Day 1

· Pick-up from Lyon airport or train station and transfer to Hotel Pyramide at Vienne.
· Time to relax.
· Pre-dinner wine-tasting at the hotel with your wine expert and the hotel’s sommelier.
· Dinner at the hotel’s superb Michelin two-starred restaurant.

Day 2

· After a leisurely breakfast we escort you to our first tasting at the winery of Pierre Gaillard in the small region of Condrieu.
· Our next tasting is at the establishment of Edmond et David Duclaux in the Côte Rôtie.
· We return to our hotel for lunch.
· Our afternoon tasting is at the unique and exquisite Château Grillet.
· Time to relax before dinner at the hotel.

Day 3

· After breakfast we take our private transport to the Hermitages region for a tasting at Domaine Bernard Ange.
· We go on to Domaine Jean-Louis Chave.
· We stop for a typical French lunch in the restaurant Reynaud in the town of Tain-l’Hermitage.
· Our afternoon tasting is in the region of St. Joseph at the famed house of Chapoutier.
· We return to the hotel to relax before our grand farewell dinner as, tomorrow, we move on to the southern Rhône.

Day 4

· After breakfast our bags are loaded and we take an hour’s trip to the Château de Rochegude.
· Time to settle in and relax before lunch at the château.
· Our afternoon tasting is very special - a private session with one of the wine experts at L’Université du Vin de Suze-la-Rousse. This exquisite medieval château is equipped with state-of-the-art tasting facilities.
· Dinner at our château.

Day 5

· After breakfast, our private transport takes us to the celebrated region of Châteauneuf-du-Pape for tastings at Boisrenard and Domaine Raymond Usseglio.
· We lunch at the Michelin-starred Moulin à Huile in nearby Vaison-La-Romaine.
· A most interesting tasting this afternoon - the white mix of Viognier and Clairette at Domaine du Moulin near Vinsobres.
· Dinner at our château.

Day 6

· After breakfast we take our transport to the region of Cairanne for a tasting at Domaine de l’Oratoire Saint-Martin.
· On to Beaumes-de-Venise for a tasting at Domaine de Fontavin.
· lunch
· tasting
· dinner

Day 7