Discover the subterranean cellars and winemaking secrets of the Bordeaux wine region on a half-day tour from Bordeaux. Admire sweeping vistas of the picturesque countryside as you travel by air-conditioned coach to prestigious wineries in the appellations of either Saint-Emillion or Mèdoc. Descend into the ancient cellars and see oak barrels of refined wines before marveling at expansive sprawls of vineyards. Pamper your palate with delicious samples of wine and gain fascinating insight into the wines’ delicate flavors and meticulous manufacture.

Discover Bordeaux's winemaking history and heritage with your guide
Explore winemaking territories such as Médoc, Saint-Emillion, and Sauternes
Tour the cellars and stroll through the vineyards of some of Bordeaux’s age-old wineries
Taste the wines for yourself and gain an insight into their delicate flavors
Travel by air-conditioned coach

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What's Included

Wine tasting (volume according French regulations)
Professional guide (who will be speaking both French and English during the tour)
Air-conditioned vehicle
Entrance fee to the monolithic church of Saint-Emilion

Gratuities
Food and drinks, unless specified
Hotel pickup and drop off

Meeting And Pickup

Meeting point

Office de Tourisme et des Congrès de Bordeaux Métropole
12 Cr du 30 Juillet, 33000 Bordeaux, France
Please be present at 1.15pm. Departure of the tour at 1.30pm, return 6.30pm.-- Wine region visited: Monday: Saint-Emilion and surroundings - Tuesday : Medoc - Wednesday: Graves & Sauternes - Thrusday: Bourg & Blaye - Friday: Entre-deux-Mers - Saturday: Medoc - Sunday: Saint-Emilion

Start time

01:30 PM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

After pickup from a centrally located spot, escape the metropolitan bustle of Bordeaux and travel to lands of verdant vineyards in an air-conditioned coach. Marvel as the views from your coach transform from city sprawl to a spellbinding natural tableau of rolling hills and beautiful vineyards, and listen as your guide offers fascinating insight into the rich geological and historical heritage of the winemaking region, which dates back to the 8th century.

Depending on the day of your tour, visit two different wineries and vineyards unless touring St-Emilion. See the picturesque territories of each region and delve into the underground cellars of the wineries to taste refined samples produced on the property.

The return to your vehicle and relax during the journey back to central Bordeaux.

Saint-Emilion

On Mondays and Sundays guided visit of Saint-Emilion village and its amazing underground church followed by of a wine château and a tasting of 2 wines from the estate The entrance fee for the underground monuments is included

4 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Margaux

On Tuesdays & Saturdays excursion in the Medoc with a visit to 2 properties of different type (family, grand cru classé, cru bourgeois) and tasting of 2 wines at each château (the cellars, the vat room, the stages of wine making, how to taste, the grape varieties, the aromas and any question related to wine). ---- The partner châteaux are different on each date depending on their availability. They are located throughout the Médoc and we try to go to 2 different appellations.---- Visiting and tasting rights are included.

4 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
This tour is open to adults over 18 only
Please note the tour is conducted in English and French at the same time
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
This tour is made to give a good overview of the Bordeaux vineyards
A minimum of 10 people is required to confirm the tour; in case minimum numbers are not reached we will offer to reschedule or refund
Please book at least 24h in advance as the tour is very successfull

The wine region and the wine chateaux are changing every day
Tuesdays & Saturdays: Medoc 2 wineries and wine tasting
Wednesdays: Graves & Sauternes 2 wineries and wine tasting
Fridays: Entre-deux-Mers 2 wineries and wine tasting
Sundays & Mondays : Saint-Emilion 1 chateau + the village and the underground church
Thursdays: Blaye & Bourg 2 wineries and wine tasting
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 50 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Reviews

3.5

377 reviews

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I found our guide on the...

Catherine_T, Oct 2022

I found our guide on the bus was excellent and also the guy Vicente. In the second vineyard was brilliant

Really enjoyed the trip,...

Amanda_A, Oct 2022

Really enjoyed the trip, the staff were informative and friendly. Would definitely recommend it to family and friends

The 2nd winery visited...

Carolyn_C, Oct 2022

The 2nd winery visited was beautiful and perfect for photos. The grounds were well kept and inviting. The first winery of the trip was nowhere as appealing.

1 traveler found this review helpful

Fun intro to the Bordeaux region.

Abumere_I, Oct 2022

It was a good trip. I enjoyed the vineyards and the host was good. After reading the reviews I was skeptical but it was worth it. Be sure to look at the schedule because it’s different vineyards for different days of the week. Downside was we didn’t leave early.

Not the wine tour we hoped for

Vanessa_H, Aug 2022

My friend and I were quite disappointed with this tour. The bulk of the time was spent getting to the wine region, then a lot of time touring the grounds and waiting for all questions to be answered, and then minimal time spent actually drinking the wine. The samples themselves were quite tiny - we probably had a glass of wine total between all 4 of the wines we tasted all day. Not what we were expecting at all.

2 travelers found this review helpful

Bordeaux

Jennifer_D, Jul 2022

good experience everything was as expected and outlined in description I don't appreciate having to write a novel to explain

We throughly enjoyed the...

Robert_B, Jun 2022

We throughly enjoyed the tour especially Baudan the passion & love this lovely family have for making their wine for me comes through in the wine. The late arrival back of almost 1 hour caused us to miss our train. The last one of the evening back to La Rochelle. The tour guide in our opinion should be ensuring that the tour stays running on time. We had to find a hotel in Bourdeaux as well as purchase another train ticket for the morning.........these expenses were not planned for so it left a damper on our experience especially when the bus driver said "you shouldn't have booked a train ticket"....one plans their holiday & their tours.

Not what I expected

Marlowe_P, Jun 2022

The guide on this tour was really lovely, knowledgeable and did a great job at sharing the same info both in English and French. The trip to Saint Émilion was a nice surprise, though a warning about the very steep descent to the underground church would have been nice to have in advance. I was quite disappointed with the wine tour part of the tour as we only went to one winery, only got two tastings and it was very disorganized. Not enough places for everyone to sit - or be in the same room. Hardly the tasting I’m used to in other parts of the world. There wasn’t even break or water to cleanse the pallet. Overall, the tour was OK.

Not a vineyards tour

Chloe_B, May 2022

This is a tour of Saint Emilion with a single vineyard tour and only one brief wine tasting (with two small glasses of wine). The name of this tour suggests you visit multiple vineyards with wine tastings, but that is not the case. The guide (Frederic) was good and very articulate in French and English, and seeing the underground saint emilion church was interesting, but the tour was not as advertised.

1 traveler found this review helpful

Not a wine tasting tour.

Claire_F, May 2022

This tour is definitely NOT what you think. By all means if you’re not into wine but want to visit a nice town and walk around a winery learning about the process then go for it. Anyone else, I do not recommend this tour at all for reasons I will explain. I came for a wine tasting tour and went to ONE winery for two tasting servings of wine. TWO! (Advertised to visit two wineries also by the way) The tour Left Bordeaux at 1330 and wine didn’t pass our lips until about 1700! Really the operator should not call this a wine tasting tour, it’s really a history tour. Granted the visit to the town of St Emillion was nice but most of the tour was actually spent here and not at winery. I and my husband ended up just leaving the tours visit to a church to pay for a wine in the main square so we could start experiencing the local wine. We then went to the one winery of the so called wine tour with the group. Most of it was spent touring the grounds and getting the history of the place, how the wine is made etc which of course is part of the course though it was very long. We got our two meagre wine samples at the end of all this then home. I am very passionate about wine and have been on many wine tours in Australia, New Zealand and the US. I would advise anyone that wants to really explore and experience tasting various wines in the region to hopefully find something else. Contact the tour operator to find out how many tastings, wineries etc so you know what to expect. My husband and I were bitterly disappointed. Avoid if you’re planning on drinking more than two tasting servings of wine on an entire ‘wine tasting’ tour.

2 travelers found this review helpful

The village of St Emilion...

Jayanti_D, Oct 2021

The village of St Emilion was nice to visit but the winery tour was disappointing because it was a modern winery and did not bring out the romance of wine making in all it's traditional glory..the cellers were not underground and the person explaning was very poor in English while the language of the tour was supposed to be English.

1 traveler found this review helpful

Visiting the winery was...

Rita_m, Oct 2021

Visiting the winery was the highlight. The owners were charming and informative! Wish we could have visited another winery with another tasting.

1 traveler found this review helpful

HIGHLY RECOMMEND

Ginelle_B, Sep 2020

This was excellent! Christine was a gem and we really appreciated the warmth and interaction . Highly recommended

If you speak French recommended

Diana_D, Sep 2020

Ok but for native French speakers. Translate was not accurate and waste of time in translation. Wine was good

Amazing

Negin_R, Mar 2020

Beautiful view, amazing experience and it was really comfortable for a solo traveler like me! I really enjoyed it, thank you!

1 traveler found this review helpful

the guide was amazing and shared so much with us

Mohamad_S, Feb 2020

excellent tour for the price you pay - we went for half day to the Médoc region. good and cheap way to quickly visit the region and learn so much from the guide about the different wines and Chateau. it also included a tasting of 4 wines at 2 different chateau!

1 traveler found this review helpful

Wine tasting in February

edelcallaghan5, Feb 2020

A lovely day out - got to see a lot of the Bordeaux region, Glass on wine and onion soup in St Emilion village

Too much talking, not enough tasting.

ashaleemd, Feb 2020

The tour involved just so much talking and history of wine. We didn't really get to taste much, just two wines per vinyard, after standing in cold store rooms for more than an hour each.

1 traveler found this review helpful

It was ok!

goa_ele_love, Oct 2019

It was ‘ok’. The tour guide talked the whole journey, and I mean non-stop, which was a bit annoying. When we arrived at St Emilion, a few of us went to the toilet and told her we were, and asked she wait for us so we could join the tour to the underground church, which was optional. She said ‘yes’ of course, but despite us only taking a few minutes, she walked off without us. We literally had to run to catch up. Don’t say yes, but then leave! The underground church viewing took far too long. What started as interesting, quickly became boring. I’d strongly recommend you opt out and spend the time in the town instead. There’s nothing of interest in there. It’s dark, dank, cold and like I said, biting after about 10 mins. I think we were in there for about half hour!!! We tried to get out but the door was locked, so had to endure it. I wish we’d gone for a glass of wine or shopping in the pretty town instead. We then had about 20 mins in the town before boarding the coach again to go for wine tasting. Again, it was just ok. To call it wine tasting is overdoing it. It was literally a ‘drip’ of wine. We got to test two wines. Nobody expects a glass of wine, not even half or quarter of a glass, but honestly, despite not being a ‘drinker’, it barely wet my lips. Very disappointing. Many people were saying the same thing! It was nice to visit St Emilion, even if briefly. I’d have liked to score higher and be more enthusiastic about it but I can’t.

Pleasant evening for wine tasting

antwniailia, Oct 2019

Beautiful feedback across the whole trip about wine and châteaux. A day to spent if you are in Bordeaux.

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