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Loire Valley Half Day Wine Tour from Tours : Vouvray Wine Tasting
Badge of ExcellenceTours, France
- 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Discover the wines of the Vouvray appellation, part of the Loire Valley, on this wine-tasting adventure from Tours. Explore the famous underground caves and learn the proper wine-tasting techniques for comparing different flavors and fragrances. You’ll have the chance to meet a local winemaker and hear about the terroir of the Loire Valley, one of the most renowned in France.
- Small-group Vouvray wine tour from Tours
- Learn about the terroir of the Loire Valley
- Visit the underground wine cellars and meet a winemaker
- Discover the steps to a proper wine tasting
What's Included
- Wine tasting
- Driver/guide
- Professional guide
- Gratuities
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- French-speaking guide
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- 78 Rue Bernard Palissy, 37000 Tours, France
In front of the tourist Office in the city of Tours. Your guide will be wearing a hat!
Start time
02:30 PM
What To Expect
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Minimum age is 18 years
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Pets are not allowed, even service animals
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Clare_K
What a fun afternoon and getting to taste lots of white and sparkling wine. Two lovely small vineyards visited to see how they created their wine. Wow...I will really appreciate how much effort went in to making my wine next time I open it. We were lucky enough to be there and watch the pickers harvest some of the vines. I was expecting great big juicy grapes but they are in fact small grapes and tightly packed on the bunch.
Lovely guide Alex who kept us entertained the whole afternoon.
Reviews
4.5
50 reviews
Victoria_M, May 2024
The wine tasting and visit to the wine caves was fabulous. The rest of the time was riding in the car and not very interesting. We did not stop to view the sites as pictured.
Response from Host, May 2024
Thank you for this review! We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed the visit and we apologize for the disappointment. Your comment will help us improve our offers.
Do not hesitate to contact us the next time you come to France, to visit the Loire Valley again or another "A la Française" region: Provence, Bordeaux, Champagne.
Nicki_G, Apr 2024
This was a tremendous waste of money. We paid for a 4 hour wine tour. This was around 3 hours total, we spent 2 of those hours driving in the car. We only stopped at 1 winery, tried 6 white wines (never even had a full glass). No food or snacks were offered. The your operator was very nice and informative but the tour itself was extremely boring. Then she drive us to a field for a 10 minute chat about vines. The pictures and details are misleading.There was no frolicking in the vineyards, large outdoor tables with people drinking wine, multiple stops at any of the chateaus/ vineyards. Just 40 of minutes of driving in a van, to a cold cave, tasting 6 wines, 20 minutes out to see a field, then back to Tours FR. We did our own self guided tours on other days, way better. I do not like to leave bad reviews, but we also asked for a few partial refund, and Viaror denied it. I guess they don’t actually care if the experience is good. 2 stars only because the guide was nice.
Response from Host, Apr 2024
Dear Nicki,
We are deeply sorry to hear your disappointment, we are taking good notes of your feedback as it helps us improve our offers.
Thank you very much for your comment, we hope to have the opportunity to change your mind.
Yours faithfully
Bordeaux A la française team
Olivia_S, Oct 2023
Amazing tour, highlight of the trip! Our tour guide, Dmitiri, was wonderful and the wineries we visited were incredible. 10/10.
Clare_K, Oct 2023
What a fun afternoon and getting to taste lots of white and sparkling wine. Two lovely small vineyards visited to see how they created their wine. Wow...I will really appreciate how much effort went in to making my wine next time I open it. We were lucky enough to be there and watch the pickers harvest some of the vines. I was expecting great big juicy grapes but they are in fact small grapes and tightly packed on the bunch.
Lovely guide Alex who kept us entertained the whole afternoon.
Response from Host, Oct 2023
Thank you for your excellent comment ! We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed the A la Française experience with our guide Alexane
Do not hesitate to contact us the next time you come to France, to visit Loire Valley again or another "A la Française" region: Bordeaux, Provence, Champagne adn Burgundy.
Sincerely,
Loire Valley A la française team
Chelsie_B, Aug 2023
Visited two lovely vineyards in Vouvray with our wonderful and very knowledgeable guide who collected us from Tours and translated where needed during the tour. We sampled around 10 wines across the two locations, and were able to purchase without any pressure afterwards.
In terms of value for money, I would say that I feel that this tour was priced quite highly. During the first tour, an English couple turned up to enquire about wine tasting and were allowed to join our group without charge. With hindsight, we could have gotten a taxi to any winery in the area and asked for a tasting for much less.
Pamela_O, Jul 2023
Loved the 1/2 day wine tour of 2 vineyards. We had plenty of time to ask questions, explore "caves" where wine is stored, and taste LOTS of wines! Our tour guide, Dimitri, was friendly and knowledgeable!!
Response from Host, Jul 2023
Thank you for your excellent comment ! We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed the A la Française experience with our guide Dimitri
Do not hesitate to contact us the next time you come to France, to visit Loire Valley again or another "A la Française" region: Bordeaux, Provence, Champagne adn Burgundy.
Sincerely,
Loire Valley A la française team
Helen_F, Jun 2023
The winery was housed in a limestone cave and was a unique experience. A great time.
We both would recommend this tour and tour company.
Response from Host, Jul 2023
Thank you for your excellent comment ! We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed the A la Française experience with our guide
Do not hesitate to contact us the next time you come to France, to visit Loire Valley again or another "A la Française" region: Bordeaux, Provence, Champagne.
Sincerely,
Loire Valley A la française team
Erin_R, Apr 2023
We visited one family run winery and had 5 wines to taste, stopped in the vineyard to see the area and then went to one biodynamic winery on the river. Asked about 3.5 hrs. Very knowledgeable hosts at each winery, great wine. All vouvray for our tour.
Response from Host, May 2023
Dear Erin,
Thank you very much for your comment! We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed the tour!
It was a great pleasure to welcome you
Sincerely,
Loire Valley A la française team
lawrence_r, Aug 2022
Perfunctory tours, no food with wine tastings, , waste of time. Spent too much time just standing around. Tour guide at Marc Bredif winery was pathetic. There have to be much better tour companies. Definitely not for upscale or sophisticated travelers.
MaryAnn_C, Jun 2022
Alex was a great tour guide! The passion for winemaking from the ten-generation winemaking family was evident.
Response from Host, Jul 2022
Dear MaryAn,
Thank you very much for visiting us in Loire Valley and thank you for your excellent comments! We are delighted that the guide Alex advice met your expectations.
Sincerely,
Loire Valley team
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