Bordeaux Evening Food Tour with Sommelier: Wine & Local Tastings

A sommelier teaches you to taste wine the way locals do, not just drink it.

An evening food tour through Bordeaux led by Aurélien, a sommelier and former English teacher, lasting three and a half hours from Monument aux Girondins. You taste artisanal savory and sweet products paired with Bordeaux wines at family-run businesses, stroll past the Cathedral and medieval gates, and finish at Place de la Bourse. Each tasting adds up to a full meal, and you leave with a personal guide to the city's best restaurants.

Step-by-step itinerary

Stops and time spent at each

1. Girondins Monument25m
2. Place Gambetta25m
3. Bordeaux Cathedral25m
4. Grosse Cloche25m
5. Porte Cailhau25m
6. Place de la Bourse35m

Bordeaux evening food and wine tour

• Meet at Monument des Girondins
• Learn history of Place des Quinconces
• Discover history at Place Gambetta
• Visit Saint André Cathedral
• Hear stories at picturesque place
• Learn about Grosse Cloche gate
• Explore Bordeaux's medieval past at Porte Cailhau
• Follow pilgrims' footsteps to Santiago de Compostela
• End at Place de la Bourse postcard spot

The experience

Three and a half hours means you move at a pace that lets the sommelier tell stories: about the bloody history of Place Gambetta, the atypical past of Grosse Cloche, the medieval pilgrimage routes that still run through these streets. You're not rushing between monuments. You're stopping at actual businesses, the kind run by families who've been there for years. The wine pairing isn't a lecture: Aurélien calls it a "playful initiation," and the point is to understand what you're tasting, not to perform knowledge you don't have.

The route threads through Bordeaux's oldest quarters (past the Cathedral of Saint-André, under Porte Cailhau, past the Grosse Cloche), but the real stops are the tastings. Savory products, sweet ones, each paired with a wine from the region. By the end you've eaten a full meal, one bite and one glass at a time, at places tourists usually walk past. You finish at Place de la Bourse, the postcard view of the city, with a full belly and Aurélien's personal address book in hand. The restaurants he actually goes to, not the ones in guidebooks.

The tour runs in English or French. Children from age six are welcome, and there's a non-alcoholic option for anyone under eighteen. If you're traveling with a stroller, that works. Service animals come along. The meeting point is Monument aux Girondins, and public transport gets you there.

What’s included

• Visits to family-run businesses.
• one wine and cheese pairing workshop.
• tastings of artisanal savory and sweet products equivalent to a full meal.
• local Bordeaux wines paired with each tasting.
• Aurélien's personal restaurant guide for the city.
• the three-and-a-half-hour guided walk through historic Bordeaux.

Options for this experience

2 options

Food and wine tour in Bordeaux, led by a sommelierUp to 10 people · Guide in English or French · 18:00

Private TourUp to 15 people · Guide in English or French · Available from 12 Nov · 18:00A food and wine tour led by a sommelier, exclusively for your own party

You pick the guide language when booking.

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Before you book

Days and timesMonday to SaturdayDeparts at 18:00

Book up to2h before

AgesAdult (11 and older) · Child (6 to 10 years) · Under 6: can't be booked

GroupUp to 16

Live guideEnglish and French

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends at a different place from where it starts.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled if the minimum number of travelers isn't reached. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

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Good to know

Low physical effortStroller-friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Délicieux ! Food and History Tours - Bordeaux

Is this one for you?The sommelier's pace (stopping to taste and hear stories rather than rushing between sites) suits anyone who wants to understand wine and food instead of just collecting them. If you're traveling with children from six up, the non-alcoholic option means they taste and learn alongside you without the wine.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and French.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (6 to 10 years). Children under 6 can't be included in the booking.

What exactly do you taste on this food tour?

Artisanal savory and sweet products from Bordeaux, each paired with a local wine: enough tastings to add up to a full meal. The sommelier chooses them at family-run businesses you'd walk past otherwise.

Is there a wine pairing workshop included?

Yes. The tour includes one wine and cheese pairing workshop where Aurélien teaches you how to taste, not just drink: the "playful initiation" that's part of the evening.

What landmarks does the tour pass?

You start at Monument aux Girondins and walk through the historic center, passing Bordeaux Cathedral, Grosse Cloche, Porte Cailhau, and Place Gambetta before ending at Place de la Bourse. The sommelier tells the story of each one.

What do you get to take home?

Aurélien's personal address book: his own list of the best restaurants in Bordeaux, so you know where locals actually eat after the tour ends.