Our tour guide, Chistopher Viardot, arrived to pick us up the morning of our tourn and informed us his other 4 guests had cancelled last minute so we had him all to ourself! What great luck - Christopher was a wonderful host and shared with us the history of the Dijon wine region and brought us to two cellars. The first was Domaine Armelle et Bernard Rion. We met one of the daughters who works at the vineyard her father and then toured through their cellar with a tasting of their amazing wines following that. We must have spent an hour in their company - with it being a morning visit, we were the only guests at that time. We really enjoyed our visit there.
Review by: dwvonfischer, October 2016
Our guide, Chris spoke excellent English and gave us great information about thearea, the wines, how they were made, etc. We were lucky to have him all to ourselves.
Review by: David W, September 2016
Fantastic tour. Our tour guide Christopher was fantastic. Very friendly and knowledgeable. The tour is great value and a good introduction to burgundy wine and the region.
Review by: Helen M, June 2016
Christopher was an excellent guide... Full of knowledge of the region and wines. I was picked up from my B and B and he was before time so I wasn't waiting which I like. He also gave me the option of being dropped off in the town or back at my B and B. Very helpful and I would thoroughly recommend this tour.
Review by: dorothy b, September 2015
very good on time very professonal the guide was very informative and didnt try to push the sale of any wines loved the whole experience watched the sorting and looked in the cellars.
Review by: George C, September 2015
Our guide Christopher grew up locally and was really knowledgeable about the wines of the Burgundy region, and was very flexible with great communication. We tasted some very delicious wines with the two cellars that we visited and had a relaxing time. Thanks Christopher!
Review by: Peter M, September 2015
Outstanding tour with Christopher. He was extremely informative, friendly, a good driver and the wine was wonderful. A great way to experience the area.
Review by: Bela B, June 2015
Stephane was a great tour guide. Full of knowledge and enthusiasm. The route through the wine villages was memorable
Review by: Mark C, June 2015
Fantastic tour guide. He was very knowledgable and personable. He also had the thoughtfulness to bring along extra drinks/ snacks for our kids. The tour itself led us through some beautiful parts of the countryside to some nice wine cellars.
Review by: Sarah K, May 2015
We had a wonderful tour with Christopher. We drink a lot of wine and are very familiar with California's Napa and Sonoma but his explanation of the French methods was still hugely helpful to us and helped us navigate wine lists throughout the rest of the trip. Shipping wine home was a breeze, and coordinating the tour was simple. He and his company were extremely responsive to any questions. Highly recommend it.
Review by: Jennifer L, October 2014
Great fun. Christophe our guide was informative and friendly.
Review by: carl n, September 2014
this tour was fabulous. Isabella, our guide was very knowledgable, interesting and delightful. we tasted a number of white and red wines which were delicious and well priced. we bought multiple bottles and brought them home. the countryside was beautiful and I would like to go back and stay for a we
Review by: Krystal M, May 2014
Our tour guide was very helpful and knew a lot about the area and wine. The tour ended up being a private tour as no other groups were scheduled for the day. This is a great tour if you are interested in seeing the wine region quickly and if you do not have a lot of time in the area. We stayed in Dijon for one night and did not have a car, so this was a great option to see the wine country and learn a lot about the region.
Review by: Patricia A, April 2014
I would highly recommend a day trip with Christopher to this beautiful region of France._br/_
His knowledge of the area and of the wine was superb. I learned more on this little trip than in all of my days in France._br/_
I would recommend requesting Christopher if you are thinking of booking this trip._br/_
Patricia Acker
Review by: Ken K., April 2014
This tour was our first as wine novices. We only knew what the basic types of grapes were......until this trip and Christopher, our guide._br/_
Since this was off-season, we were fortunate to have been the only two people on this tour. But there was no less attention to the quality of the explanation and the attention to detail in educating two amateurs. We understood enough about the history, the culture and the classification of the wines and the areas geology and the geography as we watched the vineyard workers burn the winter foliage preparing for the spring.
Review by: Rebecca P, December 2013
We thoroughly enjoyed this wine tour.. It was very informative and covered a good range of both wines and topics. Our guide was very knowledgeable and shared this well with our group.
Review by: alan h, September 2013
We had a day where the guide was just trying to get through the tour. As he was French his mastery of English was fair and therefore difficult to understand. Upon answering questions he would go from English to job bearish very quickly. Beautiful countryside!
Review by: Suzanne P, August 2013
Excellent and knowledgeable tour guide._br/_
This tour allowed to see this beautiful region as we did not rent a car._br/_
Two excellent wineries were visited.
Review by: Deena N, June 2013
Highly recommend.. Thanks Adrian for taking us through the country side and giving us 11 wines before lunch :) very informative..
Review by: John B, June 2013
We could not have had a better tour. Our guide was knowledgeable and friendly, and made the experience one we will never forget.
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