Reims Champagne House Cellar Tours: Visits, Fees and Hours

Reims champagne house cellar tours take you underground into the crayères, former chalk quarries that supplied stone for building the city. They were first dug in the 3rd century, worked until the French Revolution and converted into champagne cellars from the 18th century. Some are over 30 meters high.

Six houses stand on the Saint-Nicaise hill: Ruinart, Martel, Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, Taittinger, Charles Heidsieck and Vranken-Pommery. The hill's crayères are part of the Champagne Hillsides, Houses and Cellars, added to the UNESCO World Heritage list on July 4, 2015. Mumm, at 34 rue du Champ de Mars, and Lanson, at 66 rue de Courlancy, also run cellar tours.

This guide covers the houses' own visits: formats, fees, opening days, languages, children and access. For the city itself, see the Reims town page.

Getting there

The fastest direct TGV from Paris Gare de l'Est reaches Reims-Centre station in 46 minutes. By car, Paris to Reims takes 1 hour 30 minutes. Train times and fares are in Paris to Reims by Train.

Reims has a second station, Champagne-Ardenne TGV in Bezannes, linked to the city by tram. Pommery is 15 minutes from both stations, and Veuve Clicquot is about 10 minutes by car from Champagne-Ardenne.

Veuve Clicquot is about a 30-minute walk from the city center. Its Visit Center has 20 car spaces, 5 bus spaces, a drop-off point and a bicycle area. Pommery offers free parking in its courtyard, Lanson has private parking, and Ruinart's parking lot is open seven days a week within the places available.

By car, Ruinart is reached from the A4 exit for Reims/Saint Rémi toward Luxembourg.

When to go

Pommery, Martel and Taittinger receive visitors all year, and Mumm and Veuve Clicquot open fewer days in winter.

• G.H. Martel & Co opens every day of 2026, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., by reservation only.
• Pommery opens all year, seven days a week: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Thursday and Sunday, and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. It closes on December 25 and January 1–2.
• Mumm opens every day from May 1 to October 31, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. From March 1 to April 30 and November 1 to December 21 it opens Thursday to Monday. From January 15 to February 28 it opens Thursday to Saturday, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Veuve Clicquot runs visits from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. It opens every day from June 29 to August 30, 2026, and Tuesday to Sunday from April 7 to June 28 and September 1 to November 1. From November 4, 2026, to January 3, 2027, it opens Wednesday to Sunday. It closes on May 1, December 25 and January 1, 2027.
• Lanson opens Monday to Saturday, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., and closes on Sunday.
• Ruinart opens from March 25 to December 29, 2026, and closes on May 1.
• Taittinger runs visits all year round.

The Villa Demoiselle closes on Tuesday and Wednesday and from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. each day.

On the European Heritage Days weekend in 2026, Mumm ran a cellar tour with one tasting for €19 ($21), including parts of the cellars usually closed to the public.

Visiting the estates

Each house below takes bookings for its cellar tours. Lanson's shop and tastings are open without a reservation, but its guided tours need booking.

G.H. Mumm

Mumm's tours all last 1 hour 30 minutes on foot, through almost 25 kilometers of cellars. Ambassadors lead the visits. The Cordon Rouge Experience includes one tasting, the Pinot Noir Celebration Experience pours Cordon Rouge and Rosé, and the Vintage Grand Cru Experience pours RSRV Blanc de Blancs and RSRV Blanc de Noirs.

Veuve Clicquot

Tours start at the Visit Center and go down into the UNESCO-listed crayères. They run from the 1-hour Brut Yellow Label visit and the 1-hour art of blended rosé champagne, through One Quality, The Finest (1 hour 30 minutes) and The art of aging (2 hours), to La Grande Dame, a 4-hour vine-to-wine tour of the prestige cuvée. One Quality, The Finest, The art of aging and La Grande Dame can be privatized. The Clicquot Café, on the terrace, opened in March 2023.

Taittinger

A Taittinger visit is a guided tour of the cellars and a guided tasting, lasting 35 to 55 minutes. The cellars lie 18 meters underground in Gallo-Roman chalk quarries, and the remains of the former Saint-Nicaise Abbey are on the site. The four formats are Instant Rosé, Instant Gourmet (a food and champagne pairing), Instant Comtes and Instant Duo Comtes. Book online, by phone on +33 (0)3 26 85 84 33 or by email at visites@taittinger.fr.

Ruinart

Ruinart, founded in 1729, runs a 2-hour guided visit of its crayères for 12 places, followed by a tasting of two cuvées. The cellars lie about 40 meters below the surface, on two levels, in a labyrinth of 8 kilometers. They were classified as a historic site in 1931.

Pommery and the Villa Demoiselle

Pommery's guided visit goes down 116 steps to Gallo-Roman chalk pits 30 meters underground. The 45-minute Brut Royal Visit covers the cellars with one tasting, either self-guided with the audio app or with a guide. The 2-hour Henry Vasnier Visit adds the Villa Demoiselle and two tastings, and the 3-hour gastronomic visit ends with a meal.

The Villa Demoiselle, built from 1904 to 1908 to plans by architect Louis Sorel, mixes Art nouveau and Art déco. Paul-François Vranken bought it in 2004 and restored it over nearly five years. The 1-hour 30-minute Demoiselle Visit includes one tasting.

Lanson

Lanson runs group tours for 1 to 18 people. Original Creation (1 hour 30 minutes) takes in the secret garden, the winery and the cellar labyrinth, with one champagne. Emblematic Creation (1 hour 30 minutes) pours two. The Signature (2 hours) is led by a House Ambassador with three champagnes, and The Vintage (2 hours) pours three, including two vintages.

G.H. Martel & Co

Martel welcomes visitors in 18th-century buildings. The visit tours the chalk cellars and the eco-museum, then ends with a guided tasting of two champagnes.

Charles Heidsieck

Charles Heidsieck's crayères date from the 3rd century and run for more than eight kilometers of galleries, some thirty meters below ground. For visits, call the house on +33 (0)3 26 84 43 00.

What it costs

Entry-level cellar visits with a tasting cost €28–90 ($30–97). Veuve Clicquot's 4-hour La Grande Dame costs €260 ($281).

• G.H. Martel & Co: €28–30 ($30–32) or €38–40 ($41–43). Children pay €10 ($11).
• Mumm: Cordon Rouge Experience €30 ($32), Pinot Noir Celebration €42 ($45), Vintage Grand Cru €60 ($65).
• Pommery: Brut Royal Visit €30 ($32) self-guided or €36 ($39) guided, Henry Vasnier Visit €55 ($59) self-guided or €65 ($70) guided, gastronomic visit €150 ($162).
• Villa Demoiselle: Demoiselle Visit €30 ($32) with the audio app or €36 ($39) guided.
• Lanson: Original Creation €32 ($35), Emblematic Creation €40 ($43), The Signature €55 ($59), The Vintage €85 ($92).
• Veuve Clicquot: Brut Yellow Label €36 ($39), blended rosé €60 ($65), One Quality, The Finest €80 ($86), The art of aging €160 ($173), La Grande Dame €260 ($281).
• Taittinger: Instant Rosé €40 ($43), Instant Gourmet and Instant Comtes €80 ($86), Instant Duo Comtes €100 ($108).
• Ruinart: €90 ($97) per adult.

Children's rates vary by house. Taittinger charges €25 ($27) for ages 7 to 17, who taste chardonnay juice, and Ruinart charges €50 ($54) for ages 7 to 17. Both let children under 7 in free. Lanson charges €20 ($22) for teens aged 13 to 17 and €15 ($16) for children aged 7 to 12 on every tour, with under-7s free.

Children, languages and access

At Mumm, minors under 18 must stay under the supervision of an adult legal representative, and Pommery does not admit unaccompanied minors. Taittinger's tasting rooms have play areas, and Lanson has a children's play area.

Taittinger runs public visits in French and English, with private visits on request in German, Spanish, Italian, Mandarin and Russian. Lanson tours run in English and French, with German and Italian on request. Ruinart and Martel run visits in French and English. Mumm runs tours in Italian, Spanish, German or Portuguese on request by email to guides@mumm.com.

Access for reduced mobility differs from house to house:

• Taittinger: visits are suitable for people with reduced mobility, and seats are available on request at reception.
• Veuve Clicquot: the visit, boutique and café are accessible. Mention it when booking. There is no storage for strollers or wheelchairs, but you can take them down to the cellars on request at reception.
• Mumm: access is limited to the first level of the cellars. Tell the house when you book.
• Pommery: visits are available for people with impaired mobility.
• Lanson: state your needs when booking.
• G.H. Martel & Co: the house has an elevator.

Before you go

• In high season the champagne houses are in heavy demand, and the Reims tourist office says it is essential to book your guided visit with the houses in advance.
• Veuve Clicquot tickets carry no right of cancellation and cannot be exchanged or modified, and no compensation is due if you cannot attend. Tickets are personal and cannot be resold or transferred.
• The cellars are cold. Taittinger keeps its cellars between 8 and 12°C, Pommery's stay at 10°C all year, and Mumm asks visitors to dress warmly.
• Mumm, Pommery, Taittinger, Ruinart and Veuve Clicquot do not accept animals. Martel does.
• Pommery prohibits flash photography in its cellars.
• Spit as you taste, and choose a designated driver if you are driving.

For booking terms at more houses, see Booking Champagne House Visits. For houses outside the city, see Épernay and Aÿ.