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Food, wine, and history travel to France, Spain and beyond. 
Here are some examples:

Bordeaux, Cognac, and the Dordogne.  

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We spent a wonderful week of incredible wine, food, Cognac, history and fun in  some of the most storied regions of France:  tasting the extraordinary wines of Bordeaux's Medoc and St Emilion under the guidance of chef, Bordeaux wine educator and  James Beard award winning author Dewey Markham; dining al fresco at St Estephe's Chateau Phelan Segur on the first day of harvest; learning to blend Cognac from House Camus' master blender and bringing home a bottle of our very own proprietary blend home in a gorgeous wooden presentation box; watching a master truffle hunter  search out  black gold, seeing  a truffle cooking demonstration and feasting on a truffle lunch in the heart of the Perigord; viewing the great castles of the Dordogne Valley and touring the chateau owned by Josephine Baker, in her day the most famous entertainer in the world; tasting the delicious wines and brandy of Southwest France; and marveling at some of the oldest cave art in the world  What an adventure!  


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Looking for other regions to explore? What about:
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THE FABULOUS LOIRE VALLEY.


Known as Le Jardin de France (the Garden France) you will find phenomenal wines and exquisite food, visit spectacular chateaux, and walk in the footsteps of Henry II of England, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, their son Richard the Lionheart, and Leonardo da Vinci, who is spent his final years in this most beautiful part of La Belle France.  

THE INCREDIBLE WINES OF SPAIN
From the great tempranillo of Ribera del Duero and Rioja; from the Basque country, to the land of Cava; from Roman aqueducts to exquisite monasteries, from castles to palaces, you will love our journeys through Spain. ​


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