St Emilion

Next stop Bordeaux

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July 31st 2008
On our way down the coast we stopped in the Bordeaux region, in Monsegur (a small village) for an awesome lunch and more cheap, red wine (the restuarant had a 300 year old grape vine growing through the middle of it). Then on to a small wine farm where we had a guided tour by Valerie, one of the family members of the Courrous wine estate(it was not like SA at all because she didn't even charge us ... read more

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