Ô Chateau · Paris, the Seine
Ô Chateau, a Paris wine-tasting company, pours three Champagnes in a private salon at the front of a Seine boat, with a wine guide explaining what is in the glass. It is the option for anyone who wants to taste Champagne properly but has an hour, not a day.
Not everyone has 11 hours for Champagne. Ô Chateau's cruise takes one. You board at the Vedettes de Paris dock at Port de Suffren, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, and sit in a private salon at the front of the boat, with access to the deck. A sommelier or wine guide pours three Champagnes, usually a Brut, an Extra-Brut and a rosé, and explains how to read a label while the boat runs past the monuments.
Ô Chateau's own page describes the wines as coming from boutique wineries and lists a 6 p.m. sailing, which puts you on the river in the early evening light. That focus on small producers is the closest you get in Paris to the grower visits on a day trip, and a guest calls it "nice grower champagne".
Keep expectations right. It is a tasting, not a cellar visit: no chalk galleries, no vineyards, and the boat is shared with other passengers outside the salon. Three pours in an hour is a relaxed pace. As a taster before a full day in Champagne, or instead of one, it works well.
The Vedettes de Paris dock at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. Exchange your voucher there for the boat ticket.
Settle into the private salon at the front of the boat as it leaves the dock.
The guide pours three wines, usually a Brut, an Extra-Brut and a rosé, and shows you how to read the labels.
The boat returns to Port de Suffren, steps from the Eiffel Tower and the Champ de Mars.
Wonderful evening and nice grower champagne. Very knowledged tour guide., did not expect that value for money.
Our champagne cruise was amazing! We learned a lot about the different selections and the views were absolutely stunning!
We LOVED this event. It helped that the weather was beautiful!!
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One hour. Ô Chateau's page lists the sailing from 6 to 7 p.m., leaving on the hour.
From the Vedettes de Paris dock at Port de Suffren, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.
Three, usually a Brut, an Extra-Brut and a rosé. Ô Chateau says they come from boutique wineries.
For tasting, yes. For the cellars, villages and vineyards, no. If you have a day, a small-group tour shows you where the wine is made.
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