BORDEAUX WEEKEND ESCAPE FOR WINE LOVERS

BORDEAUX WEEKEND ESCAPE FOR WINE LOVERS with Andrew Azzopardi

WHEN: 19/10/24 – 23/10/24

VISITING:

Bordeaux, Cité du Vin, Château Meyney, Château Angludet, St Emilion, Chateau Fonplegade

SATURDAY 19TH OCTOBER,

We meet at the airport at 13:10 for our Ryanair flight departing at 15:50. On arrival at 18:30 we will be transferred to our 4-star Hotel Indigo Bordeaux Centre Chartons – IHG hotel in the heart of the Chartons district. After check-in, you will have free time to explore the area at your leisure.

SUNDAY 20TH OCTOBER

After breakfast, we will walk to the Cité du Vin, which is a unique cultural centre dedicated to the universal living heritage of wine. It is considered as an amusement park for wine lovers. The museum offers an interactive journey into the wine world that includes videos, touch screens, sensory tables, interesting stories, music and more. We will have an audio guide, throughout the permanent exhibition placed on the second floor which takes you through many wine regions in the world. In this journey, you learn about wine history, culture, and different grapes and wines. The visit ends at the Belvedere, which offers a breathtaking panoramic view of Bordeaux. After the museum, you will have free time for lunch in the centre, after which we will meet a local guide who will take us around for a historical walking tour of Bordeaux. After the tour, we will have free time to continue exploring the city at our own leisure and dine at any preferred nearby restaurant.

MONDAY 21ST OCTOBER

After Breakfast, we will be transferred to Château Meyney where we will enjoy a private wine tasting (included), and learn everything about their wine-making process as well as the history of the property. Afterwards, we will have lunch at Café Lavinal (extra), a warm and welcoming bistro serving traditional and tasty market-inspired menu made from regional produce. Afterwards will visit Pauillac for a walk around the place before our next wine tasting. Later in the afternoon we will be transferred to the Biodynamic producers Château Angludet in Margaux, where we will better understand how the ecosystem in which vineyards operate and also their different wine making techniques. We will be lucky enough to have Daisy Sichel who is the 7th generation of owners and winemakers in the Sichel family host us for a ‘cépages’ tasting at Château Angludet (included). We will have the opportunity to understand how blending works and taste each cépages (grape variety) from the 2019 vintage separately, as well as the final blend that was bottled for the year. After the tasting will be escorted into their garden for drinks and a private dinner at the Château (included). We would be treated to the typical Bordelaise suckling pig, slow roasting on the spit for around 4 hours. Château Angludet wine will be served throughout the evening. After dinner will be transferred to central Bordeaux to our hotel.

TUESDAY 22ND OCTOBER

After Breakfast, we will be transferred to St Emilion Château Fonplegade for our last wine tasting (included). After we will go for a late lunch (including excluding drinks) at the well-known bistro La Terrasse Rouge, famous for its red pebbles pool, which symbolizes the grapes fermenting into wine in the vat room beneath La Terrasse Rouge. After lunch we will visit the centre of St Emilion where we will be enjoying a walking tour with a local guide, to explore this quiet, medieval village located in the heart of the Bordeaux wine area. Late afternoon will be transferred back to central Bordeaux, where you will have time for personal sightseeing. One can opt to take a scenic river cruise on River Garonne in Bordeaux or visit the Cathedral Saint-Andre de Bordeaux or Park Majolan.

WEDNESDAY 23RD OCTOBER

Early check-out and will transferred to Bordeaux airport for our Ryanair flight departing at 8:55 am and arriving in Malta at 11:25 am

PRICE PER PERSON

Adult in Twin €1163

Adult in Single €1383

PRICE INCLUDES:

Ryanair return direct flights to Bordeaux airport.

4 nights in 4-star Hotel Indigo Bordeaux Centre Chartrons, an IHG Hotel

Rooms with private facilities, TV & A/C, fitness room, rooftop with bar & restaurant on 7th floor

Rich daily buffet breakfasts

All transfers mentioned in the programme

3 Wine tasting mentioned in the programme

1 Lunch at La Terrasses Rouge (excl. drinks)

1 Dinner at Château Angludet including wine

Entrance & Audio guided tour at Cité du Vin Museum

English-speaking guided walking tour in Bordeaux and St Emilion with a local guide

Services of a tour leader

Airport taxes & service charge

Insolvency fund

NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE:

City tax of €3.60 per person per day is to be paid directly at the hotel

Drinks during lunches and dinners are included in the program