Wine & Cognac Tour Bordeaux region (3 days)

3 Days Wine & Cognac Tour in the Bordeaux region (Thursday 24 September to Sunday 27 September) 

In the early fall the Bordeaux and Cognac regions are fully tuned for the upcoming harvest, la vendange. The smell of fermenting grapes is everywhere and tractors are riding off and on pulling huge lorries filled with grapes heading for the wineries. 

During the Wine & Cognac Tour of Domaine la Fontaine you can enjoy this special time of the year.

You’ll work along with the winemaker picking the grapes, you will visit a famous cognac house (such as Rémy Martin or Hennessey), a wine chateau, a craft coopery and off course you will get to taste magnificent wines and more. Early morning (on a voluntary basis) you will arrive at the vineyard where the wine farmer will teach you everything you need to know about the process from grape to bottle. And then en garde, you will start picking the grapes. You will witness the pressoir in which the grapes are being pressed and squeezed into juice. Following that an extensive farmer’s lunch will be served in the winery, between the huge barrels filled with fermenting juice.

The tour program:

- 3 nights stay, breakfast inclusive at Domaine la Fontaine

- a day with the wine farmer at the vineyard

- fascinating visits of a cognac house and a wine chateau with dégustation (tasting)

- a gripping tour at the coopery

- all meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

- all wines with those meals as well as during the tastings

If you have questions or if you would like to book directly, contact: info@domainelafontaine.com

More information: www.domainelafontaine.com