Private Wine Guides in Champagne

Most visits to Champagne are the same visit: a grande maison, a polished tour, a glass of bubbles at the end. If you’ve come this far, you’ve likely already had it. Beyond the maisons are the grower-producers, working their own parcels across the Côte des Blancs, the Montagne de Reims, and the Vallée de la Marne, who receive visitors the old way: by introduction, in the family cellar, often with the person who made the wine pouring it for guests. The guides below work on that side of Champagne, where the conversation is about what’s happening in this vintage, not the tour script.