The Bordeaux Wine School runs structured evening tasting programmes on Fridays and Saturdays covering individual appellations (Pauillac, Saint-Emilion, Sauternes) with guided notes; bilingual English-French.
The list: CIVB evening tasting courses: 3-hour structured tastings of Bordeaux appellations on Friday and Saturday evenings; 15+ wines with guided notes
Address: 3 cours du 30 Juillet, 33000 Bordeaux, France
L'Intendant's spiral-staircase wine tower opens its ground-floor tasting counter for late-afternoon and evening flights; the full 15,000-label reference collection is browsable while tasting.
The list: Tasting counter open until 21:00 with rotating nightly flights of Bordeaux appellations; vertical Medoc and Right Bank flights priced from EUR 20; 15,000 reference library browsable
The Pauillac Maison du Vin hosts seasonal evening tasting events overlooking the Gironde estuary; pre-booked groups and walk-in visitors welcome during summer months for sunset classified growth flights.
The list: Seasonal evening tasting events on Pauillac quayside: classified growth flights at sunset over the Gironde estuary; advance booking required
The Grand Hotel bar's champagne and sparkling wine programme is Bordeaux's most comprehensive, covering prestige champagne houses and local Cremant de Bordeaux producers in a formal Art Deco setting.
The list: 50-label champagne and cremant list at the Grand Hotel bar; Krug, Dom Perignon, Salon, and Bollinger Grande Annee by the glass; Cremant de Bordeaux from local producers also featured
Badie caviste stocks the broadest Cremant de Bordeaux selection in the city, with a tasting counter offering current releases by the glass. Cremant de Bordeaux is rarely found outside France and represents excellent local sparkling wine value.
The list: Badie's dedicated Cremant de Bordeaux selection counter: all major cooperative and independent producers of Bordeaux sparkling wine (methode traditionnelle); by the glass during opening hours
Bordeaux's grandest historic restaurant keeps its bar and wine service open late into the evening with the full 600-label list accessible. Popular with chateau owners after tasting dinners.
The list: 600-label Bordeaux-centric cellar open late; classified growth by-the-glass available until midnight; full kitchen service until 23:00
The quayside Chartrons wine bar stays open late with a full by-the-glass service of Bordeaux appellations and serves light charcuterie and cheese plates until closing.
The list: 250-label Bordeaux list; late-night by-the-glass service with charcuterie boards; second wines of classified growths always available