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Author: French Wine Explorers | Created: 9/24/2008 12:44 PM
Welcome to our blog about all things relating to wine tours in France. We encourage your feedback as well, so that we can create a community of like-minded collaborators and new friends around the wonderful world of wine tours in France and beyond.


New Tasting Room at Chateau Kirwan

By French Wine Explorers on 3/27/2009 11:10 AM

Wendy, our Bordeaux insider, fills us in on the latest at Chateau Kirwan.

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St. Emilion Identity Crisis

By French Wine Explorers on 3/20/2009 9:17 AM

The Classification saga continues in St. Emilion, read on for the latest...

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Finally and food and wine pairing widget worth waiting for!

By French Wine Explorers on 3/13/2009 1:10 PM

Not sure what meal would suit your Viognier? Looking for new food and wine pairings that work? Click here for a new application that will save you time and inspire you to explore all the possibilities for pairing wine with food.

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Yquem, Cheval Blanc...Bord'eaux?!

By French Wine Explorers on 2/27/2009 3:23 PM

Wendy, one of our guides and a true Bordeaux insider, has given us a glimpse of Pierre Lurton's latest venture besides his role at Yquem and Cheval Blanc: a hotel in Bordeaux.

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Wine-themed activities in St. Emilion

By French Wine Explorers on 2/20/2009 1:35 PM

Here are a few wine-centric events for June and September 2009 in the Unesco World Heritage Site and wine producing jewel of St. Emilion.

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Paris- Where the Wine is Cupid

By French Wine Explorers on 2/13/2009 1:36 PM

Notre Dame, Champs Elysees, the Louvre...normally what Paris conjures up in one's mind. But how about this-it's an ideal location to discover some wonderful wine-themed restaurants and events for the novice to the connoisseur. 

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Taste is for Wine, Points are for Ping Pong

By French Wine Explorers on 2/6/2009 3:16 PM

This is actually the subtitle the book, Shepard's Guide to Mastering French Wines, written by my friend Bill Shepard. Discover why, per Bill, points are best left for games, not wine...

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A view of Bordeaux Prestige from one of our guests

By French Wine Explorers on 1/30/2009 10:53 AM

What can you expect from our Bordeaux Prestige Tour?  Find out from Kathy, one of our guests, who gives a great description of our day out in Sauternes.

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Bordeaux Wine Events Calendar-May 2009

By French Wine Explorers on 1/23/2009 4:33 PM

May is a great time to go on a wine tour in Bordeaux.  Here are some events that are great on their own, or paired with our Bordeaux wine tours. 

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2009: 9 reasons why this is the year for YOUR wine tour in France!

By French Wine Explorers on 1/16/2009 1:29 PM

Many are looking for deeper connections, memories of a lifetime, and meaning to their vacations. The perfect antidote for a vanilla vacation? A wine tour to France; it can change the way you think about wine, and life.

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