We are planning on visiting Paris the end of April for 3 days and we are looking for suggestions and recommendations on local/small wineries which we can use public transportation. We have been in Paris with a tour group 10 years ago and don't speak French. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Posted by
France Southwest
2349 posts
Apart from a few small anecdotal vineyards there are no vineyards "near" Paris, so no wineries.
The closest wine regions (less than 2 hours from Paris) are Champagne, Loire, or Burgundy.
These are rural regions where wineries are sometimes far from any public transport, so on your own and without a car you will be limited in the choice of wineries to visit.
Posted by
Twin Cities of MN
6502 posts
If you had a car, I'd say go to Vouvray, in north Loire. Close, wonderful wines. Without a car, I'd suggest Reims in champagne. Reims is an interesting and attractive city. The cathedral is spectacular. There are two big wineries in town and at least a couple midsized. I would also recommend Trésors de Champagne, close to the train station. They have an assortment of producers where we tasted some lovely champagnes and we learned a lot from the knowledgeable staff.
There is a vineyard in Montmartre(Paris), very pretty and atmospheric area near the montmartre museum
Posted by
Sydney, Australia
40 posts
I would also recommend Reims (pronounced 'Rance') and nearby Epernay. This is champagne country so lots of champagne houses in both these locations (Mumm, Ruinart, Veuve Cliquot, Taittinger, Vrancken, etc etc), but Reims also has the cathedral that hosted French coronations for 900 years and it was also where the Germans signed the surrender of WWII. There are lots of interesting buildings to visit but if you made the champagne houses the focus of your visit that would not be amiss either.
Lavandula