Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classified: Picnic & Visit in French

Merveilleux site! Guide sympathique et attentif. La formule avec pique-nique et dégustation a été très apprécié! Bravo!

Unfortunately, for me, it was not as advertised. There was not a choice of picnic except bland cold shredded chicken in cold chopped vegetables or a vegetarian cold pasta. We didn't get the starter (they dished it up to another part of our group then told us to share with that table??) and desert was a prepackaged mousse. The baguette was handed to our entire group and told to break it up and pass along. Even the wine was not the €10 euro rose bottle at the taster but instead a poorer quality. Picnic in an area around the back on a bench, whereas if you just go yourself you get the lovely seats, sunshine and view. I felt it was badly executed and basically handled with haste. Sorry, I would not recommend. Go for a tour if you wish but not the picnic or food.

I had high hopes for this tour. The 2 wineries are beautiful with one being more modern than most in the area. The view was incredible! Our guide Isabel was amazing. Very knowledgeable and made the tour interesting. Also, our group was fun which made it a nice experience. HOWEVER, the part that ruined the whole thing was the picnic. Not what I expected at all!! We have done picnics at other vineyards in Italy and USA, always with an excellent assortment of pickys and lunch items. This was embarrassing! You check of on paper what you want, then they microwave some mushy chicken or whatever you choose and bring it in a basket. It was awful! I dont think we had more than one bite. I couldnt believe how sad it was. Why microwaved food in Bordeaux??? Had it been better food we would have ordered more wine and stayed to enjoy the view. Instead we ran, leaving it all there. So gross. Dont bother with the picnic. The execution is so BAD.