Drinking and driving through the vines

After a week with the Peacocks we continued the wine tasting trail in search of some classic french wine. We were not disappointed.

First stop was Beaune, a beautiful town in the heart of the Burgundy wine region. Beaune is surrounded by rows of golden vineyards and underneath the town is an incredible labyrinth of underground wine cellars, plenty of which are open for wine tasting tours.

We were lucky enough to have wheels again so were able to tour the surrounding world famous vineyards and sample some great drops, our favourites being the Mersault chardonnay and the Volnay Pinot Noir. We also sampled more than our fair share of premiere cru grapes straight off the vines!! Very tasty.

While wine tasting we tried to sound like informed and sophisticated wine connoisseurs, which proved particulalry difficult given that it was all in french! Things took a turn for the worst when Em got her french a bit mixed up and asked one of the local wine makers if he was a toilet!!

Next stop was champagne where we stayed in Epernay and did the infamous Moet and Chandon champagne house tasting tour. All very glam and also fascinating to see how enourmous their underground cellars are.

We are now in Paris for 2 weeks having narrowly avoided driving around the Arc de Triomphe on our arrival!

The Cote D'or, Burgundy

Our treasured bottle of Mersault (bit of a step up from the 3 euro bottles we've been drinking!)

The good stuff

The man behind the bubbles