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Discover Bordeaux and its wines at the Bordeaux Wine Festival

[ June 26, 2008; June 27, 2008; June 28, 2008; June 29, 2008; ] From 26 to 29 June 2008 , a “wine road” will run along the Garonne river from the historic city centre of Bordeaux through the heart of the Bordeaux region’s vineyards, with wine and local food tastings, son-et-lumiere, music and firework displays.

A €13.00 euro (£11) wine pass will buy you 12 wine tastings, while

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June 5th, 2008 | Category: 24 Dordogne, 33 Gironde, 47 Lot et Garonne, Aquitaine, Bergerac, Bordeaux wines, Côtes de Duras AOC, France Events, FrenchFood, Vineyards, Wine Festivals | One comment

Stay on a Bordeaux vineyard – Chateau Bauduc

One of the growing band of British winemakers in France is the Quinney family at Chateau Bauduc near Creon (33 Gironde, Aquitaine).
As well as delivering to private customers in the UK, we supply some of the country’s leading chefs: our Bordeaux Blanc has been the house wine at all Gordon Ramsay’s restaurants for eight consecutive

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May 21st, 2008 | Category: 33 Gironde, Bordeaux, Gites/Villas, Stay on a vineyard | Leave a comment

British Winemakers turned French Vignerons

Jancis Robinson in the Financial Times (12 May 08) talks about the growing number of Brits who have followed their dream and bought a vineyard in France.
It is hardly surprising then that a substantial proportion of the hundreds of thousands of Brits who own French property have been tempted by the apparently bucolic life of

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May 14th, 2008 | Category: 11 Aude, 24 Dordogne, 32 Gers, 33 Gironde, 34 Herault, 42 Loire, 47 Lot et Garonne, 69 Rhone, 84 Vaucluse, Armagnac and Cognac, Bergerac, Bordeaux, Cognac Armagnac, Coteaux du Languedoc, Cotes Roannaises, Cotes de Gascogne, Côtes de Duras AOC, Côtes du Rhône, France, Limoux, Saussignac, Vin de Pays d'Oc, Winemakers | 3 comments

Lamb and Claret in Pauillac

[ May 18, 2008; ] Pauillac (33 Gironde, Aquitaine) celebrates a wonderful pairing – Spring Lamb and claret – well the wines of the commune of Pauillac AC – a small village and port in the Medoc which also has the distinction of hosting 3 of the 5 “first growths” in the 1855 classification of Bordeaux wines – Chateaux Lafite,

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May 6th, 2008 | Category: 33 Gironde, France Events, Markets, Pauillac | Leave a comment

Apartment to rent in central Bordeaux

Bordeaux is a vibrant and elegant city with its wine and maritime heritage and many improvements to make the place more visitor-friendly in recent years. With plenty of budget airline flights into Bordeaux from the UK and an untold number of vineyards and chateaux to visit (some within the city limits) this could make an

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April 9th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: 33 Gironde, Accommodation France, Bordeaux wines, Gites/Villas | One comment

Medoc Chateaux open their doors

[ April 12, 2008 to April 13, 2008. ]

Its “Portes Ouvertes” in the Medoc on 12-13 April 2008. In this famous and celebrated wine region numerous chateaux will be holding open house in the prime appellations of Medoc, Haut-Medoc, St Estephe, Pauillac, Moulis-en-Medoc, Listrac-Medoc and Margaux.
This prized area which stretches north from Bordeaux up to the Pointe de Grave between the Atlantic

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March 18th, 2008 | Category: 33 Gironde, Aquitaine, Bordeaux wines, France, France Events, Medoc, Pauillac, Wine Festivals, Wines of France | Leave a comment
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