— With historic names like Lafite and Latour, Palmer and Petrus, Cheval Blanc and Yquem, the vast Bordeaux region has always held a special fascination for lovers of fine wine. It's an incomparable week of unforgettable visits, tastings and dining at some of these legendary estates. You’ll be a welcome guest at properties not normally open to the public, personally introduced, by your respected hosts [James Lawther, John Salvi, Ronald Holden] to chateau owners, wine makers and cellar masters. Tasting barrel samples will guide your future appreciation, savoring older vintages will demonstrate the rewards of patient cellaring.

This trip provides you with a superb opportunity to discover the many facets that make up the broad “Bordeaux” appellation: the Médoc, the Graves, Saint Emilion, Pomerol, Sauternes, to name but the best-known. Whether you’re a collector or a wine lover eager to learn more, we'd be honored to have you join us for the opportunity of a lifetime. What you can expect:

   Private visits and tastings at First Growths (e.g. Margaux, Latour, Mouton). Also at less famous estates, whose wines we feel merit your close attention (Cheval Blanc, Pichon Lalande, Lynch Bages, Figeac).

  Extensive gastronomic and cultural visits. Lunches and dinners in Châteaux (Pichon Lalande, Cordeillan-Bages, Smith Haut-Lafitte), Michelin-starred restaurants, and grandes brasseries.

  Tastings, seminars and orientations hosted by Masters of Wine James Lawther and John Salvi

  Elegant hotels in Paris, Margaux, Bordeaux.

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  September 22nd to 29th -- This trip begins with a "Wine Weekend" in Paris hosted by Michael Broadbent and continues with five nights in Bordeaux, hosted Hosted by James Lather MW. $5,995 per guest.