Visiting Reims and the Champagne Region with a Dog, Reims, France

The world-renowned Champagne region of France is a must-visit for anyone who knows that it’s only champagne when it comes from the Champagne region of France. Surely, the dog-loving French are just as tolerant of our lovable pets at the Reims champagne houses, no? The answer is yes and no. If you’re visiting Reims and the Champagne region with a dog, your dog will likely be forbidden from a lot of activities. But I have all the scoop for you about where you can and can’t go in Reims and Champagne with a dog.

There are a couple of major cities in the Champagne region that attract sparkling wine lovers including Epernay, Troyes, and Reims. We picked Reims, because Veuve Clicquot is my favorite champagne, and that’s where their champagne house is. But you may be more interested in sipping Dom Perignon at the Moet & Chandon cellars. Either way, your likelihood of getting into one of the cellars with a dog is close to zero.

So where can you go with a dog in Reims and the region as a whole? That depends on whether you’re looking to do a champagne tour or just sitting down at one of their terraces and doing a DIY tasting. If I’m being honest, even if we didn’t have a dog, I probably wouldn’t want to sit through three or four hour-long presentations about how champagne is made to be able to drink some. So we did one dog-friendly tour and visited two other champagne houses with our dog just to drink. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).