BEST OF · BORDEAUX FOOD TOURS
The 15 best bordeaux food tours you can book today, with what each costs, how long it runs and how hungry to turn up. Number one is top for a reason, so start there.
Taste Bordeaux through organic wine, French bistro food, cheese, cannelé, cream puffs, and chocolate on a small-group city walk.
“Aurelian was a fantastic guide, he gave us a lot of history about Bordeaux and the food and sweets were great. A good way to get to know Bordeaux! Great guide and great conversation.”
Review of Rustic Vines’ Saint-Émilion wine tour from Bordeaux, with two château visits, three tastings, a picnic lunch, and village walk.
“The guide, the venues, the wines, the transportation, and the fellow travelers were all a treat from start to finish. Even the weather was great for the tour. The grape picking season was at the end, but we were treated with some of the grapes being processed straight from the field.”
Review of a small-group Saint-Émilion wine tour from Bordeaux, with two winery visits, red wine tastings, local snacks, and village time.
“A wonderful day out enjoying wine and tasty treats in the historic village of St Emilion. Our guide Alex was full of enthusiasm and being a sommelier himself, he was the ideal tour guide for this trip. The village was fun to explore - but watch those cobblestones, they can be slippery. A beautiful day enjoying some fabulous wine. You can’t go wrong.”
Review of Bordeaux Wine Trails’ full-day tour with three wineries, Saint-Émilion, Pessac-Léognan, Pomerol, and a gourmet picnic lunch.
“We had an absolutely fantastic full-day wine tour in Bordeaux this May, and we can’t recommend Bordeaux Wine Trails enough! The experience was perfectly paced, incredibly informative, and a true highlight of our trip to France. Our guide, Jonathan, was everything you’d want in a host — easy-going, knowledgeable, and full of great tips not just about wine, but about Bordeaux itself. His passion and insight made the entire day feel both relaxed and enriching. We visited three charming vineyards, each with its own unique story and wine-making style. We sampled around a dozen different wines, mostly reds (as you'd expect in Bordeaux), but with a couple lovely whites and…”
Spend a full day tasting classified Bordeaux wines, touring Saint-Émilion, and exploring three châteaux with a small English-speaking group.
“Great trip overall - the only thing I would swap around is. Have the quick guided tour through St Emilion village first and then have free time. It would maximise free time for checking out areas not covered by the guided walk or have a specific place to go back to seen on the guided walk. We covered the same area during free time as we later did on the guided walk. Great day overall - Thoroughly enjoyed it”
Review of Bordeaux Old Town Food and Wine Tour, with local shops, French tastings, history, wine pairings, price, and practical tips.
“Such a fun and interesting tour! Bordeaux can be overwhelming in terms of choosing the best places to eat and drink. Alexandra was such a wonderful tour guide”
Review of Bordeaux’s No Diet Club food tour, with market tastings, local specialties, walking tips, price advice, and honest drawbacks.
“Nicholas was informative about the city, its history, and the neighborhoods we visited. Unfortunately I felt the selected menus of food were poor choices. Heavy on pastries and dessert, light on French cuisine. Other than the mussels at the beginning and the French baguette in the middle we had a very odd experience in a wine shop. It seemed all the proprietor wanted was to sell glasses of wine as he poured everyone a glass at beginning without disclosing it was chargeable. The only food offered was a small 8” plate of truffle sausage and cheese for 10 people! Should have experienced more of the French cuisine with some of…”
Taste nine French AOC cheeses and three Bordeaux wines in an 18th-century cellar, with lively English commentary and excellent value.
“Amazing tasting, would highly recommend. The guide was very knowledgeable about each wine and region. We tasted 3 different wines and had 3 cheeses with each wine. They were all delicious.”
Review of Olala Bordeaux’s Saint-Émilion wine tour, with village walk, three château visits, tastings, picnic lunch, price, and practical tips.
“Our guide, Margot, was excellent. I think she didn't stop talking, describing, teaching the entire length of our trip. The tour was well-spaced out visiting the town, then a winery with nice lunch, and then 2 other wineries. The second winery provided a lateral tasting of wines from Bordeaux, not just St Emilion, which was nice for better understanding of what, for example, Margaux has to offer differently. It was a very pleasant well organized trip, thoroughly enjoyed.”
Taste Bordeaux through local specialties, market bites, canelés, oysters, cheese, and more on a relaxed small-group food walk.
“Great tour with 5 different stops with tastings ranging from moule frites to savory rolls, ice cream, wine and cheeses, and cookies. The guide was very informative and had great information about the town and places to eat/shop.”
Review of Bordeaux’s historic gourmet walk, with cannelé, chocolate, cheese, ham, wine, monuments, guide tips, value, and booking advice.
“If you are looking for a food tour this is not it. We came hungry/didn’t eat breakfast because most food tours feed you until you can’t breath. It wasn’t the case for this tour. We had 1 canale (tiny cake), 2 pieces of chocolate, and a few pieces of Spanish iberco ham. Why we had Spanish ham on a french tour is very confusing. More of a history tour with a snack or two”
Taste Bordeaux through cannelés, chocolate, cheese, charcuterie, bread, honey and wine on a friendly small-group walking tour.
“What a fabulous afternoon exploring the delicious delights that Bordeaux has to offer. Alex our foodie guide was truly amazing and ensured that we had a fabulous time. Her knowledge of the best food Bordeaux has to offer was superb. She took us to out of the way little gourmet places that we may have walked past as we walked the streets of Bordeaux. Alex’s the Bordeaux Foodie tour is a must and highly recommended for anyone visiting Bordeaux.”
Taste Bordeaux through pastries, cheese, chocolate, local dishes, and three wines on a small-group walking tour through the old town.
“Alexandra was a fantastic guide for this tour. We loved her engaging stories about the history of Bordeaux and its food. The food stops were well planned and the food we tasted was amazing - we gained a wonderful insight into its production. It was a great experience and I highly recommend you take this tour when you visit Bordeaux.”
Taste Bordeaux through Les Chartrons on a three-hour small-group food tour with local guides, generous tastings, history, humor, and practical tips.
“Audrey is the best guide!!! We had great food and she explained the history of each dish. The tour is very walkable and each stop is fairly close together. I would highly recommend this tour. Ask for Audrey!!”
Taste nine French cheeses and three Bordeaux wines in a relaxed 90-minute tasting near Place Tourny in central Bordeaux.
“Great experience Very knowledgeable Offered a great insight into the wines and cheese of the region Thank you”
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