Champagne Mumm in Reims Private Half Day Tour from Paris

About this tour

A seven-to-nine-hour private drive from Paris to Reims explores France's champagne heartland, centred on the Mumm house and its subterranean cellars. You'll descend into UNESCO-protected chalk galleries where bottles age in cool darkness, learn how different grapes become the final blend, then visit Reims Cathedral—the Gothic monument where French monarchs were crowned. The afternoon returns you to Paris with plenty of time for a long lunch in the region itself.

Highlights

• Mumm cellars: UNESCO site with centuries of stored bottles
• Reims Cathedral: Gothic coronation church with soaring architecture
• Vineyard views: rolling slopes between Reims and Paris
• Private car both ways: no minibus crowds or fixed schedules
• Champagne-house guide: official English-speaking expert on Mumm
• Chalk gallery walk: cool underground warren beneath vineyards

What to expect

Your driver collects you from Paris in the morning and heads northeast toward Reims, a smooth motorway run. Once there, the official Mumm guide walks you through their sprawling cellar network—damp, cool spaces carved from chalk where thousands of bottles rest horizontally on wooden racks. You'll hear the house's story and what separates their cuvées, then likely taste a glass or two. After Reims Cathedral (allow time to absorb its flying buttresses and stained glass), you'll eat lunch independently in town. The return journey begins mid-afternoon.

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