Champagne Connection | Exclusive Champagne Tours of France

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Small Groups
Maximum 10 guests per tour

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Expert-Led
Guided by winemaker Ian Leamon since 2010

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Exclusive Access
Visit houses closed to the public

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All Inclusive
Accommodation, meals, tastings & transport

Champagne cellars in the Champagne region

The Experience

Behind the Scenes of the World's Greatest Champagne Houses

Once a year, Champagne Connection conducts an exclusive, highly educational tour of the Champagne region — visiting a combination of the most prestigious champagne houses and the finest family-run grower producers.

You will go behind the scenes, taste extraordinary champagnes, dine at wonderful restaurants and wineries, and experience the magic of Champagne with an intimacy that simply cannot be found on a larger tour.

Guests are accommodated in excellent hotels throughout the tour. Included lunches and dinners are matched with champagnes at every course.

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Why Champagne Connection

The Champagne Experience Money Cannot Usually Buy

Private dining room at a champagne house

Unrivalled Access

Dine in Deutz's private President's dining room. Visit Charles Heidsieck — a house normally closed to the public. Experience Veuve Clicquot's Manoir de Verzy with a six-course matched lunch. These are not standard visitor experiences.

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Lunch in the garden with a winemaking family

Intimate by Design

Strictly limited to 10 guests, every tour is an intimate experience. You will share lunches with the winemaking families themselves — the Goutorbes, the Loriots — and explore cellars without the crowds.

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Expert Guidance

Ian Leamon has worked two champagne vintages — at Veuve Clicquot in 1985 and Joseph Loriot-Pagel in 2007 — and has visited Champagne every year since 2000. His relationships with these houses open doors that remain closed to others.

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Your Host

Ian Leamon — Winemaker, Importer, Champagne Insider

Ian Leamon's love of champagne began in December 1978 with a bottle of Laurent Perrier NV. What followed was a lifelong journey into one of the world's most complex and captivating wine regions.

Ian worked the 1985 vintage at Veuve Clicquot in the village of Bouzy — an experience that forged deep relationships with the region and its people. He returned to work a second vintage in 2007 with the Loriot family at Joseph Loriot-Pagel in Festigny.

As founder of Chateau Leamon in Bendigo and Champagne Connection, Ian brings a winemaker's eye and an insider's access to every tour. He has visited Champagne on an annual basis since 2000.

Ian and Karen had planned meticulously and everything fell into place seamlessly — we were feted, champagned, dined, educated and given an insider's look at champagne which very few would be privileged to have. — Steve Langford, Tour Participant

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Tour de Champagne

An Eight-Day Journey · Reims & Aÿ

8 Days

Reims to Reims

10 Guests

Maximum group size

8 Houses

Henri Giraud, Deutz, Veuve Clicquot, Ruinart & more

A$7,200

Per person twin share (land only)

Deposits of A$1,500 per person secure your place. Full payment by 1 March 2027.

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An Insider's Journey Through the Heart of Champagne

Behind the Scenes of the World's Greatest Champagne Houses

The Champagne Experience Money Cannot Usually Buy

Unrivalled Access

Intimate by Design

Expert Guidance

Ian Leamon — Winemaker, Importer, Champagne Insider

An Eight-Day Journey · Reims & Aÿ

A Glimpse of What Awaits

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