A day visiting traditional distilleries in the Heart of the vineyards of Cognac
Cognac, France
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Trip Type: Day Trips
Duration: 9 hours
Explore the famous Grande Champagne region with an English speaking local guide and driver, visiting vineyards where the best cognacs are produced.
Do not worry about driving.,you may fully enjoy your tastings and meetings with traditional producers hidden in the vines.
Do not worry about driving.,you may fully enjoy your tastings and meetings with traditional producers hidden in the vines.
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Explore the famous Grande Champagne region with an English speaking local guide and driver, visiting vineyards where the best cognacs are produced.
Do not worry about driving.,you may fully enjoy your tastings and meetings with traditional producers hidden in the vines. During this day tour :
As an interesting way to approach various philosophies in the making of cognacs, you visit 2 family estates with their distilleries. You taste their production : Pineau and single estate cognacs.
You visit a traditional barrel factory (not open to public)
The tour is also an opportunity to discover Romanesque churches, typical sceneries of a terroir considered by many as the “French Tuscany”.
At a typical restaurant, you may have a nice traditional Charentaise lunch prepared with local produces, from starters to Charentaise coffee...
Departure at 9.30am from Cognac or at 9.00am from Bordeaux with a visit of a cooperage.
Then follow the guide through the vineyards with stops explaining the vine growing comparatively to viticulture in vineyards producing wines to drink and then enjoy a French lunch. Visit of a family estate with its distillery. Tasting at the end of the visit. Visit of a second distillery which is supplying eau-de-vie to "world famous" Cognac houses. Return around 6.30pm.Visited two locations : Grande Champagne vineyards and the village of Segonzac.
Do not worry about driving.,you may fully enjoy your tastings and meetings with traditional producers hidden in the vines. During this day tour :
As an interesting way to approach various philosophies in the making of cognacs, you visit 2 family estates with their distilleries. You taste their production : Pineau and single estate cognacs.
You visit a traditional barrel factory (not open to public)
The tour is also an opportunity to discover Romanesque churches, typical sceneries of a terroir considered by many as the “French Tuscany”.
At a typical restaurant, you may have a nice traditional Charentaise lunch prepared with local produces, from starters to Charentaise coffee...
Departure at 9.30am from Cognac or at 9.00am from Bordeaux with a visit of a cooperage.
Then follow the guide through the vineyards with stops explaining the vine growing comparatively to viticulture in vineyards producing wines to drink and then enjoy a French lunch. Visit of a family estate with its distillery. Tasting at the end of the visit. Visit of a second distillery which is supplying eau-de-vie to "world famous" Cognac houses. Return around 6.30pm.Visited two locations : Grande Champagne vineyards and the village of Segonzac.
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