Bordeaux is famend for its wine, UNESCO-listed for its great structure and well-known for its gastronomy. Among the finest methods to discover all three points is by meals excursions in Bordeaux – and never simply any outdated meals tour – a scrumptious cheese and wine expertise by Ophorus!
Cheese and Wine tour in Bordeaux
Bordeaux could also be synonymous with wine, however cheese has at all times been its pure companion. France produces greater than a thousand sorts of cheese, the results of centuries of culinary know-how. And probably the most memorable and scrumptious pairings happen in a legendary cheese restaurant with an 18th century vaulted stone cellar within the metropolis. Hidden beneath a restaurant within the historic centre, like a tacky speakeasy, the cellar, often called the “Cave of 100 cheeses,” looks like stepping right into a secret nook of French gastronomic heritage. Ophorus run two completely different experiences the place you’ll be guided by an English-speaking professional to find why the French contemplate cheese and wine not merely as meals, however an expression of artwork de vivre, the artwork of residing properly, and one of many the most effective foodie experiences of Bordeaux.
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Limitless cheese expertise!
Your host will introduce you to the cellar the place you may select from greater than 100 maturing cheeses and indulge as a lot you want! You’ll additionally get pleasure from artisanal crusty sourdough bread from a neighborhood boulangerie, and recent salad Paired with three wonderful wines – a superb purple Bordeaux which works very well with the aged sheep cheese you’re provided, a candy Sauternes, and late harvest wines – the wealthy flavours are good with daring blue cheeses.
When you’re a cheese lover – you’ll discover a little bit little bit of fromage heaven within the atmospheric virtually 300-year-old cellar. There’s no time restrict, and no want to select only a few slivers – that is your probability to bask in a banquet of cheeses selecting from an intoxicating array of creamy, melting, sharp, gooey, luscious, nutty, salty and all method of completely matured goats, cow and sheep cheeses.
9-cheeses Expertise
Take the tour at lunch time or early night and revel in 9 cheeses representing completely different areas together with creamy Camembert from Normandy, Comté from the French Alps, a wonderfully aged Roquefort from Occitanie, once more accompanied with recent bread and three very good wines.
Your host will introduce you to the cheeses and wines, share a little bit of historical past, tales and anecdotes in regards to the meals and the place it comes from, reveal regional rivalries and shocking information about culinary traditions, and present you how one can reduce the cheese correctly – sure in France there actually is a variety of cheese etiquette! Reasonably than a tutorial masterclass, it is a actually sociable expertise that’s a variety of enjoyable and really scrumptious in a very distinctive and intensely particular place.
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These should not simply cheese and wine excursions – they’re a shared second of real, genuine French gastronomy and hospitality.
French family-run agency Ophorus intention is to point out you France as they know and adore it – genuine, vibrant and pleasant: www.ophorus.com
