blaye côtes de bordeaux: summer 2014 with our winegrowers!

Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux : un été 2014 à la rencontre des vignerons !

Cookery coursestasting lessons, boat trips with a winegrower, visits to wine estates, mountain bike rides: there’s no shortage of things to do during the 2014 tourist season in the Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux appellation. Follow the guide!

Learn how to taste wine !

“People make a big deal about wine tasting, but if you concentrate it’s really not difficult to identify familiar aromas”, says Cendrine Caillier, communication officer for Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux wines. And it helps if you have a bit of guidance from the sommelier at the Maison du Vin de Blaye. You can join in a fun initiation into wine tasting at 10.30am every Tuesday and Thursday in July and August. For €8, without any complications, you will learn how to recognise the red fruit and citrus aromas to be found in the appellation’s red and white wines. And you don’t need to be an expert in order to take part in ApéRock n’Blaye, a free wine tasting with live music organised by the Maison du Vin de Blaye at 6.00pm every Thursday in the Cellier des Vignerons in the heart of the Citadel in Blaye.

It’s your turn to cook !

Petit tour au marché pour les cours de cuisine de Yann Douet

Join chef Yann Douet from 9.00am to noon every Saturday morning in July and August for his “Back from market” workshop. “It’s fun, friendly and people-centred, just like at home”, says the chef, who takes you to Blaye market to choose the best seasonal produce. Back at the Maison du Vin, you will cook original dishes and learn how to match them with Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux wines, with the precious advice of a winemaker. (Cost of the workshop: €30)

Free cookery demonstrations also take place on Saturday 12 July and Saturday 16 August with Éric Gérona, a candidate for Master Chef Season 4. To round off the programme, Yann Douet will give demonstrations every Wednesday from 16 July to 27 August, accompanied by wine tastings hosted by a winemaker.

Join in the Festibalades evenings !

Les Festibalades : au coeur de Haute Gironde, à l'intérieur d'un ChâteauThere is no better way to find out what winegrowers do and to discover their wines than to visit their estates. In the Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux appellation, where we like to talk about wine in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, the Festibalades are one of our flagship summer events. Every Thursday evening, a winemaker invites you to tour his vineyard in the company of a nature guide. After the tour, participants can enjoy an aperitif with the estate’s wines, then a meal served by the winegrowers themselves. Activities for all the family are laid on. “Simplicity and a good atmosphere are always part of the mix”, smiles Véronique Camus from Domaine de Tout l’y Faut, “but otherwise no two Festibalades are the same. I like the children and adults who come on the Festibalades to go away with their heads full of happy memories.”

Explore the countryside around Blaye!

vignoble-blaye-bordeauxThe Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux appellation also has fantastic countryside. One way to discover it is on a boat trip on the Gironde Estuary with a winegrower as your guide. Different types of cruise are available, leaving from Bordeaux or Blaye. It’s a great way to see Blaye’s UNESCO Heritage Site monuments from the river while enjoying a glass of Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux wine.

For those who would rather visit the vineyards on foot, you can download the free Vin Blaye app from App Store or Google Play. It shows you three walks devised by top Bordeaux chef Jean-Pierre Xiradakis. For those who prefer mountain bikes, there are a number of marked trails through the vineyards. You can find the GPS routes for the 15, 20 or 30 km trails on our website.

Convivialitysimplicity, discovery of our wines and our countryside: that sums up the summer of 2014 with Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux wines!

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