Bordeaux, a classic wine tour destination! Luxurious châteaux and ambitious winemakers! — In Bordeaux you find world famous châteaux and world famous wines but also a lot of new exciting initiatives – less famous but maybe more important for the future of Bordeaux! – and young enthusiastic wine makers. On this trip we will visit […]
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Bordeaux, October 2-6, 2019
Bordeaux, a classic wine tour destination! Luxurious châteaux and ambitious winemakers! — In Bordeaux you find world famous châteaux and world famous wines but also a lot of new exciting initiatives – less famous but maybe more important for the future of Bordeaux! – and young enthusiastic wine makers. On this trip we will visit […]
Bordeaux wine, the difference is in the cellar | wine tour
In Bordeaux, every wine estate is a chateau. Sometimes big and impressive, sometimes more modest. But the most important thing, after all, is to have a well-equipped cellar. How you equip you cellar depends on how much money you make. But it is not only a question of money. It is also about your philosophy. […]
Bordeaux Wine Tour
Bordeaux, a classic wine tour destination! Luxurious châteaux and ambitious winemakers! — In Bordeaux you find world famous châteaux and world famous wines but also a lot of new exciting initiatives – less famous but maybe more important for the future of Bordeaux! – and young enthusiastic wine makers. On this trip we will visit both […]
Three days in the Bordeaux vineyards: Medoc, Entre-deux-Mers, Saint Emilion
There are basically two ways to get to Bordeaux. You can fly to Bordeaux International Airport. Or you can take the train. Both are good but I prefer taking the train. Even if you live outside of France taking a train is a good choice. It only takes some three hours on the train from […]
The importance of always carrying a flash-light when wine touring in Bordeaux
Perhaps the most important thing that you should make sure that you pack when you go wine touring is a pair of comfortable walking shoes. Another thing that you may want to bring is a good flashlight. Flashlight? Yes. Why? I’ll come to that in a minute. Go right or go left? Both! There are […]
A day in the Medoc: wine, food and Phelan Segur
Bordeaux is not only many aristocratic chateaux but also excellent wines and nice people For a visitor, Bordeaux can give the impression of a very unwelcoming place: few winery tasting rooms, few signs at the big chateaux proclaiming “open for wine tasting”, no winery restaurants… And very aristocratic with all the impressive châteaux. But if […]
Harvest wine in Bordeaux in September
In September we have a three day wine tour of Bordeaux where half a day is dedicated to manual labour in the vineyard: harvesting grapes. This is a tour that we currently offer on our scheduled program for Scandinavian wine travellers and that we offer as custom tour in English. But don’t worry – we […]
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