My friend and I booked this tour as it had great reviews, but we were somewhat disappointed by the tour overall.
Review by: Paul W, April 2018
It was good overall but wine tasting in a warehouse could have been better the chap who owned the vineyard was hilarious though!
Review by: Sarah A, March 2018
The guide was very knowledgeable, St Emilion was a beautiful medieval town to visit and learning about the wine making process at the chateaux was interesting. Tasting two wines at the end was a nice wine to finish the tour before heading back to Bordeaux.
Review by: Beth B, March 2018
You need to know that this tour happens on a full-sized coach with a very large group of people. But, that said, the two vineyards we visited in Medoc were both very good quite different from one another, which was a bonus. And we got to see a fair amount of the countryside on the way to and from Medoc. Our guide, Brigitte, was outstanding.
Review by: Lisa C, February 2018
The tour group was too large for it to be enjoyable. It was great to see the chateaus in the Medoc and to stop off at a couple. However because of the size of the group it was difficult to hear what the guides were saying and not enjoyable for someone travelling by themself.
Review by: Suzan T, February 2018
We didn't actually spend a lot of time tasting wine. The proprietor at the vineyard spent more time joking and showing magic tricks to kill time. The tour of the town was nice, but overall we were disappointed with the trip.
Review by: Valeria B, February 2018
Nice wine experience in Bordeaux, wine tasting delightful, I loved that you could choose either French or English guidance, staff was really kind, I wish you could go to more than 2 vineyards and to be allowed to actually go through the vineyards.
Review by: Gemma C, February 2018
Excellent tour. Though it did seem that the guide spent more time talking in French, when there were more wanting to hear the English version only 2 people wanting French compared to around 20 others.
Review by: Ann D, February 2018
Great tour to see some of the Medoc scenery and to get detailed explanations and tastings at two vineyards. Bruno was very informative and talked practically the whole time about what we were seeing and about the history of the Medoc and the wines. Half a day was just the right amount of time.
Review by: Sandor S, January 2018
We were satisfied. This trip provided not more and not less during this half-day trip for such a reasonable price.
Review by: Bellacupake, January 2018
Lovely tour.
Review by: Tatsiana K, December 2017
Very good tour. We visited two wineries. One family-owned and another one owned by a concern. The wine was tasty and the guides at the chateaux were informative. The tour guide was a bit boring to my taste.
Review by: Ian F, November 2017
A great introduction to both the White and Red wines of Bourdeaux. A great look at the traditional Château and beautiful countryside.
Review by: José Ricardo R, November 2017
It was a very nice trip, would be nice to have more time on the vineyards but is totally understandable due to the limited time we had. Anyway, it was a great experience and a nice opportunity to know the 'art of wine' in Bordeaux Nonetheless, maybe more balance between the french and english would be nice, sometimes it seemed the french version was the most profound
Review by: Airn L, November 2017
This was good overall and I liked the guide, but it was with a rather large group. I've been on several small-group tours 4 people and very much prefer those to these big bus tours with a big crowd.
Review by: Andrew B, November 2017
Beautiful scenery, friendly guide, and wonderful wine.
Review by: Wendy J, October 2017
I thought the trip was only fair. The accent of the guide was strong and I had difficulty understanding them. The guide was very cheerful and fun but their presentation could have been more professional rather than entertaining. The winery tour was interesting because they were harvesting and we saw the process of wine making. However, coming from an area of boutique wineries on the Mornington Peninsular in Australia, it was disappointing. I'm used to views and a dining room with views and I guess I expected something like this. St Emilion was an authentic town with great atmosphere.
Review by: Sarah W, October 2017
We arrived with plenty of time to join our tour however 5 minutes before we were due to depart the tour guide arrived and told us that our Viator booking confirmations were not acceptable as tickets for the tour, and that we would have to go to the tourist information office to change them for a different type of ticket. There was nothing on the Viator confirmation to state we needed to do this, and others were in the same position. There was quite a queue in the tourist office and it seemed very unlikely we would get our tickets in time. A helpful lady in the tourist office soon realised there was a problem and sorted it out quickly. The tour guide seemed to me to be quite off-hand about the whole situation, as if we should have known we needed to change the tickets, and it was our fault. The tour itself was quite enjoyable.
Review by: robert.b.w.good, September 2017
We went on the Sunday tour to Saint-Emilion 17th Sept. The town was beautiful, but we would have much rather been allowed to explore the town on our own. Instead we were shepherded around a church for the whole hour before being bundled back into the bus. Many of the other English speakers on the trip also thought it was disappointing that we didn't see more of the town. The tour guide spoke mainly in French and it was unclear what the plan was at any time. It was all a bit chaotic._br/_ The trip to vineyard was much more enjoyable and tour guide for this part was much better. _br/_ All in all it was a long time on the bus 3.5 hours driving for a 6 hour round trip.
Review by: Danny H, September 2017
Very enjoyable, slightly disorganised but a great value afternoon out with plenty of wine.
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