Champagne
Champagne by Private Plane
The Experts in Incentive Travel to Champagne with 21 years experience.
Arblaster & Clarke are the specialist in the field of Incentive Wine Tours. We operated our first incentive wine tour in 1987 and this was to Champagne. We know the cellars very well and can help you choose venues most suited to your guests and then design the perfect itinerary for your objectives.
Most of the Incentive Wine Tours we arrange in Champagne are fabulous day trips to Champagne by private plane, but we also arrange dinners at the cellars with overnight stays, and Champagne weekends or short breaks to the region by Eurostar.
(We are fully bonded with the Civil Aviation Authority Licence 2543 so of course can charter the plane for you legally which incentive organisers or unlicensed operators are unable to do)
The Champagne Flight
The main Champagne vineyards which you will visit are situated roughly 90 miles to the east of Paris. These are the classic vineyards of the Montagne de Reims, the Côte des Blancs and the Vallée de la Marne.
Reims is home to many of the great names in Champagne such as Roederer, Krug, Clicquot, Pommery, Taittinger, Ruinart...
Epernay has Moet (with the great 'Dom Perignon' brand), Pol Roger, Perrier-Jouet....
Out in the villages you'll find greats such as Bollinger, Billecart-Salmon, Jacquesson and many more ...
For a price comparative to the more usual events such as days at the races, you can jet off in a private plane to a gastronomic lunch in the cellars of Champagne! Reims is just a one hour flight, so, leaving at a reasonable 9am, you can, by lunch time, be sitting down as private guests of a Champagne House.
Outline Itinerary
Check in at Farnborough Airport at 08.30. You will be met by a member of the Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours team. Depart at 09.00 on your private aircraft. Breakfast and Champagne will be served in flight.
Chalons-Vatry small airfield is just a 35 minute drive to Champagne’s Montagne de Reims Vineyards. Here we have lunch as the private guests of a Champagne House. For smaller parties this would generally be an excellent family run House. Larger parties could be at a famous House such as Ruinart. We will enjoy a visit of the cellars followed by a superb candlelit lunch in the cellars.
After lunch we will visit Reims and perhaps stop off at the windmill at Verzenay to admire the view and have a breath of fresh air, then drive past some of the well known houses, such as Veuve Clicquot and Pommery. There will be time to visit the famous cathedral and city centre too.
Our return flight is at 18.00, landing at Farnborough at 18.05. (Timings and departure airports can be adjusted to suit your requirements).
Price indication based on 30 people flying in a Dornier 328 Turbo-Prop is £550 - £650 per person. Prices will vary depending on your party size, the kind of aircraft you choose to fly in and the standard of the meal required. Generally the smaller the party the higher the per person cost. It is also important to make use of all the seats on the plane for the most economic pricing.
Wine Flight Prices Include
- Private hire of aircraft for return flight from UK airport & luxury coach on arrival.
- A knowledgeable Tour Manager to meet and accompany the party throughout the day.
- Cold breakfast on the outward journey, with tea, coffee, orange juice (Champagne can be served as an optional extra).
- 4 course gastronomic lunch with 1 bottle of champagne or Bordeaux per person over the meal.
- High Tea - Sandwiches and cakes and complimentary drinks on return flight.
- Menu cards & place names.
- Information pack per participant.
Wine Flight Extras
This is just a small selection of add-on ideas you may include at additional cost, (these must be ordered with artwork no later than 28 days before departure):-
- Wine may be sent in advance as a teaser or collected on the spot. Labels can be personalised with your logo.
- Champagne in-flight. Any brand you wish - Dom Perignon, Pol Roger, Louis Roederer, Salon...
- Catering - there are various upgrades available in-flight and on location.
- Champagne chocolate “bouchons” (corks) can be offered at the end of the meal or on the return journey.
- Logo-ed headrests on the aircraft can be arranged.
- Personalised or logo-ed menus can be arranged.
- Personalised place cards can be arranged.
- Instamatic / throw away cameras on the tables.
- Books - there are superb publications on Champagne and Bordeaux or wine in general that you may offer clients as a memento, these can be personalised with a label.
Prices, Quotes... Contact us!
Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours Ltd,
Cedar Court, 5 College Street, Petersfield, Hants GU31 4AE. UK
Tel: 01730 263111 Fax: 01730 711295
