Our port was Le Verdon, it is about two hours from there to Bordeaux, and there is nothing by the ship. There was a shuttle into Le Verdon, I’m not sur what was there as we had an all day tour of wine tasting, and lunch and a bit of shopping at the high-end shops, so we didn’t do any of that, we can do that at home cheaper, but we did enjoy the day, as it was cool in the morning and warmed by afternoon, and no rain.
So we met at 7:45 o’clock and then on to the busses. First stop was drive-by a number of chateaus that produce wines. Many of these look like castles, which is the meaning of Chateau: ( a large French country house or castle often giving its name to wine made in its neighborhood.)
The chateaux we visited was a bit less grand, but very nice, and the wine was grand. After a long history of more then 200 years Chateau Fourcas Hosten the Chateau was bought from an American family that owned it in 1974, by two French brothers.
The day we were there, they were harvesting the grapes. Then it was on to the tastings, we liked it, so bought four bottles.
Now back in the bus, to drive through some beautiful countryside and our guid told us about the longest marathon.
Medoc region of Bordeaux
Did you know the the home of the longest annual international marathon race? Yes, with over 8,000 participants it is nicknamed the longest marathon in the world. Why, because it is run through the vineyards of “Medoc” Bordeaux with 20 individual wine tastings events along the way, participants seldom run in a straight line as the finish line approaches, leading all to proclaim the race was too long, LOL must be fun.
Did you know the the home of the longest annual international marathon race? Yes, with over 8,000 participants it is nicknamed the longest marathon in the world. Why, because it is run through the vineyards of “Medoc” Bordeaux with 20 individual wine tastings events along the way, participants seldom run in a straight line as the finish line approaches, leading all to proclaim the race was too long, LOL must be fun.
We arrived about an hour later in the city of Bordeaux and it was time for lunch and it was a very good lunch of Coq au vin salad and of coarse wine. For desert it was pineapple and ice cream.
Then it was off for shopping, and I forgot to tell you about the cleaning of the wine,,,,, at a certain stage, they put egg whites into the wine to clear it, well when they separate the wine and the egg yoke later, they sell these yokes to bakers and make a confection from them, called Caneles. Well we bought some and are about to try them today.
So this will be continued:
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