A lovely lie-in this morning ahead of our day in St Emilion. We watched the sun rise over the autumnal trees as we cruised up the Dordogne to Libourne. The Dordogne is both a river and a region. Libourne itself is an historic bastide town, founded in 1270 by Roger…
Monday’s vineyard excursion from CroisiEurope’s MS Cyrano de Bergerac riverboat into the Medoc region is very good and well worth the 68 EUR. The price includes the coach ride, guided tour and wine tastings. All excursions are extra and most days there’s a choice between ‘leisurely’ and ‘more active’ options.…
Part 6 of our guide to French wines heads to North East France to a region that has popped in and out of Germany several times in its history. Alsace has a colourful past of division as rival French and German forces fought to claim the land. The region’s now…
Hot on the heels of our guide to French liqueurs comes our next major blog series about French wine. This 8-part guide looks at the 7 main wine-producing regions in France before taking a snapshot of some of the country’s lesser known tipples. A wine guide to a country that…
