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The opening days of the 18 wine estates of Loupiac gather thousands of gourmet. A month before Christmas it shows a great complementarity between the Landes craft productions (foie gras) and the sweet wines from Loupiac. Tastings, guided tours, workshops, exhibitions, gourmet lunch...

Each year, more than 10,000 visitors come in the heart of the beautiful Citadel of Blaye to taste the best wines of the appellation Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux. This festive event became popular for wine lovers. This year, 80 winemakers Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux welcome you inside the Citadel of Blaye for you to sample their different vintages. Conviviality and tradition await you in an exceptional site,listed as World Heritage by UNESCO. With a Pass purchased at the entrance of the Citadel, access all tastings and many animations that are available. This year, a varied program of entertainment is offered to visitors beginning with the discovery of the natural and architectural heritage of the label through the train ride through the vineyards or visiting the Citadel. For food lovers, the "culinary demonstrations" will be performed live by several chefs.

Come and discover the history of our region 20 million years ago, when Aquitaine was covered by the sea in a tropical climate...

The guided tour begins with the museum's collections (shark teeth, corals, tropical shells) and continues with a short walk in the forest beside a river where you can admire, among other things, thousands of fossils in the open air.

This animation is a great success, many are indeed the budding paleontologists who learn by coming that there were numerous fossil remains in Saucats as exciting as those of dinosaurs...

The animation starts at the museum (about 1 hour) with a visit to the museum, small questionnaires-games adapted for each age and observation of microfossils with binocular magnifiers.

It continues in the forest (1 hour with a 5-minute drive) to discover two key sites from which a large number of specimens visible at the museum were extracted.

These activities are primarily aimed at children aged 6-12 years accompanied by their parents.



Duration: about 2 hours

The Médoc-Vignoble Tourist Office informs you:

Whether Grands Crus Classés, Crus Bourgeois, Crus Artisans, Caves Coopératives or other Crus, the Médoc?s passionate winegrowers invite you to discover their vineyards, their cellars, their vats, their châteaux... and their wines.

Detailed information to follow.