DRIVE BY DAY, CHAMPAGNE BY NIGHT!
Great roads. Rolling vineyards. Remarkable Champagne. And plenty of reasons to celebrate along the way.
Take your club across the Channel for a rather special few days in one of France's most famous regions.
The Champagne Discovery Drive combines three days of relaxed driving through the vineyards and countryside of Champagne with carefully selected producers, wonderful food and time to explore Épernay – the beating heart of Champagne country.
By day, discover the region from behind the wheel.
Once the cars are safely parked, discover what makes Champagne quite so special.
The routes are researched. The experiences are selected. The details are taken care of. All you need to bring are the cars and the people.
What's Included
Your Champagne Discovery Drive can be tailored to your club and can include:
Four nights' accommodation
Champagne welcome reception
Welcome dinner
Three pre-driven and researched driving routes
Refreshment stops
Visits to selected smaller Champagne houses
Suggested viewpoints, villages and places of interest
Time to explore Épernay
Champagne tastings and experiences
Farewell Champagne reception
Farewell dinner
App-based route instructions
GPX route option
Optional Quest Drive challenges
Quest Drive awards
Event gift or souvenir
Venture Bound professional event team
We can also incorporate additional experiences, including cellar tours, tastings, special lunches and dinners depending on the requirements of your group.
Make Champagne Your Club's Event
Your club. Your members. Our experience.
The Champagne Discovery Drive is available as a turnkey event for car clubs, owners' groups and motoring communities.
And the best part?
We've already done the difficult bit.
The concept exists. The region has been researched. The routes have been developed. We know the experience we want to deliver.
Venture Bound can take care of the accommodation, routes, restaurants, Champagne experiences, suppliers, participant information, event administration and delivery.
Your club simply promotes the event to its members.
We do the rest.
The experience can also be presented under your club's identity, giving you a professionally organised European tour without asking committee members or volunteers to spend months putting it together.
Your members get a great event.
Your committee gets to enjoy it with them.
That's the idea.
More than a driving tour
You don't have to be a Champagne expert to come along.
In fact, you don't even have to particularly like Champagne.
The region itself is the experience – the countryside, villages, roads, food, history and atmosphere all make this a wonderful place to explore by car.
And because tastings and drinking take place when appropriate and once the driving is finished, the emphasis remains exactly where it should be during the day:
on the road ahead.
Make the day your own
We've planned the route. You decide how you enjoy it.
Discovery Drives aren't rallies against the clock.
Our routes are designed to be enjoyed.
Navigation is provided through our easy-to-follow app, helping you follow the route while highlighting information and points of interest along the way.
For crews who fancy adding another dimension to the day, Quest Drive introduces optional questions, observations and challenges along the route.
Take part and see where you finish on the leaderboard.
Or don't.
Stop for lunch instead.
There are no penalties for enjoying yourself.
It's your day, your car and your Discovery Drive.
What car can I bring?
One you enjoy driving.
Classic, modern, sports car, GT, supercar or electric – Discovery Drives aren't about having the most expensive or fastest car in the car park.
They're about sharing an experience with people who enjoy their cars.
The event is relaxed, social and untimed, with optional Quest Drive challenges for those who enjoy a little friendly competition.
Bring something you love driving.
We'll give you somewhere rather special to drive it.
Ready to take your club to Champagne?
The Champagne Discovery Drive is one of our Signature Discovery Drives – complete motoring experiences developed by Venture Bound and ready to be delivered for your club or group.
Tell us about your club, how many cars you expect and when you'd like to travel.
We'll take care of what happens next.
Your club. Your event. We do the work.
And when the cars are parked, we'll put something rather nice on ice.
Enquire about a Champagne Discovery Drive →
Itinerary
Roads may change by the day, due to closures.
Any schedule or itinerary published must be considered provisional.
DAY 1
The Journey
Day One | Bienvenue en Champagne
Arrive in the Champagne region during the afternoon, settle in and take a little time to explore your surroundings.
That evening we'll bring everyone together for a Champagne reception and welcome dinner.
It's the first opportunity to meet your fellow crews, talk cars, hear about the adventure ahead and, naturally, raise a glass to the next few days.
Tomorrow, we drive.
DAY 2
Day Two | Into the vineyards
After breakfast, it's time to start the engines and discover Champagne from the road.
Today's carefully researched route takes you away from the main roads and into the countryside, winding through vineyards, villages and some wonderful scenery.
Along the way there will be opportunities to discover smaller Champagne houses and places that many visitors to the region simply never see.
Those taking part in Quest Drive will also have questions and challenges to solve as the journey unfolds.
The route eventually brings us back towards Épernay.
The rest of the day is yours.
Perhaps enjoy a memorable lunch, explore the town, visit a Champagne house or simply find a table somewhere and watch the world go by.
After all, you're in Champagne.
It would be rude not to.
DAY 3
Day Three | Champagne at your own pace
Another morning. Another road worth driving.
Today's route takes us deeper into the vineyards, with more opportunities to discover the landscape and character of the region.
As always, there is no race and no stopwatch.
Stop for photographs. Take a detour. Find somewhere for coffee. Spend a little longer somewhere that catches your attention.
The afternoon is deliberately left more relaxed, giving you the opportunity to make the experience your own.
You might head into Épernay and stroll along the Avenue de Champagne, book a cellar tour or tasting, or simply enjoy a leisurely afternoon with your fellow crews.
And because the cars are staying safely parked afterwards, you can finally investigate what all those vineyards have been producing.
DAY 4
Day Four | One last drive. One last glass.
Our final driving day gives us another opportunity to explore the Champagne countryside and seek out some of the region's smaller producers.
There is still time for a little friendly Quest Drive rivalry for those taking part – and perhaps one final opportunity to move up the leaderboard.
The afternoon can include another Champagne experience or tasting before everyone returns to prepare for our final evening together.
That night we'll gather for a Champagne reception and farewell dinner.
We'll celebrate the journey, settle the Quest Drive honours and raise a final glass to several rather enjoyable days in France.
There may even be an award or two.
Each guest will also receive a gift as a memento of the event.
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