Champagne
Champagne
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Champagne
Champagne
In the Champagne Cellars
Champagne Vineyards
Champagne is the closest vineyard region to the UK so our Champagne wine tours makes for a great weekend. Champagne is where Arblaster & Clarke first started operating, with our first tour there in May 1987. Our fun yet informative formula has actually changed little over the years - it was original then and the style of these weekends remains unique to A&C.
Our aim is to taste a wide spectrum of champagnes, to visit a cross section of Houses, those that forged Champagne’s reputation such as Taittinger and Veuve Clicquot as well as the good growers that we have sought out in the villages where quality champagne can still be found for little over £10. Many of the top cuvées are superb value too and as we travel by coach you may bring back up to 36 bottles per person.
You will taste at least 25 champagnes over the course of the weekend, starting at breakfast and receive a special welcome and generous Champagne tastings at houses that we have been visiting for many years. On ever tour we have at least one meal as guests at one of these houses.
Tours
Autumn Champagne
25 - 27 October 2008
The first visit on this tour is to the beautiful cellars of Taittinger in Reims, which is a good start with a clear explanation and fine, classic champagne to taste.
The visit at Hatté’s small and rustic cellar is a comple...
Champagne in WW1
17 - 20 October 2008
We are very pleased to announce the first tour in a new series of wine and history tours. We are very pleased to have working with us Colonel John Hughes-Wilson, the highly respected military historian and also the President of...
Spring Champagne Weekends
31 March - 2 April 2007, 26 - 28 May 2007, 28 - 30 March 2008
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.
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Ay Festival
4 - 6 July 2008
The greatest of all the Champagne villages celebrates once again with this bi-annual event. There is a tremendous atmosphere in the village as growers and Houses throw open their doors to festival goers, with many of them hosti...
Champagne 'Le Longue Weekend'
12 - 15 April 2007, 6 - 9 December 2007
Our base for this 'Longue weekend' is the Grand Cru village of Ay, which is an easy drive from Calais. Our guide will meet you on location.
Ay is a centre of the Champagne trade, home to Bollinger and many other houses. An...
Champagne Vineyard Walk
4 - 8 June 2008, 3 - 7 September 2008
“Champagne” of course means countryside and this walk takes us away from the big cellars of Reims and Epernay into the vines of the villages such as Aÿ and Le Mesnil.
For the first two days we cover the Grands Crus of the...
Champagne Weekend Self Drive
17 - 20 April 2008, 4 - 7 December 2008
Our innovative programme of self-drive trips is aimed at the more independent traveller, who would still like to spend a couple of days in a party being taken to Champagne visits in the company of a local wine expert. The wine ...
Early Autumn Champagne
1 - 3 September 2007, 6 - 8 September 2008
Our first visits are to two long established, high quality growers H. Billiot on the south side of the Montagne de Reims who makes a rich, full style and to B. Hatté based in Verzenay. This is on the north-east side of the Mon...
Growers Champagne
22 - 25 November 2007
It is a few years since we last ran our “Growers Champagne” tour and a lot has happened in the interval. Wine has become more branded with the likes of ‘Blossom Hill’ and ‘Jacob’s Creek’ driven by the supermarkets...
May Bank Holiday Champagne
24 - 26 May 2008
This tour will take you to four very different champagne firms who are all very much worth visiting. Launois in Mesnil sur Oger is one of the largest Grower-Producers and one of the best producers in Champagne’s Côte des Bla...
Pre- Christmas Champagne
22 - 24 November 2008
Arblaster & Clarke began escorting wine tours to the Champagne region in May 1987 and have returned 10 - 12 times every year since, so we have built up many great friendships and know the region extremely well. This late autumn...
Anniversary Champagne Festival
6 - 8 July 2007
Arblaster & Clarke began escorting wine tours to Champagne in May 1987 and have returned 10 - 15 times every year since, so we’ve built up many great friendships here.
To mark the 20th Anniversary we are staging a Champagn...
Champagne 'Le Longue Weekend' Self Drive
12 - 15 April 2007
Our innovative programme of self drive trips is aimed at the more independent traveller, who would still like to spend a couple of days in a party being taken to Champagne visits in the company of a local wine expert. The wine ...
Champagne Self Drive
6 - 9 December 2007
Our base for this ‘Longue weekend’ is the Grand Cru village of Aÿ, which is an easy drive from Calais. Our guide meets you on location. Aÿ is a centre of the Champagne trade, home to Bollinger and many other houses. Anyon...
