Small-Group Champagne from Paris: Big House, Family Estate, Lunch, Royal Champagne View

One day, two ways of making Champagne. This small-group trip from Paris starts at a major house (Moët & Chandon, Veuve Clicquot, Taittinger, Mercier, Nicolas Feuillatte, Boizel or another producer, depending on availability) and ends at a small family-owned estate. Seeing both shows how size and philosophy shape the style in the glass. At each stop the group goes down into the cellars and hears the traditional methods behind the wine. Between visits the guide talks through the vineyards, grape varieties and terroir. A three-course lunch at a local restaurant sits in the middle of the day, and a stop on the Avenue de Champagne in Épernay leaves time to walk. The last tasting is a blind one at Royal Champagne, a viewpoint over the vineyards, where the task is to tell Champagne from Crémant. Hotel or Airbnb pickup in Paris and the drop-off at the same spot are part of the day.