Take an exclusive food and wine tour of Bordeaux led by experts
In France, many Australians have forged careers in what remains the world’s most formidable wine industry.
Among them are Richard Serisier and Chantal Fillon, leading winemakers with close Australian connections. Both are special guests on our latest 12-day reader tour to magnificent Bordeaux in partnership with Scenic.
And with this being our first fully food and wine themed reader tour, who better to join Richard and Chantal than Fairfax Media’s stellar food and wine scribes Jill Dupleix and Terry Durack who will accompany readers for the full 12-days of this truly appetising tour.
From $8,635* per person
Visit wineries and vineyards where you'll learn how to taste wine from a sommelier on a romantic 11 day river cruise through the Bordeaux region.
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Exclusive inclusions on this departure
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Private tour and lecture at La Cite du VinExperience a special private tour at La Cite du Vin (The Wine City). This arresting building is not only a fascinatingmuseum dedicated to the world of wine, including that of Australia, it’s also Bordeaux’s latest architectural wonder. Your Cite du Vin tour will be preceded by a special introductory talk tailored for Traveller Tours guests by the museum’s curators.
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Welcome dinner at a Michelin-rated restaurantJoin your hosts Jill Dupleix and Terry Durack for an enchanting dinner at Le Saint James, set amongst spectacular scenery the kitchen of Le Saint James has been diligently run by Michelin star chef Nicolas Magie since 2012.
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Tour the medieval Chateau de CadillacVisit the late medieval Chateau Cadillac which overlooks the Dordogne river on the right bank, discover the history of the Chaˆteau that dates back to the 13th century and meet the Australian couple whorestored the property and who now produce exclusive wines that are exported throughout Europe and Australia.Of course, you will get to taste several vintages of this delicious drop as well.
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Meet a winemaking family at Chateau Queyron PindefleursVisit Chaˆteau Queyron Pindefleurs, owned by a French-Australian and his French wife who after living for 15 years in Australiamoved their young family back to France to run her family estate. Learn their story and enjoy wine tasting at the family estate.
Learn about your hosts
Jill is an acclaimed food writer, restaurant critic, and the author of 16 cook books, including New Food and Lighten Up. She was the first and only Australian to be cookery editor of The Times in London (from 2000 to 2007), travelling widely across Europe and the UK. Jill is currently food editor of The Australian Financial Review magazine, and together with Terry, is co-director of The Financial Review’s Australia’s Top Restaurants Awards.
Terry is an award-winning Fairfax Media restaurant critic and a prolific food and travel writer with a life-long enthusiasm for great food and wine. From 2000, he was the London-based restaurant reviewer for the The Independent on Sunday in the UK. He is the author of six books on food and dining including Noodle and Hunger, and was editor of The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide for eight years.
Philippe Massol, managing director of La Cite´ du Vin wine museum, has been intimately involved in Bordeaux’s groundbreaking "City of Wine" from the project’s conception in 2009. In 2015 he was appointed managing director of the Fondation pour la culture et les civilisations du vin, in charge of operating and developing La Cite´ du Vin. It’s a role he holds to this day.
Originally from Australia, Richard Serisier with wife Shelley own and run Chaˆteau Cadillac in the wine country of Bordeaux. The winery’s first vintage in 2012 was described by the French wine critic, Jean- Marc Quarin as a “masterstroke”. The chateau was constructed in the early 16th Century by a descendant of the original Baron de Cadillac, created by Edward ll in 1307. The Serisiers completely restored the chateau in 2005 to the grand home and gardens to be visited as part of the itinerary by Traveller Tours readers.
