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 […]
Tag Archives | Medoc
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 […]
Latest travel blog posts
Discover both the wine-lands and the country of New Zealand | wine tou
New Zealand is far away. Far from everything. Therefore, thi[...]
An unforgettable tour and meetings with amazing people | wine tour in
South Africa has so much to offer that it is difficult to kn[...]
Champagne should be served in the right glasses | wine tour
If you order a glass of champagne in France, you often ask f[...]
Champagne stories and history enhances the wine experience | wine tour
About 2 billion bottles of sparkling wine are produced in th[...]
Three generations of pioneers at Champagne J Lassalle | Britt on Forbe
Champagne J. Lassalle started to export to the United States[...]
The unlikely and unexpected variation in New Zealand | wine tour
When you start up on the North Island in Auckland and finish[...]
New on BKWine Magazine
- (New?) rules for natural wines?
- “Few books have made me long for southern France like this one” – about our new Languedoc-Roussillon book
- An excursion among the Riesling wines 2018 from the Mosel
- South African wines are changing thanks to these five brilliant winemakers (and others) | Britt on Forbes
- Fredholms Vineyard receives medals again
