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(For immediate release) St. Michaels, MD  April 28, 2014 French Wine Explorers, America’s leading luxury French wine tour company, is offering its most exciting France wine tour season ever in 2015. The tours include the ultimate in luxury accommodations, meals at Michelin-starred restaurants and private chateaux, and feature ...

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Here is our essential guide to Burgundy with useful articles, videos, and guidelines for wine touring through the region and sampling its wine. The Burgundy region is perhaps best known as one of France’s main wine producing regions. It is often noted as one of the most terroir conscious regions and it boasts a higher […]

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Discover our Burgundy wine tours and discover the renown wine, food and heritage of the region. Also, tips for the best time of year to travel for Burgundy wine tours. (Transcript) On one of our first visits to Burgundy, we were meeting with a hotel manager who was kind enough to offer us a Montrachet. […]

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Watch our Provence tour video and discover the wonders of iconic Provence, including sites and wine regions, the best places to visit, and best time to travel when planning your next Provence Tour. (Transcript) Sunshine, great food, and a delightful variety of fine wines are all yours to enjoy when you visit the Rhône Valley […]

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Welcome to Bordeaux: Your Essential Guide Welcome to Bordeaux! Below you will find more information about Bordeaux, divided by subject for easy access. Bordeaux is a tremendously diverse region that produces many different types of wine, from dry whites to dessert whites, red, rosé and clairet, and even effervescent wines (crémant). ...

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The Alsace Wine Route is celebrating its 60th anniversary! This year, the Alsace Wine Route is celebrating its 60th anniversary. Considered as one of France’s most popular scenic wine routes, it winds from North to South through 170kms of Alsatian vineyards. The inauguration of the Route in 1953 was definitely a good move for the ...

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Our packing guide for your wine tour can mean the difference between a smooth trip and one that is filled with stress and headaches.  Seasoned travelers know that less is more when it comes to choosing what pieces—and how many of them—you put in the suitcase. First, consider this: do not bring a suitcase.  Instead, […]

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St. Michaels, Md. (May 9, 2013) ––French Wine Explorers has introduced two new ways for guests to celebrate France’s legendary wine regions: cycling and culinary excursions. Both bicycle and culinary tourism allow travelers a more intimate travel experience, as cooking and biking provide a most authentic glimpse into a ...

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French Wine Explorers’ tours now offer wines for purchase and shipment back to the guest’s homes, with shipping partners seamlessly coordinating wine shipments to a traveler’s home address. French Wine Explorers brings guests to Bordeaux, Burgundy, Paris, Champagne, Rhone/Provence and the Loire Valley. With these newly formed ...

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Here are some tried and tested travel apps we recommend when planning your next trip abroad: don’t leave home without them. NEW!: Never guess again when the best time is to open your bottle of wine: When Wine Tastes Best is a biodynamic calendar for wine drinkers. (Biodynamics is a holistic, ecological, and ethical approach ...

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I wrote this article for the magazine Great Wine News, and thought I’d share it with you. If you are looking for romance on your next trip, look no further than Paris. The City of Light exudes romance on so many levels, the beautiful architecture, amazing cuisine, and chic Parisians to name a few. But […]

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How to Get to Bordeaux by Car, Train or Plane Bordeaux is a major city in the South of France and is: – Less than 3 hours from Paris by TGV (22 return journeys per day) – 45 minutes from the Atlantic Ocean – 2 hours from Spain – 20 minutes from the Bordeaux-Mérignac International Airport […]

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On the Burgundy Tour featuring the Grand Crus of Burgundy we started with a short introduction to Burgundy, we were off to the Côte de Nuits for a late afternoon tasting extravaganza! Our first stop, Domaine Dujac Père & Fils in Morey-Saint-Denis, is an anomaly in Burgundy because the family has been making wine there […]

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The Radisson Blu Hotel, Le Dokhan’s, Paris Trocadéro exudes true Parisian charm.  This boutique hotel has the modern amenities of a new property, while keeping its old world charm.  Plus the first ever Champagne Bar in the hotel alone is worth the visit.  A perfect hotel for our Taste of Paris and Beyond tours! THE […]

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