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This Newsletter goes out to over 6,500 Bordeaux Wine Lovers all over the world!
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Read about: v The Bordeaux wine Experience now a proud member of ASTA v The May Grand Tour of Bordeaux a great success! v The Bordeaux Wine Experience keeps growing: Introducing our new colleague v What Ronald has been drinking this month v Last minute spots available in July and September v Bordeaux with a straw, what next?
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Dear Wine Lover, Wet! That's the verdict on the weather in Bordeaux this month. Actually we needed some rain badly because the water reserves were rather low. Well this month's rain has solved that problem. Apart from the weather, May has been an exciting month here in Bordeaux. The Bordeaux Wine Experience has joined The American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) and I will tell you all about this in this Newsletter. We have just finished a very successful Grand Tour of Bordeaux and we are proud to introduce our new colleague who joined us this month.
ASTA A straw?
I hope you'll enjoy reading this Newsletter and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Don’t drink
anything I wouldn't drink! Have a great summer! Ronald Rens, M. Sc., Wine Master
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The Bordeaux wine Experience now a proud member of ASTA
The May Grand Tour of Bordeaux a great success!
This May we had our first 2008 week wine tour. This Grand Tour of Bordeaux was a great success. This tour had been sold out for a long time. We received an international ensemble of wine lovers from all over the world. We had guests from the USA, Canada, the UK, South Africa and even two sommeliers from Slovenia. We visited and tasted at all five First Growths and Yquem. The meals at the Michelin rated restaurants Saint James, Le Chapon Fin and the Hostellerie de Plaisance (2 stars!) were all excellent and all different experiences. We tasted a record number of wines on this tour, thanks partly to David and Janez, our two sommeliers from Slovenia who brought some very interesting wines from Slovenia. For the farewell dinner at Chateau Coulon Laurensac they brought a Slovenian wine for each Bordeaux wine I took from my cellar; except for the Mouton Rothschild. You can see all the wines tasted on this tour by clicking here.
The "harvest" of the Farewell dinner at Chateau Coulon Laurensac
The Bordeaux Wine Experience keeps growing: Introducing our new colleague
So many activities and so little time. The Bordeaux Wine Experience has been growing steadily over the last few years. To facilitate a further growth and to help us increase our level of professionalism we needed more support. That's why we are happy to introduce our new assistant Laura Black. Born and educated in France by English parents, Laura is fluent in both English and French. She has an extensive international experience having lived in Brunei, Spain and Thailand. Laura has a degree in international commerce and holds the DUAD wine tasting diploma from the prestigious Bordeaux Faculty of Oenology. She combines a passion for traveling and wine with an experience in organizing wine tours in the Bordeaux region. Attending the ASTA conference in Lyon
ASTA, The American Society of Travel Agents organizes each year a unique event which this year took place in Lyon. Travel professionals from all over the world gathered at ASTA's International Destination Expo (IDE) to enhance their knowledge on France, this year's host country, its culture and attractions. For five days, nearly 1,000 travel professionals from 47 countries, gathered to learn about the culture, attractions and travel business of the city often referred to as “the gateway to Europe.” Only in Lyon focused primarily
on French and Western European niche travel. The Bordeaux Wine Experience just had to be present at this event. All events, seminars and educational courses took place at the Lyon Convention Center where we had a booth at the trade show. ASTA's IDE is an annual gathering of travel industry professionals, seeking to immerse themselves in the culture, food and sightseeing of a unique destination, with the purpose of educating their clients about the region. Among delegates, 62 percent hailed from North America, 14 percent from France with the remaining 24 percent from countries Our Lyon culinary Experience
When in Rome, do as the Romans. This saying for applied for us to Lyon as well. We had to pay tribute to the uncontested master of French cuisine, Paul Bocuse who has been consecrated "chef of the century" by the Michelin guide. As we are only human we had to eat at this restaurant. We decided to remain traditional. Margaret had a soup made of frog legs and I had three varieties of foie gras. Both were delicious. For our main dish we both had the tournedos Rossini (steak with seared foie gras) with a "sauce Périgeux" covered with chunks of black truffle. Too much and too delicious. We fell for the cheese platter and it was to die for (we almost did). The dessert was everything they had. Four tables were rolled against ours and were filled with every possible dessert. We could choose what ever we wanted. Of course we choose too many but is was just so finger licking good. I can say that I have been at some great restaurants, but this was without doubt the best meal I have ever had. Bravo Monsieur Bocuse! Bravo, bravo, bravo!
Last minute offer for The Bordeaux Grand Cru Tour July 2008 and The Bordeaux Harvest Tour in September 2008
If you want to join us in Bordeaux in 2008 there are still some spots available. You can join us for The Bordeaux Grand Cru tour in July and there are some spots on The Bordeaux Harvest Tour. All other week tours are sold out for 2008. Your accommodations will be at the lovely Château Coulon Laurensac, your home for this Bordeaux Grand Cru Tour. Set in a beautiful park, en suite guest rooms and spacious suites are reserved just for tour participants. The lovely swimming pool is an added bonus!
Six days and five nights are included in this tour. After an afternoon arrival and settling down in your room, guests of the Château will enjoy a visit to the owners' extensive private wine cellar, an introduction to wine tasting, a wine and cheese dinner, time to allow all the guests to get to know one another, and a restful first night's sleep at this tranquil and charming château. Remember there are no hidden costs added to our tour rates. No booking fees or extra charges for wines. As from the moment you arrive at our chateau everything is included (except dinner on one free evening) Sumptuous meals with premium wines, chateau visits and tastings, comfortable transportation in a deluxe motor coach. § The Bordeaux Grand Cru Tour § The Bordeaux Harvest Tour These Tours are 6 days, 5 nights. (Click here for the Itineraries).
Bordeaux with a straw, what's next?
Tandem wine, packaged in shiny recyclable Tetra Pak cartons, is being tested in Belgian supermarkets by Bordeaux négociant Cordier Mestrezat.
with four holes around a sealed top that send individual streams of wine onto the tongue, recreating the sensation of drinking from a glass. The company reports sales of 1,000 units a week in Belgium, and plans to launch Tandem in France and Canada early next year. If this really takes on we won’t be needing a corkscrew or a glass any more. Subscribe your Friends Please help us Have a great spring and we look forward to seeing you all in Bordeaux this summer! Cheers from Bordeaux, Ronald and Margaret Rens
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2008
Wine Tour Schedule We proudly present the following Tours and dates for 2008: The Bordeaux Grand Cru Tour 2 The Bordeaux Grand Cru Tour 3 The Bordeaux Harvest Tour The Grand Tour of The Grand Tour of These Bordeaux Wine
Tours are 6 days, 5 nights.
Available in 2008: Médoc Grand Cru or and Best of Both Worlds
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We are very proud to have joined ASTA. ASTA, short for the American Society of Travel Agents, is the world's largest association of travel professionals. For us this new membership underlines our quest for continued improvement of quality and professionalism and we are proud to have become a member of this organization. We have been striving to create remarkable wine experiences for so many people over the years and we are fully convinced we will continue to do so in the future.
as far away as Brazil, Fiji and beyond. "ASTA's IDE is the only industry event dedicated to destination training," said Cheryl Hudak, CTC, ASTA president and CEO. We were proud to meet her at The Bordeaux Wine Experience stand at the trade show. The Bordeaux Wine Experience is looking forward to working with travel agents from all over the world to communicate our beautiful wine region and our exciting wine tours.
