Reserve Collection Wine Tours

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A cellar in Burgundy

The ultimate exclusive in-depth wine tours
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Arblaster & Clarke’s Reserve Collection are the ultimate wine tours and offer a high level of exclusivity travelling in small parties and staying at private chateaux or winery hotels for our exclusive use or at luxury Relais & Châteaux hotels. We include tastings of expensive wines from the best vintages and from Grand Cru Chateaux.

The wine visits are of the highest calibre. The superb wine and dining experiences are either at top chateaux, even at the Hospices de Beaune, at Michelin starred restaurants or at the auberges where the local wine cognoscenti eat.

On all these tours we augment the main visits and meals with at least one additional prestige tasting at which your Wine Guide will go in depth on their chosen wine topic and illustrate this perfectly with an instructive and enjoyable tasting often with a range of truly outstanding mature and fine wines.

Our Wine Guides are the most respected experts and often due to their relationships with the leading chateaux, we are able to offer you access to properties that are normally closed to visitors.

Steven Spurrier hosts the spring Bordeaux En Primeur tour, Award winning wine-writer Stephen Brook, hosts our new “Bordeaux: People, Power and Politics, based on his own book; Charles Metcalfe takes us round his selection of estates in Burgundy and Robert Joseph is at the helm for our unparrelleled Ultimate Champagne tour, the culmination of 24 years of arranging champagne tours and Anthony Hanson MW and Derek Smedley MW join us in Burgundy in the summer.

We keep the party size small and this is reflected in the price of the tours, though clients consistently rate them as at least good value and above. The small party size means that you will have plenty of time to get to know your eminent Wine Guide and ask questions without being in any way feeling inhibited.

You have flexibility with your choice of travel; from Club Class to local departures, from self-drive to train. We do not normally include the travel, but of course will advise and make bookings if you wish.

So, if you have a passion for fine wine, fine dining and a little luxury, these unique tours are for you.

Below, Steven Spurrier tells us about the 2009 Beaujolais vintage:

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Other Ideas and Past Tours

Bordeaux: People, Power & Politics

6 - 10 November 2011

This top level Bordeaux tour is led by eminent wine writer Stephen Brook, author of “The Complete Bordeaux”, and takes its name from Stephen’s previous multi-award winning volume. Despite being written 10 years ago, the book i…

Southern Burgundy Master Class

11 - 15 October 2010

Steven Spurrier has chosen to host this year’s Masterclass in the now stellar region of Southern Burgundy and the neighbouring and renascent Beaujolais Cru, and with the magnificent harvest of 2009 which was particularly succ…

Burgundy Master Class

12 - 16 October 2009

This intensive tour designed and led by Steven Spurrier was intended for those who wish to deepen their knowledge of Burgundy. It is aimed at people who are seriously interested in the best wines of Burgundy as expressed by the…

The Great Wines of Piemonte

14 - 18 September 2009

Great Wines of Piemonte – this tour is available for private groups at any time, please call for a quote – the price below was based on a party of 20 and on 2009 rates – current rates will be higher and a smaller party size wil…

Ultimate Tuscany

10 - 15 November 2007

This Ultimate Tuscany tour focuses on the greatest wine estates in Chianti, Montalcino and Bolgheri. Here we will see the wonderful blend of respect for tradition and determination to achieve sublime quality which makes this o…

Jerez Reserve

8 - 11 November 2007

Whereas Champagne has enjoyed 20 years bathed in the sunlight of fashion, the wines of Jerez been unjustly overlooked. Sherry is fascinating and versatile with a vast array of styles that can be drunk as aperitifs, digestifs an…

Private Guests at Chateau Suduiraut

30 October - 3 November 2006

This is a rare opportunity indeed! An invitation to stay at the glorious 17th Château Suduiraut, deep in Sauternes. This is not a hotel, but a private wine estate which has in the last couple of years had some of the outbuildi…

Burgundy Great Domaines

Charles Metcalfe presents his selection of Burgundy domaines and negociants who are setting the pace and making the most exciting wines. Join him for a series of superb tastings! Our tour meets in the charming small town of…

Stars of the Right Bank

This exclusive wine tour is a new version of our ‘Guests at Château Franc Mayne’ following in the footsteps of our ‘Private Guests at great chateaux’ series that has stayed at Pichon-Baron, Lascombes and Suduiraut. Tas…

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Client Comments

We loved our trip to Champagne. It was a terrific group whose company we enjoyed very much. The Wine guide was wonderful and taught us all so much not only about Champagne but about all aspects of the wine industry. His comments were amazing and he seemed genuinely happy to share it with us. We also simply adored the Tour Manager's enthusiastic manner and her professionalism was obvious at all times. We are looking forward to our next wine tour!

— P&RM, Ultimate Champagne 2011

Dear A&C, I never did tell you how very much I enjoyed this ultimate tour last year. It was quite perfect in every way - we felt very special from the moment we got on the luxurious coach. It was a perfect birthday celebration for me, and I particularly appreciated your generous upgrade to a suite for me. All four of us have been singing your praises ever since. So thank you again.

— EH - Ultimate Champagne 2010

Dear Charlotte, I am so grateful to you for your fine and attentive care during the most wonderful tour anyone could hope to have. I watched as you constantly sought to ensure that each tour participant got the most out of their journey and that they were well cared for, protected, and, of course, on time for each of the many appointments squeezed into each exquisite and wonderful day. You were professional yet kind and personal. You made a strong connection with each participant yet you gave us our own space when necessary. Really, it has been quite an honor to meet you and to have you as our tour coordinator.

— DN, Bordeaux en Primeur May 2011

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