Bordeaux Wine Tours

Passport Gourmet creates custom planned itineraries and private day or overnight tours with English speaking sommeliers. After pick up from the Bordeaux train station or your accommodation, you will visit excellent small family wine growers, great vineyard estates, and enjoy the local cuisine.

Vineyards in Medoc and Graves

The Medoc and Graves areas on the Left Bank produce many of the world's finest red wines in the Margaux, Pauillac, Saint-Estèphe, Pessac-Legonan appellations. The Médoc lies between the Atlantic Ocean and the left bank of the Gironde estuary. It is made up of 3 kinds of terroirs: Garonne gravel, Pyrenean gravel, and clay and limestone soils.  Cabernet Sauvignon is known here for its structure, tannins as well as intense aromas of blackcurrant, liquorice, and after some ageing the finesse of underwood.


Vineyards in St. Emilion and Pomerol

Wines made in St. Emilion and Pomerol on the Right Bank tend to be Merlot and Cabernet Franc dominant.  Merlot originally from Aquitaine, is the most common grape variety in the Bordelaise vineyards.  It is blended most of the time with Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cabernet Franc, the oldest grape variety, for freshness and finesse with notes of raspberry and violet.


Short Breaks / Overnight Stays

Immerse yourself into Bordeaux wine culture on an overnight stay and discover "your own personal style". Enjoy luxury hotels, wine tastings, gastronomic cuisine, and strolls through vineyards and magnificent estates. Vineyard visits are led by an English speaking guide who will explain the local soil, terroir, vines, grape varieties, and methods of production.


Expertise

For nearly 20 years, we have offered exclusive trips, throughout France's world renowned wine growing regions. We constantly develop new relationships with grower vineyards and famous Houses with the goal to surprise and delight our clients.

Wine Festival June 27 - 30, 2024

Bordeaux Events Calendar

27-30 JUNE 2024. THE BORDEAUX WINE FESTIVAL

Historic Painting of Bordeaux Port

Shore Tours

Port Bordeaux operates six cruise terminals at Ambes, Bassens, Bordeaux, Blaye, Le Verdon, and Pauillac. Smaller-sized luxury ships like Splendor Star Legend, MS Europa 2, riverboats and mega yachts dock in the city center like at Port de la Lune.

Historic Painting of Bordeaux Port at Sunset

Pessac-Léognan located just south of the city, is conveniently located for passengers with limited time and a love of well structured Cabernet dominant fine red wines. The wines are well balanced wine with both fruit-forward notes and the depth and complexity brought by the earthy and mineral undertones. As part of the Graves sub-region, has its unique characteristics and a distinctive terroir influenced by its proximity to the city and the Garonne River. Notable vineyards include: Chateau Haut Brion, Chateau Haut-Bailly and Chateau De Leognan.

Chateau and Gardens

Wine Heritage

Dating back two millennia, and home to magnificent medieval, renaissance, and Chartreuse Chateaux estates, which produce some of the best wines in the world.Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cabernet Franc are the main red grapes varieties, which produce fruity, full bodied, round, powerful, and elegant wines.