Bordeaux is one of the key wine capitals and hosts many events each year in its beautiful city and in its wine regions around it. There are 60 different wine appellations organised by different syndicates. The grouping of all of this information what is happening in each region is difficult. The Tourist Information is one source and the CIVB (the Bordeaux Wine Council is another). ttp://www.bordeaux.com/fr/rendez-vous/agenda

The Tourist information has a site in French of all of the events in the city and around ttp://www.bordeaux.fr/p59665

Also a more personal collection in French:  http://www.lespavesbordelais.fr

and http://33.agendaculturel.fr

Coincide your trip to Bordeaux with of these events to add colour to your stay.

Each appellation has its own Portes Ouvertes/Open Cellar Door during a weekend during the year. They happen at approximately the same time of the year each year (I only have a full list of from 2009 but they happen at the same time each year https://nicollecroft.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/bordeaux-wine-region-portes-ouvertes-2009/

Also see below *

Futures tasting of the baby vintage is always held in the first week of April. The most famous just open to professionals is organised by the Union Grand Cru (only on the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of the week group tastings in the key different regions). For this year the UGC futures tastings are on Tuesday 31st March, Wednesday 1st April and 2nd April.

In addition there are about 50 other tastings organised during the week and the Sunday and Monday before and the Friday afterwards See   http://ugcb.net/en/primeurs   http://www.agence-fleurie.com/

This year’s full list;

http://www.agence-fleurie.com/2014/12/degustations-primeurs-du-millesime-2014-a-bordeaux/

Bordeaux Fete le Vin on the quayside of Bordeaux (takes place in even years when Vinexpo, the world’s largest wine trade fair open to wine trade only, is not on) http://www.bordeaux-fete-le-vin.com/ (click on the map for English) End June

Jazz in St Emilion around weekend of 20 July jazz concerts in the medieval village

Also the wonderful but busy UGC tasting Weekend des Grand Crus in central Bordeaux where you can taste 70 different classified wines (a recent and older vintage). 30 & 31st May this year (2015) It is their 10th anniversary. http://ugcb.net/en/wgc

St Emilion Key Events 2014

Dates will be similar every year

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