DESTINATIONS BORDEAUX CRUISE
Viking includes dinner with wine in a château in the Médoc; Uniworld has a tour to St Émilion from Libourne, followed by a visit to a premier cru wine cellar, where passengers learn about the production before a tasting. New next year, Scenic has a
tour and tasting of grand cru wine at Château Franc Mayne from Libourne. The trip is part of a revised eight-day Bordeaux Affair itinerary, including a new, exclusive four-course dinner – with wine of course – at Château Giscours in the Médoc. Prices start from £1,995, departing April 30, 2017, including flights and transfers if booked by June 25. For enthusiastic oenophiles,
suggest one of AmaWaterways’ themed Taste of Bordeaux wine cruises. The company has eight to come this year and another eight in 2017. These are accompanied by experts from some of California’s top wineries, who lead
These cruises have plenty to attract clients with only a passing interest in the noble grape
complimentary trips to vineyards and host tastings on board. Prices start from £1,899 for seven nights departing March 30, 2017, including flights and transfers.
w BEYOND THE CELLAR Although wine is a big pull, these cruises have plenty to attract clients with only a passing interest in the noble grape. St Emilion, for instance, is a pretty town, worth visiting to explore its narrow streets and the underground remains of a
monolithic church. Next door is a cave where the eponymous Benedictine monk, St Emilion, is said to have lived. From Libourne, tours go
to Bergerac, a town that has adopted Cyrano de Bergerac (the man with an oversized snout who inspired the eponymous play by Edmond Rostand) as its most
ABOVE: St Emilion
famous son, even though there is no evidence he ever visited. A walking tour of Bergerac
takes passengers through narrow streets adorned with half- timbered houses and colourful bistros serving the duck this town is famous for, to the indoor market and Eglise Notre Dame. Uniworld schedules its arrival
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