I realise there are many perks to my job. Being personally invited to spend the weekend as a guest of the family at Château Siaurac is undoubtedly one of them. Few people have the chance to get under the grand façade of one of Bordeaux châteaux, see what... more »
Bordeaux Travel Articles
48 Hours at Château Siaurac, Bordeaux
Exploring the history of this nineteenth century French châteaux
Wine Tasting in Bordeaux
While I know it shouldn’t, there’s something about wine tasting that intimidates me. No matter how many times I do it, I’ll never shake that feeling that no matter how long someone spends explaining the complexities of cultivation, ...more »
24 Hours on Bordeaux' Cote d'Argent
For those who have yet to experience France’s best kept secret, I’hexagone is about to get even more intriguing. Famed for the rugged coves of la Bretagne, golden stretches of the Vendée and manicured swathes of the Côte ...more »
Chocolate - Stealing the Show in Bordeaux
It is virtually impossible for me to pass by the window of a patisserie. Patisseries or pastry/sweet shops dot the landscape of Bordeaux restaurants and indeed these tempting destinations are also to be found in small villages such as ...more »
The Secret Garden of Bordeaux
We all search for an undiscovered wine area. Mine has to include an enchanted countryside, which is almost everywhere in the Bordeaux region; it has to be off the beaten track away from masses of tour busses, and yet it must be easy to ...more »
The Bordeaux Bicycle
If you cycled the total length of Bordeaux’s cycleways, you’d have achieved the equivalent of the Suez Canal, and the range of a Scud-A missile. At 143km long, the bike paths of the French metropolitan city have helped influence its ...more »
Cote d'Argent - France's Best Kept Secret
The Côte d ‘Argent is the longest stretch of sand in Europe, and it’s something of a secret to the outside world. The French certainly know about it – they chuck their towels down in hordes every year – but then being a nation ...more »
A Rave about Bordeaux Caves
Some of them are musty and damp. Others are dusty and cramped. But then there are a few splendiferous examples which truly astound, subterranean cathedrals carved by Mother Nature herself. Caves straddle the line between perfection ...more »
The Port of the Moon, Bordeaux
There’s something charming about the word ‘enlightenment’, gently implying the expansion of one’s intellectual awareness, the acquisition of knowledge. It is a soft word, difficult to imagine ever being spoken in a negative ...more »
"I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it" - Rosalia de Castro
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My Destination
It's soon clear that Château Siaurac is more than a conveyor-belt for grapes, all be it fine ones