Guided hike from the Maison du Tourisme du Grand Pic Saint-Loup to the limestone summit followed by a boutique-estate tasting of Pic Saint-Loup AOP Syrah and Mourvedre cuvees.
Address: Departure: Maison du Tourisme du Grand Pic Saint-Loup, 13 chemin du Mas, 34270 Saint-Mathieu-de-Treviers, France, Languedoc
Guided tour of the Castigno bottle-shaped cellar in Assignan with 180-degree vineyard views, five-wine tasting of the organic Saint-Chinian range and a walk through Marc Verstraete's wine village.
Guided walk through Faugeres, the only Languedoc appellation entirely on schist, with two estate tastings of Syrah, Grenache and Mourvedre blends from old-vine schist parcels.
Maison Noilly Prat cellar tour at Marseillan, walking the indoor Canadian oak casks and the outdoor enstreau cask field by the Etang de Thau, ending in a four-vermouth tasting flight.
Abbey cellar visit at Saint-Hilaire where Benedictine monks created methode traditionnelle in 1531, ending in a Maison Guinot tasting of Blanquette and Cremant de Limoux.
Walking tour of Gerard Bertrand's biodynamic La Clape vineyard outside Narbonne, ending in a tasting of the Hospitalet Grand Vin range and biodynamic neighbours from his 16 domains.
Library vintage tasting in the Daumas Gassac vinotheque deep in the cellars, walking the grape-variety museum vineyard and tasting back vintages of the Aniane IGP Saint-Guilhem cuvee.
