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Before starting your winery cruise, you should get some pamphlets of rough informations including which domaines are in which villages. If you once get to the village, you can easily find the signs to your destination. (Although most of the pamphlets are written in French, you will feel no problem in reading only addresses, phone numbers and so on.)
One more book we would like to recommend is buyers' guidebook which includes the information of each wine's evaluation such as appearance, nose, palate and so on. Some of which are written by well-known tasters and others are by professional tasting research groups visiting each winery. This kind of information would also be helpful.
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Pamphlets about places of wineries
Guide Vignobles et chais en bordelais
- Tourist Information or Maison du Vin in the city of Bordeaux
- Free
- Written in French, English
- Book type
- Coverage：whole Bordeaux
- Content：
Chateaux are introduced by each appellation with the information of profile, name, address, phone number, open and close time, languages. 5 great chateaux are not included and the detailed map is not attached.
- How useful?:△
You will find it helpful in point of that it is not written only in French but also in English, and that it contains maps of Tourist Informations and Maisons du Vin of each area. However, after you start your winery cruise, you will need more useful ones (metioned below) available at Maisons du Vin of each area, which contains detailed maps and includes 5 great chateaux.
MÉDOC - GUIDE DÉCOUVERTE
- Maison du Vin Margaux
- Free
- Written in French
- Book type
- Coverage：Médoc,Haut Médoc,St.Estèphe,Pauillac,Saint Julien,
Listrac Médoc,Moulis en Médoc,Margaux
- Content：
Includes name, address, telephone number, visiting hours, language and so on of chateaux by the appellation. Also includes the list of hotels and restaurants and the detailed operating hours of Maison du Vin. You may find the map somewhat inaccurate but containing enough volume of chateaux.
- How useful?:○Necessary
Written in French but no necessary to worry because lots of symbols can help you.
Les Graves accueillent
- Maison du Vin(Podensac）
- Free
- Written in French
- Book type
- Coverage：Pessac-Léognan,Graves
- Content：
Includes name, address, telephone number, visiting hours, language and so on of chateaux by the appellation. Also includes the list of hotels and restaurants and the detailed operating hours of Maison du Vin.The map is easy to see and volume of listed chateaux will satisfy your needs.
- How useful?:○Necessary
Written in French but no necessary to worry because lots of symbols can help you.
A Stroll Around Saint-Emilion
- Maison du vin (St-Émilion）
- Free
- Written in French, English
- Map
- Coverage：Saint-Émilion,Saint-Émilion Grand Cru,Montagne Saint-Émilion,Lussac Saint-Émilion,Puisseguin Saint-Émilion,Saint-Georges Saint-Émilion
- Content：
The large map with the information of chateaux name and phone numbers.It is very easy to see and the volume of listed chateaux will satisfy your needs. Visiting hours and language are not included.
- How useful?:○Necessary
On the reverse side, you will find an explanation of AOC and sightseeing guide.
Sauternes & Barsac
- Maison du vin(Sauternes）
- Free
- Written in French, English
- a quarto pamphlet
- Coverage：Sauternes,Barsac
- Content：
The large map with the information of chateaux name.It is very easy to see and the volume of listed chateaux will satisfy your needs. Phone numbers, Visiting hours and language are not included.
- How useful?:○Necessary
Other materials
Le vignoble de Bordeaux
- Tourist Information or Maison du Vin in the city of Bordeaux
- Free
- Written in French, English,German
- Map
- A map which shows the AOC distribution in the whole Bordeaux. It is always given without ask anything, but just for the reference information for the actual winery cruise.
A BORDEAUX WINE TOUR
- Maison du Vin in the city of Bordeaux
- Free
- Written in English
- Book type
- It introduces each area in Bordeaux ,including information such as vintage chart, technical terms and how to read labels and so on. It is perfect for P.R. with so beautiful pictures, however, just for the reference information for the actual winery cruise.
VINS DE BORDEAUX
- Maison du Vin in the city of Bordeaux
- Free
- Written in French, English,German
- card style
- Each card summarizes history, climate, soil, grape varieties and so on by each region or "dry white wines" or "sweet white wines" or other categorization. Their statistic data is useful, however, just for the reference information for the actual winery cruise.
Information cards chateau by chateau
- Maison du Vin (St.Émilion)
- Free
- Written in French
- card style
- One card includes one chateau's information with photos, telephone number and other information. As it includes(not always) detailed map, it should be useful if you don't know where your destination is located.
Wine buyers' guidebook
Le Guide Hachette des Vins
- Bookshops anywhere in and out of Paris
- FFr.1650 (October, 1997)
- Written in French
- Book type
- An annual report of French wines valued by 800 specialists in 140 groups.
CD-ROM version is also on sale.
Lots of buyers' guidebooks are available, but this is among the most helpful ones.
