St. Emilion and beyond…..

We ventured from Camarsac to St. Emilion to explore more of Bordeaux. St. Emilion was nice but very touristy and pricey. We climbed the tower in the middle of the town square. The tower was quite high and the stairs skinny and worn. Probably why there was no one else in the tower! The view form the tower was amazing in all directions.

We decided to leave the actual village in search of a better deal on wine. It was Saturday so many of the wine chateaux were closed but we managed to find one. The proprietor was hosting a tasting for others and didn’t have much time for us. However, he had a young American that was working at the winery who was helpful and walked us through a small tasting. We bought only one bottle – tres cher!

We drove through a smaller town called “Montagne de St. Emilion” and stopped the only person we saw to ask if she knew of any wineries. She said she’d make a call. After the call she gave us very clear directions to a winery that we should visit. Turned out the winery belonged to her parents! They were absolutely delightful and were trilled to have us visit. We did a tasting and then they gave us a tour. Their vineyards were very small, only about 4Ha. We bought a few bottles and they gave us a bottle and a wine opener to remember them by. The wine wasn’t the best so we decided we would drink it on our travels. (We are currently drinking the last bottle!)



We had a long drive ahead of us so we said goodbye and headed to the countryside!