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Private Wine Tours in France

Unveiling France's Finest: Customized VIP Wine Tours and Gourmet Escapes

France Wine Tours

Introducing Our Wine Tours in France

France is, without a doubt, one of our wine-loving clients’ favorite luxury destinations, and we have been organizing our private chauffeured connoisseur tours here for over two decades. We specialize in custom-designed, super premium tours of La Belle France, created on a bespoke basis for private couples, groups of friends, and clubs. Our trip planning for your tailor-made tour starts with a personalized questionnaire where you tell us all about your travel preferences, main interests, and special requests. This may be food and wine, art, history, scenery, adventure, cooking, painting, etc. Perhaps you are celebrating a milestone, and you might have a few places or activities on your bucket list that you want to enjoy on this trip. We will build the perfect vacation based on your vision, your wish list, and your desired pace and speed.
Burgundy, Bordeaux, and the Rhône Valley are an absolute must for fine red wine lovers (and many fine whites as well) and some of the most requested wine regions. The Loire Valley and Alsace are signature white wine destinations (along with some lighter style reds) and also gorgeous regions to visit for architecture lovers. Champagne needs no introduction and is a perennial bestseller. And lesser known French wine destinations like Provence (known for its rosé of course but now also a quality red and white wine producer), Corsica (amazing vinous gems which are delightful with the island’s artisan cheese), fairy tale Dordogne, Languedoc (France’s best kept secret) and Jura (dramatic mountain scenery, world class cheese and unique wine styles) are a real treat for wine lovers interested in exploring beyond the classic regions.
From the moment you land in France until you depart, we handle every detail of your vacation planning to ensure a completely relaxed and indulgent experience from start to finish. You will stay in characterful, high-end French hotels- from stately manor houses to chateaux, and from Grand Dame Hotels to boutique mansions. Enjoy romantic dinners and memorable wine-soaked lunches at buzzy brasseries, cozy bistros, and swish Michelin-starred icon restaurants. Visit the best wine estates in France, and let us pamper you with extended wine flights and private, VIP tours. Then sit back and relax in your comfortable Mercedes while we bring you door-to-door.
We hope you enjoy these sample itineraries we have put together to inspire you and illustrate the countless possibilities in French wine country. The length of your trip and where you start and end is up to you; we can work around your precise perimeters, and many of these regions can be combined comfortably on the same trip.
If you are considering a luxury wine tour in France, then we would love to assist you! Let’s start planning.

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Tour Planning

Genevieve has spent more than 20 years creating private food and wine journeys across Spain, Portugal and France. She regularly visits the regions featured in these collections, meeting with winery, hotel, guide, and restaurant partners and exploring new experiences. She also reviews feedback from Cellar Tours guests. Her role is to help travelers choose the wine region, itinerary style, and pace that best match their interests—not simply the destination with the most famous name.

What's Included?

  • Cellar Tours private itineraries include chauffeur-led transportation, carefully selected hotels, winery appointments, restaurant planning, and practical support before and during your journey.
  • Depending on the destination and proposal, your tour may also include private guides, tastings, special experiences, cultural visits, regional transfers, and dining reservations.
  • Your custom proposal will clearly show what is included, what is optional, and what is not included.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is not included?

International flights, travel insurance, personal expenses, optional spa treatments, gratuities and meals or tastings not listed in your itinerary are usually not included unless specifically stated.

Are the winery visits private?

All wine visits and tastings are private and pre-arranged for your party.

Can the itinerary be adjusted for mobility or dietary needs?

Yes, 100%. Share mobility considerations, allergies, dietary preferences, and pacing needs early so we can adapt hotels, transport, restaurants, and visits wherever possible.

How far in advance should we plan a private wine tour?

For a longer, multi-day wine tour in France, we recommend planning 9–12 months in advance. For shorter private tours of a few days, 3–6 months is usually a good window, while for a single-day wine tour, 1–2 months ahead is generally sufficient. The more ambitious the wine program, the more important it is to plan early. Many of France’s leading domaines and châteaux receive visitors only by appointment, and availability can be extremely limited. This is especially true during harvest, when access to many top wineries is restricted as estates understandably focus on bringing in the grapes and making the new vintage. The best hotels, guides, and restaurants can also book up well ahead. If your plans are more last-minute, do still contact us. We may have to be more flexible about particular estates, but we can often put together an excellent trip.

Can you create a private tour that is not shown on the website?

Absolutely. France is a country where tailoring the route properly matters. A Burgundy trip has a completely different rhythm from Bordeaux; Champagne works beautifully with Paris; the Rhône can form part of a journey through Provence. We do not start with a fixed itinerary and try to make you fit it. We look at where you are arriving, how much time you have, what you want to taste, and how much you actually want to do each day. From there, we build a coherent itinerary. Some estates in France do not receive private visitors, regardless of budget or notice, and we will always be straightforward about that.

How many wineries do we typically visit each day?

Two visits is a very comfortable day in most French wine regions. Tastings are not always predictable in length: what begins as a cellar visit can easily turn into a long conversation over several vintages, particularly at smaller domaines. Three appointments can work, but we never plan them to add names to the itinerary. A good lunch, a little time in the vineyards, and two excellent visits usually make for a far better day.

Will we visit famous wineries or smaller family-run estates?

We try to strike a balance. The famous names are famous for good reason, and when we can arrange an interesting visit, we are delighted to include one. In Bordeaux, however, access to the First Growth châteaux is very limited, and even with considerable notice a private visit cannot be assumed. Likewise, some of the most celebrated domaines elsewhere in France do not receive visitors. Fortunately, France is also a country where extraordinary wines are often made behind very ordinary-looking doors. A grower in Champagne or a family domaine in Burgundy can offer a much more personal experience than a grand property. We choose producers for the quality of the wines and the experience they can offer, rather than simply for the recognisability of the label.

Can the wine experiences be customized to our level of knowledge?

Of course. French wine can seem wonderfully simple or impossibly complicated, depending on where you are standing. We can keep things relaxed and concentrate on enjoying the wines, or go much deeper into appellations, vineyard classifications, terroir, vintages, and individual producers. Serious Burgundy or Bordeaux enthusiasts often arrive with very specific interests; equally, many guests want someone to make sense of the labels. Both are perfectly good starting points.

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