My Vintage Tour Company

My Vintage Tour Company is an Épernay incoming agency that shows the Champagne vineyards aboard collectable French vehicles, above all the Renault Estafette Alouette van, with a driver-guide. It leaves from Épernay and Reims, and also from Hautvillers, Châlons-en-Champagne and surrounding villages, in a small group or privately.

Who they are

It is a family business: the idea came from a sister and brother, born in Épernay, who wanted to combine their two passions, champagne and old cars. They have operated since 2018 and have their office at 48 rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The guides are also the drivers, and on the website they introduce themselves by name and with their favourite vehicle. They have a fleet of thirteen vehicles from the sixties to the eighties: six seven-seat Estafette Alouettes, several Citroën 2CVs and a three-seat Renault 4L, and a small electric one from 2025. Each has a name, such as Gaston, Louise or Marcel.

What they offer

The short two-hour route climbs the slopes of the Marne valley and ends with a glass of grower champagne in the vines. There are three-hour versions that add a visit to a cellar or a sabrage lesson, a full seven-and-a-half-hour day, a brunch in the vines and, in December, a Christmas tour at dusk. They also hire six electric bikes without a guide, prepare tailor-made stays and lend their vehicles with a chauffeur for weddings and stag and hen parties. They open daily from April to October and Monday to Saturday from November to March; they close on Sunday and Easter Monday, 1 May and over the Christmas holidays.

Groups, ages and licences

Each Estafette carries seven passengers at most; if there are more of you, they provide another vehicle, and can move groups of up to 60 people or more on request. Tours go out with a minimum of two people. The website sets no minimum age for the ride, but to drink at the tastings you must be 18. Dogs are welcome if you say so when booking.

They are registered in the Atout France register of travel operators under number IM051180002, have held the Vignobles & Découvertes label since 2018 and their guides are professional drivers with a VTC licence and light passenger transport capacity. They hold the WSET Level 2 wine diploma and training in oenology. They have won, among others, the 2019 Jeunes Talents du Tourisme prize and belong to the Champagne World Heritage ambassadors' club.

Bookings, cancellation and languages

You book on its website, choosing a small-group or private tour; for groups of more than seven you must write or call. On small-group tours cancellation is free up to 48 hours before; on private tours and stays, up to 15 days before, and below that the 30% deposit is lost. With less than 48 hours' notice, or if you do not show up, you pay in full. The office is staffed Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 18:00. Its guides speak French, English and Spanish; for other languages they provide an interpreter at extra cost.