Bordeaux Vineyards Wine Tasting Half-Day Trip

Bordeaux, France

Take a guided tour of wine chateaux in the main Bordeaux appellation on any day of the week. The properties visited change every week and are not restricted to the following schedule:

• Monday: Blaye / Bourg
• Tuesday: Bordeaux / Entre-Deux-Mers
• Wednesday: November 16 - March 31: Graves and Sauternes
• Wednesday: April 01 - November 15: Saint-Emilion
• Thursday: Medoc
• Friday: Graves and Sauternais
• Saturday: Medoc
• Sunday: Saint-Emilion and the medieval town (one chateau visited only)

USD $39.45

Traveler Reviews

Review by: Allison M	January 2012
our tour guide was absolutely amazing! she was upbeat and informative. the wine we tasted was delicious and the vineyards were beautiful. the only thing that i was disappointed with was the amount of wine we got to taste. on other wine tastings i usually taste around 5 different wines and here we tasted only 3. not a big deal but would have liked to try more.

Review by: Ross W	November 2011
Excellent trip, guide very good and 2 great vineyards visited

Review by: Vie	November 2011
Great tour with a great guide ! All together a wonderful and instructive day.

Review by: Chelsea B	November 2011
I had a very good experience. Both the wineries were beautiful and the owners were very personable and informative. The information on the bus was interesting the only thing I would have changed was to have a little more time after the tours to walk around and taste. We didn't have a lot of time to buy wine before we had to get back on the bus.

Review by: o06980	November 2011
Very much worth while to learn about and enjoy the side of Bordeaux that is unknown but every bit as passionate. The visits to the smaller chateau are the most interesting. The last larger one was not as fascinating. A good short introduction if you want to spend a bit less time.

Review by: S G G	November 2011
Very crowded large bus. Tourism Bureau publicity had said small groups. Hard to hear commentary at chateaux because of group size. Limited wine tasting but of good quality. Chateaux interesting but better to hire car I would suggest so can stop at villages.

Review by: Margaret B	November 2011
Such a pleasant afternoon and a great feeling being entertained by the "Count" and his devoted dog!! Loved this "hands on" style of tour with the people who are doing the work participating. Love Bordeaux!!

Review by: Derek H	October 2011
A golden opportunity was wasted when the Vineyard gave us 2009 wine to taste and then said it was not ready for drinking. Give a decent wine and you have a captive audience. Likewise when given 2 hrs in St Emillion why not a group visit to a wine merchant, they could send wines all over the world. The guide had given us the hard sell and then it all went flat.

Review by: MRS C M BASSETT B	October 2011
Very enjoyable afternoon. Good value. We visited Blaye and Bourge. Very informative, interesting and made welcome. Would recommend.

Review by: Phyllis M	October 2011
Too much information repeated at both wineries.

Review by: phillip m	September 2011
terrific would highly recommend excellent value

Review by: Stephen H	September 2011
NOT A WINE TASTING. From where we come from this is not how a wine tour is done. Partner and I both had a terrible time overall, can find a nicer wine from the nearest supermarket for half the price.

Review by: Chris T	September 2011
An excellent afternoon, very knowledgeable guides and some free time to explore - great fun

Review by: Henry S	September 2011
I found it to be a very interesting afternoon trip. Everything was in perfect balance, the time at the Chateau, the Degustation and the visit to St. Emilion. The guide was superb, she was passionate about her desire to share with us the history of French wine making and her desire that we all walk away inspired that the French production of wine not only benefits the world economy but our individual health. One of my better Viator experiences.

Review by: Michael F	September 2011
Most interesting, especially the Sauternes visit(Ch. Gravas). The bilingual guide was outstanding......fluent in English and most informative. Good international sense of humour too...not always the case with 'les grenouilles' Would definitely go again.

Review by: Alison P	September 2011
Tour was okay, was actually disappointed after the high reviews. Ticketing dramas, poor English of guide let the tour down. Wine and chateau's where impressive.

Review by: Geoffrey A	August 2011
Quite disappointing. The wine tasting session of only two wines and visit to the chateau were very limited and the visit to St Emilion was too brief. Having opted to take advantage of the guided visit to the catacombs and underground church there was no time at all left to see the village.

Review by: Shu Pui C	August 2011
The transportation is good, and the vine yards are good as well~ however, there should be more time for us to visit the vine yard, not just the wine factory~ overall it's worth to visit during the stay in Bordeaux~

Review by: Jacqueline A	August 2011
It was really perfect. The timing was good everywhere and our guide was lively and knowledgeable.

Review by: Jens W	August 2011
The tour was intended to be with a minibus but it was done with at least 40 people. Still worth to attend!

Review by: wayne O	July 2011
If you like drinking wine don't do this tour bargain basement poor.

Review by: Chloe M	July 2011
We thoroughly enjoyed our wine tour, the hosts at the Chateaux were friendly and informative. The town of St Emilion is very pretty all in all a great excursion

Review by: Marilyn H	July 2011
Excellent guide. Interesting and informative talk at the chateau and unexpected bonus tour of the monolithic church and catacombs of St Emilion.Comfortable transport..All in all a great afternoon out and good value.

Review by: Mississippi Delta	June 2011
Never having used Viator or known about them and we could not have been more pleased. I will definitely consider Viator in the future much more personal than the excursions generally offered by the cruise line. The Bordeaux tour ranked at the top on our trip.

Review by: Tawanna A	June 2011
This was my first wine tour and it was an incredible experience -the guide was knowledgeable, informative and interesting, the 2 chateaux visited were impressive and the entire trip will be remembered forever. An absolute hit, well done.

Review by: Tawanna A	June 2011
I thoroughly enjoyed the trip to St. Emilion and the chateau. My only suggestion is that the guide, who was comfortable in both French and English, speak for 2-3 minutes in each language rather than any longer as it is dull/boring waiting for her to complete her commentary in the other language. She was a very informative guide and it was a great tour.

Review by: DUONG H	May 2011
Great! The tour guide made the trip pleasant for us! It would be far better if we could just have a little more time to experience the Chateau and Saint Emillion.

Review by: Sarah P	May 2011
My husband and I had a great time on this half-day trip. Wish we had a bit more time in St Emilion, such a wonderful little town~

Review by: Carole Obre O	May 2011
The destinations were great ie St Emilion but we were very disappoined that we had so little time to spend freely in St Emilion, the tour guide was extremely knowledgeable but if she had not spent so much time talking to us in St Emilion we may have had time to at least by an icecream. Similarly, the tour to the vineyard could have been 30 minutes less.

Review by: Steve K	April 2011
Very informative. Guide was good, host at winery was very good. Went to St. Emillion. The scenery was beautiful, I would recommend a trip there.

Review by: Eileen A S	April 2011
My husband and I had a wonderful time. We did have a small group that day, which certainly added to the charm. The guide and driver were great and we really enjoyed both winery visits. It was a great value, and we'd recommend it to anyone.

Review by: Hwa Kwee T	March 2011
A pleasant and interesting half-day trip, well-organized . Would definitely recommend this trip to other friends visiting Bordeaux

Review by: Riannon B	February 2011
My sister and I did a half-day trip. We toured a chateau which produced primarily Sauternes wine and one which made drier whites (grave, I believe) and reds. The trip was excellent. Our guide graciously translated everything into English for us and was also extremely knowledgeable about wine. For 31 euro we received two tours, approximately 3 glasses of wine, and an extensive lesson in the production and classification of Bordeaux wines. Definitely recommend taking this trip, so easy and a great deal! If you go in winter,make sure you're bundled up, those chateaus are chilly.

Review by: Shahrzad N	December 2010
The tour guide was open to any and all questions and the tour package included everything I could have wanted in a wine tour.

Review by: Danny Chu Wen N	November 2010
Less know appellation visited up to Cotes de Blaye and Bourge. The tour is conducted professionally and good.

Review by: Paul Wai Tak Y	November 2010
It was a wonderful site visiting trip and we got to tour two vineyards in depth. The tour guide was very knowledgeable about wines and we learned a great deal.

Review by: Michelle D	October 2010
I traveled to Bordeaux for my 21st birthday with 2 of my friends. While this tour was definitely the cheapest wine tour that we could find, it was a fantastic tour. Our guide was great-she fluently switched between English and French. The tour was long-about 5.5 hours but I learned a lot about Bordeaux wines and chateaus and the tastings at 2 very different wineries were great.

Review by: Angela	October 2010
Very interesting and informative but rather impersonal and uninspiring because of the size of the group

Review by: Desmond Q	October 2010
Given the cost, time involved in travelling to the vineyards and effort of the guide and growers the amount and quality of wine samples was dire. Three minuscules samples between two producers felt mean-spirited. I wouldn't recommend this tour: I'm sure there are better value tours out there.

Review by: May M	October 2010
a very enjoyable afternoon. Our rep was very informative on places of interest of route to the vineyards. Would reccomend this trip,

Review by: Sheila P	October 2010
Tour did not cover the Entre deux Mers AOC. Also did not offer tour of the vineyards, only the barrel cellars of 2 different wineries. The wines offered were "vin ordinaires" and not at all exceptional.

Review by: Marylise F	September 2010
Enjoyed the tour.

Review by: Jesse F	September 2010
It was o.k. I just think we could have gone to more wineries and there should have cheese and or chocolates to be offered with the wines. I also think that there should have accesible wine prices to be purchase like it is in California.

Review by: Anonymous	August 2010
Great trip for two novices. We knew very little going into the tour and came out with a great amount of knowledge. Enjoyed the chateaux and St. Emilion tour. Perfect for those on a short trip and limited budget

Review by: Winnie L	August 2010
It was a half-day trip to Graves and Sauterne. We went to two vineyards, one of the a grand clu classe vineyard which is nice. Generally a long trip on a big coach bus, but since we were quite tired from travelling, so had many naps on the bus, so it was ok. Had quite a few glasses of delicious wine and some snacks, so it's all worth it!

Review by: Elizabeth M, Ireland	July 2010
This is a great trip to take if you have limited time in Bordeaux but want to get an expert overview of wine production in St Emillion and a great introduction to the history of this beautiful town.

Review by: James S, United Kingdom	July 2010
Good, well organised tour. Entertaining vineyard owner. More freetime in St Emilion would have been good. Worth doing and enjoyable half-day trip. Wine experts will probably not learn anything new.

Review by: Hank G, United States of America	June 2010
Wine tour was ok, but guide had to speak in 2 languages for a mixed lingual group, took twice as long as it should have. Better to have had separate language groups as in other tours. Town of St. Emilion was a marvelous choice for 2nd half of tour.

Review by: Arlene H, United States of America	May 2010
Our guide was great. The tour was well worth the money.

Review by: Anonymous, Australia	January 2010
A knowledgeable guide, excellent wines tasted, and good variety from different Bordeaux appellations. Most of the day however was spent on a bus! An excellent way to see the Bordeaux country side, so take a map to clue yourself in on where you are through out the day.