Bordeaux is buzzing! Lonely Planet has just announced their new ‘Best in Travel 2017’ – and Bordeaux is the number one city to visit in 2017, ahead of Cape Town, Los Angeles and Mexico. A fantastic result: France finally stepping …
A great number of tourists come to Bordeaux specially to discover the wine harvests – and some even take the opportunity to work at the ‘vendanges’ (harvest) themselves as grape pickers, pruners, or sack-carriers. For this unique experience, you need …
Mid-September, and it’s harvest time in the vineyards of Bordeaux! After a few days’ preparation, we finally took the plunge and saw our first day of grape-picking in the vineyards. A wonderful, emotional experience – the result of a year’s …
Today we took our visitors for a bike ride around Saint Emilion, stopping off at along the way to visit the area. As usual, we weren’t in a hurry to get around, taking our time cycle along, and often getting …