When you are on a wine tour in France and visit a fine wine estate, and the winemaker tells you something of the subsoil, climate and location of the estate, he is talking about terroir. The word probably comes from the French word terre, meaning earth, but now it means much more. The French ...

When I was in college, the entertainment budget for my international relations club was so small that once we resorted to serving Sparkling Burgundy. It was dreadful. How times have changed! The French are now producing superior sparkling wines in addition to champagne. Gradually, we are ...

Louis Latour: Beautiful Burgundy Wines to Try Today There’s no better way to discover Burgundy wine than on a wine tour.  While you’re planning your Burgundy  tour and waiting in anticipation for your trip, tasting Burgundy wine at a tasting event is another great way to further ...

Wine tours to Bordeaux are not complete without a visit to St. Emilion. The perfect Sunday excursion from Bordeaux is to drive an hour and a half through the countryside to St. Emilion. Enjoy the scenery of the town and its wine estates, and then savor a leisurely luncheon in the old hilltop ...

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 ...

We are embarking on a new year and a new decade, a perfect time to reflect and uncover what is important and what inspires us. This is your year to travel and take a part of your journey back with you. This is the year to learn, expand horizons, be surprised and feel fulfilled. Our […]

Many of our readers know from our blog post Champagne-Why I love this area, that we never tire of Champagne!  Bill focuses on non-vintage Champagne for this post, and allows the armchair traveler a tour of the Champagne Wine Region. A recent extensive tasting at Wide World of Wines in ...

How to Read a Wine Label Every look at a French wine label and wonder what it takes to read a wine label?  Let’s see what it takes to understand the basic terms on how to read a wine label.  It’s easier than you think! There are 7 basic components on how to read a […]

We have all heard that prices for Bordeaux first growths have gone through the roof. These five fine wines now average, as futures, $800-$1100 per bottle. If you add the comparable great wines of St. Emilion and Pomerol, Cheval Blanc, Ausone and Petrus, the outer limit may be $1250 or so. What ...

French Wine Explorers’ website again received top honors, a Gold Award, in the prestigious 2010 Magellan competition. The travel industry’s premiere awards, the Magellan Awards are presented annually Travel Weekly magazine.This is French Wine Explorers’ second Magellan Gold Award, having ...

Care to buy some fine wines before they are even bottled? It is a well known practice, enabling wine producers recoup their costs early. Wine retailers are now sending around notices that wine futures for the heralded 2009 Bordeaux vintage are now available. A wine futures contract locks in a ...

French Wine Explorers has been named as one of the world’s best wine tours by Travel + Leisure magazine, as well as a dream vacation experience by Wine Enthusiast magazine. Travel + Leisure’s September issue applauds French Wine Explorers for their focus and accessibility to the top wine ...

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How To Make the Most of Your French Winery Tours There is always a wonderful sense of occasion behind French winery tours. Why not let this be the year that you visit a wine château or two? You deserve it, and you will deepen your appreciation for fine wines. You will long remember entering ...

One of my favorite wine tour memoriesis a bicycle trip through Alsace some forty years ago. It was a hot summer day, and we cycled through picturesque villages, some with storks nesting on the roofs of half-timbered houses. We came to the town of Riquewihr, and were welcomed at what local ...

The scenic Beaujolais region, just south of Burgundy between Mâcon and Lyon, is four hours from Paris by car, and just half an hour from Lyon. It is full of vineyards, shops where the wines may be tasted, and bistros where the wines accompany French tavern food. It also boasts village bistros ...