highly recommended. Valentin is an amazing guide and man!!

Anna was very knowledgeable and taught us a lot about the making of Champagne. We highly recommend this tour and beautiful region to explore. The stop at Dom perignon burial location was very insightful!

Amazing tour!! You’ll feel very special doing this tour with Valentin. He is a very knowledgeable guide and makes the process of booking and meeting places very easy. Highly recommend!!

We had a wonderful experience with Sparkling Tour! Valentin worked closely with us to tailor the perfect experience for our family trip to Reims, making sure that everyone got exactly what they wanted. We learned so much and drank truly wonderful champagne, and Valentin took care of all the details. It was perfect!

We had a wonderful half-day champagne tour with Alex. The tour could not have been more perfect! Alex taught us so much about champagne that we did not know. Even my husband, who prefers beer, enjoyed the trip and the champagne. We would highly recommend the Sparkling Tour!

In-depth and well-constructed tour of small producers - highly recommended

Lovely tour of two local wineries. Our guide, Christophe, was knowledgeable and gave a very good tour.

The tour with Alex from Sparkling Tours through the Champagne region was filled with lots of insightful moments of delight. His knowledge of this beautiful area, the process of fermentation and sense of humour are the best! What a great day of tastings, fun and delicious lunch.

Alex picked us up at the train station and took us on a great tour that was planned by Valentin! The smaller houses were the stars of the day! I wish we had skipped the large champagne house, but it was my request, so live and learn. Lunch was also really good! Limited menu, but great French selections! The company is well organized and Valentin is very responsive!

We had a blast on our half day, small group tour. Transportation was comfortable, your guide was knowledgeable and we had a lovely afternoon!

Highly recommended! A thoroughly enjoyable trip to 3 fantastic producers accompanied by a wonderful host. Definitely a day to remember.

Einfach super!!! Mehr kann man nicht sagen. Wir hatten gestern eine Tour und beuschten hier zwei kleinere Champagnerhäuser mit hervorragendem Champagner bei der Verkostung. Unser Guide war ei fach spitze!!! Er erklärte und erzählte uns unwahrscheinlich viel über Herstellung und Geschichte, so konnten wir extrem viel mitnehmen. Es hat wirklich total viel Spaß gemacht. Wir würden hier jederzeit wieder eine Tour buchen.
Vielen lieben Dank :)

We are so glad to have this experience

We had a great day with Christophe as our guide! We stopped at 3 smaller boutique wineries, as well as the Abby where Dom Perignon resided, and a restaurant in Epernay for lunch. We signed up for the day tour, which lasted from about 9:30am to 5:30pm, but the pacing was very relaxed and we had adequate time in between tastings, so we never felt like we were overindulging. The van for transportation was modern and very comfortable. We had a group of 3 and there were 2 other couples with us on the tour, so it was a fairly small group, as advertised. Christophe was extremely knowledgable on both the making of Champagne, as well as the local history and geographical context for growing champagne-worthy grapes. At each of the wineries, we started off with a small tour of their cellars and finished with 3 tastings and then had an opportunity to purchase any bottles. Most wineries offered shipping options, but Sparkling tours also has an option to package and ship your bottles to the US for you for a single fee, which is the option we went with. It was very easy to organize and submit payment. I can't say how long shipping will take, as we just had our tour a few days ago, but the process so far has been easy (they just take your bottles and send you a link for payment). Overall, I would highly recommend this tour.