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Wine tours

Theme: The Best of Both Worlds

Burgundy and Bordeaux are the world’s two finest wine regions. Our trip will bring to life their great wines, cuisine and history of these renowned centres of excellence.

It will provide ample opportunity to build memorable relationships with your clients, built on the shared experiences of exploration of the senses and entertainment.

Your Hosts

Greg Love
Greg is a wine critic specialising in the wines of Burgundy, Champagne, Piedmont, Riesling from around the world and new world Pinot Noir. He is a relationship and communication specialist, with a gift for bringing people in business together to enhance profitable client relationships.

His friendly, relaxed style and amusing recollections of people and places can put any audience at ease. He prefers his audiences to have a glass in hand.

Charles Metcalfe
Charles Metcalfe is one of the best-known, most spontaneous and amusing wine critics in Britain. He presented drinks and occasionally food items for 12 years as one of the Richard-and-Judy team on the ITV programme, ‘This Morning’, and was the drinks expert for ‘Taste Today’ on the Taste TV CFW channel. He has also presented many wine and food programmes on the Granada Breeze satellite channel. His most recent TV appearances have been as a wine expert on ‘Great Food Live’ and ‘Sunday Lunch Live’ on UK Food (BBC digital TV/Sky TV). He is co-chairman of the International Wine Challenge, the world’s biggest wine competition, held annually in London, and was one of the founders of Wine INTERNATIONAL magazine.

Duration: 3 days, staying in first class accomodation.

Featured highlights:

Burgundy

Lunch at Les Lameloises, a 3 star Michelin restaurant with specially selected accompanying wines.

Domaine visits to two exceptional winemakers on the Cote du Nuits, with tutored tastings.

Dinner in a specially located, candle lit cellar in Beaune, with a specially designed menu of Burgundian dishes, with matched wines of greatness.

This will be a truly memorable dinner. Each course will be accompanied by a tutored tasting by your hosts of the greatest red and white wines of Burgundy.

Bordeaux

Accomodation at Chateau Cordeillan-Bages, Pauillac, Bordeax.
A beautiful 17th century Chateau, with a luxurious interior, this Relais au Chateaux owned hotel is an outstanding place to stay in the Medoc. www.cordeillanbages.com

Visit one of the top first growth Chateau’s in Pauillac, with a tasting of the current vintage. Suggested options: Chateau Latour,or Chateau Lafite Rothschild, or Chateau Mouton-Rothschild.

Pre dinner Lovewine master class on tasting Bordeaux first growths. Includes full tasting notes in your corporate Branding and group photo.

The greatest red wines of Bordeaux will include:
• Chateau Latour
• Chateau Lafite-Rothschild
• Chateau Margaux
• Chateau Haut Brion
• Chateau Mouton-Rothschild
• Chateau Petrus

Price on Application

email travel@lovewine.co.uk

Luxury weekend in Piedmont, Italy

We are developing a 2 day trip to Piedmont in North West Italy to enjoy the truffle harvest and the splendid wines of this great region.

Full details will be available shortly.

For all your wine travel enquiries, email travel@lovewine.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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