Touring Vineyards outside Bordeaux
The main focus of tourism (aside from city tours) in Bordeaux is wine, wine and more wine (but no whining). Tourist information offers tours to different vineyards each day. Warning: In summer it can be very hot. AlteCocker took one of these whine, uh, wine tours. To AlteCocker, one of these tours goes a long way on any trip as she is not a connoisseur. She is from the school that says there are 3 kinds of wine: Wine you like, wine you don't like and wine you can't afford. So one of these tours was sufficient. True aficionados do this day after day. Such an itinerary, uh, would drive AlteCocker to drink. The bad pun is intended.
AlteCocker always does wine touring on a group bus tour. That way she does not have to worry about falling asleep at the wheel on the return journey. She did buy a bottle of wine that was eventually taken to a barbecue in Eysinnes--the exterior suburban area of Bordeaux where AlteCocker was hosted during her stay in the region.
The tour covered two vineyards in the Medoc region northwest of Bordeaux. If you go, there is a different wine tour each day of the week. You can book when you get there. During the harvest, AlteCocker suspects it would be wise to book ahead. Some people actually went on theses tours day after day.
Many of the aspiring winos on the tour were Asian. They bought a lot of sweet wine. Many of the chateaus are now owned by Asians as well--especially Chinese.
AlteCocker always does wine touring on a group bus tour. That way she does not have to worry about falling asleep at the wheel on the return journey. She did buy a bottle of wine that was eventually taken to a barbecue in Eysinnes--the exterior suburban area of Bordeaux where AlteCocker was hosted during her stay in the region.
The tour covered two vineyards in the Medoc region northwest of Bordeaux. If you go, there is a different wine tour each day of the week. You can book when you get there. During the harvest, AlteCocker suspects it would be wise to book ahead. Some people actually went on theses tours day after day.
Many of the aspiring winos on the tour were Asian. They bought a lot of sweet wine. Many of the chateaus are now owned by Asians as well--especially Chinese.