Avalon Wine Tours
PO Box 3004 Newport Beach CA 92659 US
Telephone +1 949 673-7376
Twitter- @PeterAtAvalon
SEPTEMBER
With a group of 6 or more, you can request a custom date and personalize your visits or you can join a scheduled group tour.
MAY
With a group of 6 or more, you can request a custom date and personalize your visits or you can join a scheduled group tour.
JUNE
With a group of 6 or more, you can request a custom date and personalize your visits or you can join a scheduled group tour.
Tour Includes:
7 nights Accommodation
7 Breakfasts
5 Lunches with fine wines
4 Dinners with fine wines
Transportation during tour by air-conditioned vehicle
Services of bi-lingual chauffeur/wine expert
All winery visits as outlined in itinerary
From $4795.00 per person / double occupancy
$800.00 single supplement
Exclusive visits to the best producers, luxurious accommodation and gourmet meals – plus, an exclusive “insider’s" invite to one of Bordeaux’s greatest invitation only dinners. You will see the vines in bloom whilst enjoying the decadence of a luxury vacation!
Hosted by Peter Smith, the owner of Avalon Tours, and his professional staff. A Bordeaux expert and personal friend of the winemakers we visit, Peter's empathy with the French people will ease you comfortably into their culture.
A very special tour, including an invitation
to celebrate the flowering of the vines with the Jurade, the Winemakers’ Brotherhood of St. Emilion that can trace its roots back over 1100 years of history. Enjoy St. Emilion, Bordeaux's prettiest, walled Mediaeval village filled with art galleries and wine shops.
In addition, you will benefit from Peter's membership of the Jurade of St. Emilion as you join him at the Festival banquet of the Confrèrie of Winemakers of St. Emilion. A private six course extravaganza, accompanied naturally by a dozen or so of St. Emilion's finest wines, this is the ultimate way to celebrate a week of visiting the world’s most famous wine country!
Immerse yourself in Bordeaux in the company of the World’s most talented winemakers!
Unique Luxurious Accommodation:
A small hotel overlooking the vineyards of Chateau Margaux with an excellent restaurant - a charming hotel in a tranquil setting, five minutes’ walk from the center of the village.
A 19th century château and its luxurious annexes, located just outside the mediaeval village of St. Emilion in the middle of the vineyards. This hotel boasts a wonderful gourmet restaurant as a fully-equipped spa!
Gourmet meals in exceptional places as:
The Lion d’Or, the Médoc’s most famous bistro – great food and great atmosphere!
The St. Julien – locals rate owner Claude the best chef in the Médoc…
Lunch in the private dining room of Monsieur Dourthe, owner of Chateau Maucaillou.
Le Sapriens, next to the vineyards of Chateau Guiraud in the village of Sauternes.
St. Emilion’s Clos du Roi – tiny but exceptional!
Tasting at the top Chateaux of the region:
Chateau Haut-Brion, Lagrange, Leoville Poyferré, Chateau Mouton Rothschild, Lynch-Bages, Margaux, Maucauillou, Pichon-longueville, Smith Haut-Laffite, Chateau Suduiraut, Laniote, Chateau Quinault, Chateau Gazin or others of your choice.
Bordeaux's Greatest Winemakers
Tour Includes:
7 nights Accommodation
7 Breakfasts
5 Lunches with fine wines
4 Dinners with fine wines
Transportation during tour by air-conditioned minivan
Services of bi-lingual chauffeur/wine expert
All winery visits as outlined in itinerary
From $6495.00 per person / double occupancy
$1150.00 single supplement
Private visits to the best producers, luxurious accommodation and gourmet meals – plus, an exclusive “insider’s" invite to one of Bordeaux’s greatest festivals. You’ll see the action of the harvest whilst enjoying the decadence of a luxury vacation!
Hosted by Peter Smith, the owner of Avalon Tours, and his professional staff. Peter has developed a profound knowledge of winemaking that has earned him the respect and friendship of many of the top winemakers around the globe.
We cover all of the major Bordeaux appellations, and end in St. Emilion, the prettiest, walled Mediaeval wine village, to enjoy its most important festival of the year. Fireworks, dancing, theater and horsedrawn carts laden with free wine throughout the village, at the Fête des Patrimoines.
To finish in style, you will benefit from Peter's membership of the Jurade of St. Emilion, as you join him at the Festival banquet of the Confrèrie of Winemakers of St. Emilion. A six course luncheon where each year a top chateau hosts the events wine. This is an invitation only event and is the ultimate way to end a week of visiting the world’s most famous wine country!
Bordeaux Harvest with Fete des Vendanges
Bordeaux & St. Emilion's
Fete des Printemps
Tour Includes:
7 nights Accommodation
7 Breakfasts
5 Lunches with fine wines
4 Dinners with fine wines
Transportation during tour by air-conditioned minivan
Services of bi-lingual chauffeur/wine expert
All winery visits as outlined in itinerary
$6495.00 per person / double occupancy
Single Supplement: $1100.00
The glass forest after the Fete des Fleur meal!
Bordeaux Tours
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