The tour started with a rendezvous of our eight tourists, in the Loire valley at one of our favourite producers, Domaine Huet in Vouvray. We were treated to an extensive tour of the ancient winery that is carved into and under the limestone hillside and ultimately supports one of Huet’s main three vineyards. The wines…
We are delighted to invite you to join us for the May 2018 Tour du Vin, that takes place in Vouvray in the Loire valley en route to Bordeaux for our main tastings. (FYI – THESE DAYS HAVE NOW MOVED FORWARD A WEEK THAN WERE ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED) For the 3 day and 3 night trip,…
In September 2017, we held the 10th Waud Wine Club Tour du Vin and it is safe to say it did not dissapoint. Our biggest turnout ever with 23 tourists flying into Tuscany for 3 days of wine tasting at some of the most iconic vineyards in the world. Frescobaldi, Castello di Nipozzano Our first…
So, we are going to back to our roots! The main inspiration for the Waud Wine Club was when Martin Athey, Jeremy Waud and a group of friends visited some vineyards in the relatively unchartered South West France wine regions of Madiran and Jurançon when on tour there in 2010. Many members will remember our own labelled Members…
Portugal TDV – 15th Sept to 18th Sept 2016 There are a few remaining slots available for the TDV to Portugal next month. We plan to arrive into Porto on the morning of Thursday 15th September and fly out again on Sunday 18th September. The itinerary: Fly in Thursday morning then hire cars to travel…
We have returned just about all in one piece after a fantastic 4 day Tour du Vin in the Loire Valley. With 19 tourists (only 3 tour first timers!) we all arrived from different directions within 5 minutes of each other at our first tasting at Domaine de la Bergerie in Champ sur Layon. We…
Our first tasting on the Loire reccy for the TDV 2016 at Domaine de la Bergerie in Champ sur Layon. Fantastic tasting with Anne Guégniard. On day 2 of the reccy, we had morning tastings in Chinon, starting at Domaine de la Noblaie. Our next Chinon tasting was at Bernard Baudry…
Our first tasting on the Loire reccy for the TDV 2016 at Domaine de la Bergerie in Champ sur Layon. Fantastic tasting with Anne Guégniard. On day 2 of the reccy, we had morning tastings in Chinon, starting at Domaine de la Noblaie. Our next Chinon tasting was at Bernard Baudry – with his son…
It’s been four years since the Waud Wines tourists last ventured south to enjoy the delights that this fabulous wine region has to offer, but a band of brothers and sisters recently braved the increasingly difficult to navigate Eurotunnel to make “Le grand retour a la Rhone”. Deftly side stepping Operation Stack and multiple…
We are pleased to announce the two Waud Wine Club tours for 2015. The first in July is to the Rhone Valley where we return with the cars for a 3 day driving and wine tasting trip. The second tour will be a fly/drive to Barcelona and surrounds in September. It is expected that these…
Last night on tour and we had a very entertaining dinner at Caveau des Arches in Beaune. Highly recommended.
The last vineyard trip on the 2014 was to Chateau de Meursault. Chateau de Meursault has one of the largest wine cellars in Burgundy and hold a minimum of 1 million bottles there are any one time. After the tour and tasting, we had our annual car photoshoot – this year we had a lovely…