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By Free Walking tours Bordeaux
Free cancellation available
Price is €65 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

    • Learn how a sommelier decodes wines in a blind tasting
    • Learn how to remember the names of wine villages in Bordeaux
    • Discover why French wine labelling is so difficult to understand

Activity location

    • Bordeaux
    • Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • 64 Quai des Chartrons, 33300 Bordeaux, France | Your guide will be holding a Turquoise Umbrella in his hand
    • Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

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Bordeaux: Wine History Tour with Tasting

  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Starting time: 14:00
Price details
€65.00 x 1 Adult€65.00
Total
Price is €65.00
Until Tue, 27 Oct

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    4 glasses of organic Bordeaux wine paired with 3 cheeses
  • Inclusions
    1 white wine, 2 red wines and 1 sweet wine
  • Inclusions
    Wine history on the walking tour
  • Inclusions
    A wine expert or sommelier will show you around
  • Exclusions
    Extra glasses of wine in the wine bar
  • Exclusions
    Please be aware that we will not enter any monuments during the walking tour and that some monuments are only seen from a distance while you hear their stories and explanations

Know before you book

    • Not suitable for: Children under 18 years, Pregnant women
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

What you can expect

  • Let's discover the most fascinating quartier of Bordeaux. It is called Chartrons and dates back 300 years when the wine merchants arrived in Bordeaux. We will walk for almost an hour to discover the neighbourhood of Chartrons and the riverside of Bordeaux with beautiful views. You will learn on this tour:
    • About the different grape varieties
    • How to read a French wine bottle label
    • Why bottles are 75 cL
    • About important wine classifications
    • And much more

    At the end, we will do a blind tasting of 4 wines from the Bordeaux appellation, paired with 3 French cheeses in a local wine bar.

Location

Activity location

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    • Bordeaux
    • Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • 64 Quai des Chartrons, 33300 Bordeaux, France | Your guide will be holding a Turquoise Umbrella in his hand
    • Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France