The Bordeaux Grand Cru Tour: Stay at a Chateau and taste all 5 First Growths
Bordeaux wine and culinary tours: Get ready for an unforgettable experience
The Bordeaux Grand Cru Tour
Do something extraordinary:
This ultimate Bordeaux wine and culinary tour for Bordeaux lovers, is as good as it gets!
This is without a doubt the most exclusive tour we offer.
Can you believe that you will taste all five First Growths and Superior First Growth Chateau d’Yquem? And many of them will be older vintages!
Of course we include the best of Saint Emilion and Pomerol as well.
Add to this outstanding meals at exceptional venues not normally open to the public and you’ll see why this tour usually sells out early.
This dazzling Bordeaux Grand Cru tour is your chance to experience and taste the very best that Bordeaux has to offer.
Our 2024 Bordeaux Grand Cru Tours
→The Bordeaux Grand Cru Tour I (May 20 – May 25, 2024)
(Sold out!) – Check for tours with availability here here
→The Bordeaux Grand Cru Tour II (June 3 – June 6, 2024)
(Last room available: just one single room!) Ask for a detailed itinerary here
- 6 days, 5 nights
- All-inclusive tour rate: € 7595 euro (per person, double or twin occupancy)
- Exclusive touring: limited to six double/twin rooms and one single (no single supplement)
- Carefree and truly effortless touring in Bordeaux: We take care of everything, really everything
- Due to the exclusive nature of these tours, this program will sell out
- Your tour hosts and Bordeaux Wine and Culinary Experts:
- Ronald Rens, M. Sc., Wine Master, Bordeaux Specialist
- Margaret Rens, M. Sc., Wine Master, Culinary Expert.
Ask us for an itinerary here
Experience the very best Bordeaux has to offer on this Bordeaux Wine and Culinary Tour

Margaret and Ronald love to welcome you on their Bordeaux Grand Cru Tour
This tour is a Grand Cru Experience in every way, both in food as in wine
On this acclaimed Bordeaux Grand Cru Wine and Culinary Tour you’ll have the opportunity of visiting and tasting at leading Chateaux of the Medoc, Saint Emilion and Pomerol that normally are closed to the public.
Be among the first to taste the latest vintage and enjoy our personal selection of library wines.
On our Bordeaux Grand Cru Tour you taste more wines then on any other wine tour. And most wines will be over ten years old!
But there is more as we visit other specifically selected outperforming chateaux of both Left Bank and Right Bank.
Education about Bordeaux, its history and its wines and wine making

Yquem, one of the Chateaux you will see and taste on the Bordeaux Grand Cru Tour
This Bordeaux wine and culinary tour starts with a fun masterclass on Bordeaux wine tasting.
You’ll learn all about grape varieties, terroir, appellations, classifications, tasting, decanting and much more.
You’ll become more familiar and knowledgeable about Bordeaux wines in a fun and down-to-earth and friendly atmosphere.
And in the company of fellow wine lovers.
You’ll learn about Left Bank and Right Bank and understand the difference between them. In short, you’ll expand your Bordeaux wine knowledge while enjoying great food and great wine.
Enough extraordinary wine experiences to make your head spin!
An immersion in the French lifestyle

A market visit followed by a cooking class is one of the highlights on the Bordeaux Grand Cru Tour
This unique Bordeaux wine and culinary tour for food and wine lovers combines the best wines of Bordeaux with exclusive gourmet meals.
And if that’s not enough, you will sample your way around one of the oldest regional open-air food markets while foraging ingredients.
In the spacious kitchen of Chateau Coulon Laurensac you will experience a fun cooking class while enjoying some great Bordeaux wines.
You’ll taste the classical wines of both Saint Emilion and Medoc and have an Armagnac tasting of older vintages, some of them over 50 years old!
Bordeaux Wine and Culinary Tour: a truly culinary experience

Exquisite meals at venues not open to the public on the Bordeaux Grand Cru Tour
As part of a small, select group we can open doors for you that remain closed for others.
Can you believe that you’ll indulge in a daily lunch at a Bordeaux Chateau?
And there is more: for dinner we take you to the most renowned restaurants of the area, including Bordeaux’s most elegant Michelin-starred restaurant.
Ronald your tour leader is born to the role of host and has extensive knowledge about the Bordeaux region and wines.
Ronald is a delightful commentator on French culture; always interesting and delivered with such great humor.
Bordeaux Culinary and Wine Tour: Grand Cru wines with all meals

A Farewell dinner like you’ve never experienced before
Of course you will taste Grand Cru wines with all meals.
And to round it all off you’ll be invited into the private dining room of our own 18th century Chateau Coulon Laurensac for a Farewell dinner like you’ve never experienced before.
Our private chef will prepare another remarkable meal for us that we will match by an impressive succession of library wines that have been aging in our cellar.
Including Chateau Margaux and Superior First Growth Chateau d’Yquem of over 20 years old! .
We’ll light the candles in our dining room and share another delicious meal to conclude this amazing experience.

This Tour is both a culinary and a wine experience

Great food, great wine and great fun with great people!
Stay at our private Chateau

You’ll stay at our beautiful Chateau Coulon Laurensac
During your Bordeaux wine tour with the Bordeaux Wine Experience you’ll stay at our beautiful Chateau Coulon Laurensac.
Chateau Coulon Laurensac is nested on the riverbanks of the Garonne River, just outside Bordeaux.
This enchanting Château (built in 1724!) is the perfect starting point for tours in all the famous wine regions of the Bordeaux area.
No hotel-hopping on our tours!
All suites combine old-world charm with modern amenities like air-conditioning.
No two rooms are alike and they all have their own character.
Great value

Great value and even more fun!
You may think costs are high at first but our guests feel it’s a bargain for the tour, meals and wines tasted.
Let alone the camaraderie and the great fun.
Or in the words of a previous guests:
“The experience, knowledge friendliness and generosity of Margaret and Ronald has no price…
We will be back when and if we can get a place on this fantastic adventure.”
Get your itinerary here!
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Stay at our private Chateau Coulon Laurensac on the Bordeaux Grand Cru Tour
10 Excellent reasons to join the Bordeaux Grand Cru Tour
Have the ultimate Chateau Experience
Get your full Bordeaux Grand Cru Tour Itinerary here now!
- Carefree and truly effortless travel in Bordeaux: We take care of everything, really everything!
- Taste all 5 First Growths and Château d’Yquem!
- Grand Cru wines with all meals (except breakfast…)!
- Gourmet meals at Bordeaux Chateaux and in a famous Michelin-starred restaurant!
- Superb food & wines and great fun in a small group!
- Expert (and humorous) guidance by Bordeaux Specialist Ronald Rens and his team!
- An entertaining concise cooking class!
- Air-conditioned accommodation at our privately owned 18th century chateau!
- Air-conditioned, luxury motor coach transportation throughout the tour!
- Grand Cru Farewell Dinner with all Grand Cru wines (including Latour, and Superior First Growth Chateau d’Yquem of over 20 years old!).
“For those of you who think that this is a tour for wine snobs, or for snobs or pretentious people in general, think again.
This tour was somehow the epitome of down to earth – from our terrific tour mates to the anti-snob Rens, who literally welcome you into their home as family. Read their website, visit their Facebook page and if all it seems to good to be real, just wait… the EXPERIENCE is even better.”Comment from Tripadvisor

With Ronald you will taste more Classified Growths than on any other Bordeaux Wine Tour
We take care of everything, really everything
Once your Bordeaux Wine Tour begins you can relax knowing that the tour rate covers absolutely everything during your trip with us.
Everything means really everything: guides, accommodations, all meals but one, all wines, excursions, all entrance fees, tasting fees, tips, taxes and gratuities.
Tipping is neither required nor expected.
You’ll only need to open your wallet when you go off exploring on your own, have one meal on your free night in Bordeaux or decide to buy souvenirs or wine to ship home.
*Please note:
Itinerary subject to change, every effort will be made to keep the itinerary as close as possible to what appeared here; however the final itinerary may vary due to wine chateaux schedules, change of policies, availabilities and other factors beyond our control.
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