from £499* per person	3 Days	November
Comfort accommodations		Exertion level: 3
Operator: Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours		24 people max

Champagne is fun to drink and a fascinating wine to see being made and being easy to get to makes for a great weekend. Our base for the weekend is a comfortable 3* hotel in the centre of the lively attractive city of Reims.

Our aim is to taste a wide spectrum of Champagnes, to visit a good cross section of Houses, from those that forged Champagne’s reputation such as Taittinger, Pol Roger and Veuve Clicquot as well as to search out quality growers and rising stars in the villages.

You will taste at least 20 champagnes over the course of the weekend, starting at breakfast. You will receive a special welcome and generous tastings at houses that we have been visiting for many years.

Our Pre-Christmas Champagne tour in 2009 coincided with the Reims Christmas Market, a fabulous event with 125 stalls, selling gifts, decorations and traditional food at Place d’Erlon and the Condorcet and Theodore Dubois streets. There are also orchestral and choral concerts and events in the beautiful cathedral.