My husband and I spent a week in Paris with our daughter on Spring Break and signed up for a day trip to Sancerre wine region with Brice. It was the highlight of our week! While the drive is long, it is well worth the time to explore the two generational winemakers and their operations as well as a goat farm where cheese is made. Brice has a wonderful relationship with the locals, and we were taken “behind the scenes” of the processes which we found very intriguing as well as a learning experience. Having been to Tuscany and Napa, it was interesting to see how different the French approach to wine making is and how it truly is the soul of family whose generations have produced the wine. They take great pride in what they do and maintain the integrity of the wine through the generations (under strict rules of the country)…one winemaker had been in business 500 years through 16 generations and another was a young woman following in her Grandfather’s footsteps as 7th generation. Both tastings were excellent wines, and we walked away with an appreciation of what it means to have the Sancerre and Pouilly Fume labels. Of course the goats were adorable (if you bend down to their level just watch your hair!) and while we typically are more cow cheese fans, the product the farm produced was tasty! We would not have had the experience we did without Brice as our guide. He was patient and knowledgeable and was able to address all questions we asked of him. We highly recommend him for this tour, and next time we visit Paris we will be signing up for his Champagne tour!
Date of experience: March 2025
Wine Enthusiast Tour
