A day visiting traditional distilleries in the Heart of the vineyards of Cognac
- Overview
Explore the famous Grande Champagne region with an English speaking local guide and driver, visiting vineyards where the best cognacs are produced. During this day tour :
Do not worry about driving.,you may fully enjoy your tastings and meetings with traditional producers hidden in the vines.
As an interesting way to approach various philosophies in the making of cognacs, you visit 2 family estates with their distilleries. You taste their production : Pineau and single estate cognacs.
You visit a traditional barrel factory (not open to public)
The tour is also an opportunity to discover Romanesque churches, typical sceneries of a terroir considered by many as the “French Tuscany”.
At a typical restaurant, you may have a nice traditional Charentaise lunch prepared with local produces, from starters to Charentaise coffee...
Departure at 9.30am with a visit of a cooperage.
Then follow the guide through the vineyards with stops explaining the vine growing comparatively to viticulture in vineyards producing wines to drink and then enjoy a French lunch. Visit of a family estate with its distillery. Tasting at the end of the visit. Visit of a second distillery which is supplying eau-de-vie to "world famous" Cognac houses. Return around 6.30pm.