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Treat yourself to a romantic Valentine’s Day weekend in Bordeaux
What could be more romantic than a week-end together in a beautiful 18th century city like Bordeaux where you can choose accommodation ranging from 5-star hotel to character and charming guest house… wander the back streets of Old Bordeaux hand-in-hand, find out all about wine chateau life in times gone by, enjoy truly great wines and dinner by candlelight, spend an evening at the opera. The Bordeaux Tourist Office offers an all–inclusive weekend break ‘Bordeaux Découverte’ (3 days/2 nights for two people). Read more |
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Assemblage (wine-blending) workshops: improve your wine knowledge
If you are a wine lover you will enjoy this “Introduction to wine blending” workshop, run by the Bordeaux Tourist Office in collaboration with Les Médocaines, four wine-growers from the Medoc area. For groups of up to eight people only, the half-day workshop will be taking place every Monday during February and March and includes a visit of a chateau followed by a blending workshop in the tasting room of an other estate. Read more |
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The Wine Gallery: an opportunity to sample great Bordeaux vintage wines by the glass
The recently opened Wine Gallery has an unusual and innovative offer for wine-lovers: a chance to try a rare selection of the very best Bordeaux. The idea behind this opportunity to taste some of the region’s most highly reputed Grands Crus Classés (Lafite, Latour, Mouton, Margaux, Haut Brion, Cheval Blanc, Ausone etc.), is to give an unprecedented overview of the most prestigious wine-growing area in the world. The Wine Gallery has a collection of 48 wines available for you to try directly, by purchasing a prepaid card, or you can buy wine to take home (€25 to €75). Read more |
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Barbara Hendricks and Carolyn Carlson top the bill at the Bordeaux Opera House
Saturday, March 13th, soprano Barbara Hendricks will be singing Schubert’s Die Winterreise (The Winter Travel), with piano accompaniment by Love Derwinger. Friday, February 12th and Saturday, February 13th, Eau (Water), a major work by American choreographer Carolyn Carlson, focuses on the powers of the liquid element, describing with 12 dancers a plunge into the depths accompanied by a growing awareness of the value of this vital element. Joby Talbot’s music and Alain Fleischer’s watery mirrors help create a unique atmosphere that sweeps the dancers along. Friday, February 12th and Saturday, February 13th. Read more |
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A French first: a city’s events diary as an iPhone application
Bordeaux, the ‘digital city’, is constantly finding innovative new services to offer both inhabitants and visitors, the latest of these being an events diary from the bordeaux.fr portal via iPhone. The new application, called ‘A Bordeaux’, is available free of charge from the Apple Store, and can be accessed anywhere. An event search can be carried out by time, place or category, the results are localised on a map and can be sent to others by email or posted on Facebook or Twitter. Although the service is only available in French at the moment, there are plans for an English version at a later date. Read more |
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