There’s a magical place inside the medieval walls of Saint-Émilion. A place where vines climb the 14th century walls of a partially ruined cloister. A place that is more than meets the eye, with a labyrinth of underground tunnels stretching for 3 kilometers in the bowels of Saint-Émilion. It’s Les Cordeliers and that labyrinth beneath it is where sparkling wines…
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Les Cordeliers: The Bordeaux Sparkling Wine Made in the Champagne Method
Essential Apps for Your Trip to Bordeaux
Apps can make our lives so much easier. We don’t know how we lived before apps like Google Maps, WhatsApp and a slew of other apps we use in both our everyday lives and while traveling. But there’s also so many apps out there, it’s sometimes impossible to know which ones are actually useful. That’s why we’ve put together this…
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The Two Châteaux Tour at Château La Croizille
High up on one of the prettiest hillsides of Saint-Émilion at nearly the highest point in the appellation, two vastly different châteaux sit side-by-side. The modern orange and black Château La Croizille is remarkable for its architecture, and couldn’t be more different from the neighboring traditional Château Tour Baladoz. Both are owned by the De Schepper family, and the unique…
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Château Pape Clément: 5 Senses Luxury Wine Experience
Bordeaux is one of the most renowned wine regions in the world, yet not long ago it wasn’t a place you came to for wine tourism. The gates to Bordeaux’s majestic chateaux were firmly closed and the majority of the wine is sold En Primeur (a system of pre-selling the wine long before its ever even bottled that has been…
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Château Marquis de Terme: 1855 Grand Cru Classé Tasting
Château Marquis de Terme is a legendary Bordeaux winery and one of the Fourth Growths on the famous 1855 Classification of Bordeaux wines. Family-owned by the Seneclauze family since 1935, the history dates back much further with twists and turns including creation out of a marriage dowry. Sitting on the doorstep of Margaux, Château Marquis de Terme is emblematic of…
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