April 24-28, October 16-20, 2008

(PRIVATE GROUPS BY ARRANGEMENT AT OTHER TIMES)

 Our first dedicated Wine Experience in 2005 was a great success, rated as exceptional by our guests. What makes these events special is the combination of visits to some of the most famous châteaux with visits to smaller châteaux owned by great and passionate and articulate wine-makers. These are highly personal wine tours, possible because Ian Christians, proprietor of Orpheus & Bacchus, has owned properties in the Bordeaux area since 1994 and because the Orpheus & Bacchus Music & Wine Festival has organise châteaux visits since 1999. He is a Chevalier of the Confrerie of the Ste.Foy-Bordeaux Appellation.

From the time of your arrival until your departure, you will be immersed in the delights of the greatest wine-growing area in the world, with history that goes back hundreds of years.

You will visit famous châteaux such as Haut Brion, but you will also visit the châteaux of some of Ian’s friends, expert winemakers in their own right – Guy Lignac, whose Grand Cru Classe château is actually in the town of St.Emilion and has wonderful underground cellars in the catacombs under the town -  Stéphane Appelbaum, a most passionate and articulate communicator about the wines of St.Emilion and Bordeaux – Pierre Charlot, who makes wines in the Ste.Foy-Bordeaux Appellation that regularly win Coups de Coeur in the Guide Hachette. 

Of course, you will eat and drink well! The restaurants are carefully chosen and we have our own chef, Georges, to cook for us each evening, when we have a guest viticulteur, whose wines we will drink. Wines will go back to the famous 1982 vintage. All this in a house- party environment, with like-minded and sociable guests.

Programme for Spring 2008.

Thursday afternoon: Arrival and pick-up at Bordeaux/Bergerac/Libourne. Aperitifs, presentation and overview of Bordeaux wine region. Dinner with wines.

Friday: Pessac-Leognan and Sauternes. A.M. Visits to Châteaux Charmes Haut Brion and Haut Brion. P.M. Visits to  Châteaux d’Yquem and Caillou. Lunch in Sauternes.

Saturday: Médoc. Visit to  Châteaux Lynch Bages, Pichon Longueville Baron, Brane Cantenac. Gourmet lunch at Restaurant St.Julien in St.Julien.

Sunday:  St.Emilion. Visit to  Château des Chapelains (Ste.Foy Bordeax), then Châteaux Guadet St.Julien and Ch. Quercy. Lunch in the Square of St.Emilion.

Monday: Morning departure. (Optional visit with lunch to Ch. Monbazillac for late afternoon departures from Bergerac Airport £50 extra)

PRICE: £695 per person, inclusive of transfers, day visits, accommodation, all meals and wines, but excluding travel. Maximum number no. of guests 16. No single supplement. Please note autumn programmes may differ slightly due to vendange, details will be posted on website.

VENUE. Domaine du Faure, owned by Orpheus & Bacchus, is a restored 18th century estate set in 20 acres in the depths of peaceful French countryside, 25 minutes from St.Emilion, 50 minutes from Bordeaux.

TRAVEL. Low cost airlines operate to nearby Bordeaux or Bergerac Airports from Stansted, Gatwick (BA), Southampton, Bristol, Exeter, Birmingham, Leeds/Bradford, Nottingham, Liverpool, Manchester. Eurostar/TGV from London to Libourne. Booked well in advance, prices can be as low as £40 return.

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