03/17/08 Cancelled.. I wanted
to share something good with you...I saw it so nice and I got such good
prices I thought it was going to be easy.. Thanks to all of you who have
been showing interest. Maybe we'll do it some time later and a little bit
different. I don't know....
Final stage,03/12/08. Boarding now! Limited ..
On 02/05/2008. I booked 10 seats on Air France so we are ready to
go! Send me an email fast!
This is going to be a fun trip from the 24th of April
till the 29th.
6 days going around with friends! We will visit
Loire Valley, Bordeaux, Minervois, Cote-du-Rhone. You'll see it's beautiful!
The main destination is La Redorte, Aude France. A small village in the middle
of vines! A place to fall in love with! We can sleep in my house, but for
the ones who want there is also a hotel and "chambre d'hotes" in the village.
This is the plan! Take your time go to the links, you'll see... we are going
to have a great time!
Wine trip in France.
From Thursday 24th of April 2008, till Tuesday, 29th of
April, 2008’
Thursday, Day 1. .
Departure. Miami International Airport. Thursday.
Vol Air France AF095.
Thursday afternoon. 5.40pm
www.airfrance.com The regular fair is
$1100.Travel light we are not staying so long.
Friday, Day 2.
Arrival Paris Roissy
Charles-de-Gaulle next morning. 8.10am
Renting of a mini van for
8 persons. Avis Rent-a-car.9 seats. 
Or
2 cars if we are 10 persons.
Around 10.00am Departure
to Chateau de Chambord In the Loire Valley
www.chambord.org (2 hours and 20 minutes drive) 
.
When we arrive there, we
visit a little bit and we eat lunch in a restaurant close by.
After we go to Saint Emilion Gironde. (around 4 hours drive).
There we can see the village and some vineyards and
have dinner au Palais Cardinal a
local restaurant
www.saint-emilion-tourisme.com
Departure to La Redorte.
Arrival La Redorte Aude.during the night.(around 3hours and 30 minutes drive.)
Saturday, Day 3. .
After the road, the idea
is to appreciate the lifestyle of an old village. We will visit
small independent wineries in this charming region of Minervois Corbieres. See
www.laredorte.com.
Lunch along the canal du
Midi a Homps in a local wine loving restaurant.
After a little siesta, we will visit a winery on our way to Carcassonne.
Night dinner in La Cite de Carcassonne. See
www.carcassonne.culture.fr 
Sunday,
Day4
In the morning we will go
to the marche de Narbonne along the Port. We will have lunch there
In the afternoon Visit of
L’Abbaye de Fondfroide. Dinner in Narbonne.
www.mairie-narbonne.fr
ort.
Monday,Day 5.
Le chai du port. Testing and buying. Visit of cellars.
www.lechai-portminervois.com .meeting with wine producers.
Monday afternoon driving
back to Paris via Avignon (around 2 hours drive), dinner in Avignon. La cite des
papes.www.ot-avignon.fr
Tuesday,Day 6. Tuesday
morning,
breakfast near the Tour Eiffel.10.00am Air France departure.Arrival Miami 3.00pm.
You are loosing only one day of work! And I am sure it’s going to be a
unique experience, rich in discoveries and fun!
Breakfast, lunch and
dinner.
Accommodations. You can l
sleep in my house, not exactly a four star place, it was built around 1800...but
it's very charming! You can also get a room in a local
hotel but this is not included.
The main idea is to spend
a very good time together and to give you a sense of the French diversity.
But, I also would like to
introduce you to this Region of Minervois-Corbieres. This is a place where they
are producing wine 30 miles around and some of them are tremendous wines!
For
this first trip, we need only 6 to 8 persons!
When I
got all the persons interested, we will do a meeting in Happy Wine and then a
deposit of $600 is required when you reserve.
The approximate cost of the adventure is $1600 all included
Flight ticket,
Car renting
Best Time Wine.
because it's always a pleasure!
