2018 Bordeaux ItineraryWalter Eagleton2017-11-30T09:22:37-06:00
Sunday, September 23 – Saturday, September 29, 2018
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“If you could visit the best of the best….? If you could taste the best wines in the World…? We have access to the top Chateaux and will organize the best Tours. Many of the best Chateaux are not accessible. They do not open their doors to visitors to taste and look around. We have great links through the wine trade as well as being in the area for many years to be able to get access to the best.” Hamish Wakes-Miller, Bella Wine Tours
Sunday
We will meet you at Bordeaux St Jean TGV station and transport you by large private air conditioned van to your Chateau home for the week. Enjoy a meet-and-greet featuring locally produced wines. Then relax until it is time for a Gourmet Welcome Dinner by Le Cordon Bleu Paris Chef Walter and Artistic Gourmet Adventures.
Monday
After breakfast at the Chateau, we will begin our week with a day of merlot exploration Our professional guide from Bella Wine Tours. He will treat us to a full visit to the cellars at Chateau de la Riviere, our home for the week, followed by a tasting of three wines.
After this wonderful experience, we will drive on in our private van to Pomerol and visit and taste at a top Pomerol Chateau. Then on to Saint Emilion where we will *lunch in the old village of Saint Emilion and have time afterwards to explore the old cobbled streets, the churches and to sample some maccarons! Feeling content we will then move on to a top Saint Emilion Chateau for a full visit and tasting at a Grand Cru Classe (or maybe a Premier). We will then return to Chateau.
Breakfast and dinner provided by Le Cordon Bleu Paris Chef Walter and the Artistic Gourmet Adventures Staff.
Tuesday
Breakfast and then we will explore the surrounding towns in the lovely Bordeaux countryside.
Breakfast and dinner provided by Le Cordon Bleu Paris Chef Walter and the Artistic Gourmet Adventures Staff.
Wednesday
After an early breakfast at the Chateau, we depart for the Medoc area and begin a full day of exploring some cabernet based reds and some famous Chateaux in Margaux, St.Julien and Pauillac. We will visit one Grand Cru Classe Chateau in the morning including a full visit followed by a tasting. *Lunch will be in a small family owned restaurants in the village of St. Julien. We will then visit two more Grand Cru Classe Chateaux in the afternoon. Each Chateau will show a contrast in style and always top quality. Upon completion, we will return to the Chateau in the early evening.
Breakfast and dinner provided by Le Cordon Bleu Paris Chef Walter and the Artistic Gourmet Adventures Staff.
Thursday
Today, after breakfast we will drive a short distance to discover the beautiful city of Bordeaux. Thursday is market day in Bordeaux and this is a wonderful experience of sights, flavors and delicious aromas! In historical times, around 300 BC it was the settlement of a Celtic tribe, the Bituriges Vivisci, who named the town Burdigala, probably of Aquitanian origin. The name Bourde is still the name of a river south of the city. The 18th century was the golden age of Bordeaux. Many downtown buildings (about 5,000), including those on the quays, are from this period. Victor Hugo found the town so beautiful he once said: “Take Versailles, add Antwerp, and you have Bordeaux”. Baron Haussmann, a long-time prefect of Bordeaux, used Bordeaux’s 18th-century large-scale rebuilding as a model when he was asked by Emperor Napoleon III to transform a then still quasi-medieval Paris into a “modern” capital that would make France proud.
Breakfast and dinner provided by Le Cordon Bleu Paris Chef Walter and the Artistic Gourmet Adventures Staff.
Friday
After breakfast we will rejoin our guide for another day exploring the Graves and Sauternes area at three top quality Chateaux tasting some incredible dry whites, reds and sweet wines.
Breakfast and dinner provided by Le Cordon Bleu Paris Chef Walter and the Artistic Gourmet Adventures Staff.
Saturday
Breakfast then transportation to a local train station for your return home (or your next destination).
Breakfast provided by Le Cordon Bleu Paris Chef Walter and the Artistic Gourmet Adventures Staff.
Due to the exclusivity and prestige of this Adventure, we must have 5 Adventurers booked to conduct this Adventure, but we can accommodate up to 8 Adventurers.
