No visit to the Loire Valley region is complete without a winery visit, and this experience makes it easy with guided tours and tastings at two local wine estates. With a regional wine expert as your host, you'll learn all about the 'terroir' as you walk through the vineyards, and discover the local food, too, with samples of cheese and other delicacies.

Explore two wineries, seeing a vineyard, cellar, and production line
Enjoy a tour with commentary tailored to your wine knowledge
Learn about the different varietals produced by different estates
Listen to insightful commentary about soils and vine work

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle
Snacks
Bottled water

Meeting And Pickup

Meeting point

Tourist Office Tours Loire Valley
78-82 Rue Bernard Palissy, 37000 Tours, France
Right in front of the train station in the city of Tours

Start time

09:00 am

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 1 day of travel. In this case confirmation will be received as soon as possible, subject to availability
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Most travellers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travellers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Featured review

Angela_T

Our trip to the vineyard and wineries was very informative and personally tailored to our tastes and interests. A highlight of our time in the Loire Valley. Would highly recommend!!

Reviews

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139 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews

Reviews by Viator travellers.

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One of a kind, personal experience!!

Jenna_D, Sept 2023

After a miscommunication about the tour start time, Vincent personally went out of his way to accommodate us and gave us a personal private tour. The tour itself was excellent and we learned a lot about the entire process of wine making, from growing of the grapes to the different methods of fermentation to the bottling. Each wine we tried was delightful, and Vincent clearly explained the process behind it. He was happy to accommodate our tastes and preferences and kindly answered any questions we had. It was really a special experience and I’m so happy we decided to do it.

A Morning in Vouvray & Montlouis

MichaelHarris, Aug 2023

My guide, Auroulé (sp), was fabulous. Knowledge about the region, the wines and the processes. Friendly and outgoing. I truly enjoyed the morning.

Wonderful tour of vineyards and wineries

Angela_T, July 2023

Our trip to the vineyard and wineries was very informative and personally tailored to our tastes and interests. A highlight of our time in the Loire Valley. Would highly recommend!!

We enjoyed this half-day...

Ann_L, July 2023

We enjoyed this half-day tour. Very professional and informative. Tried lots of wine. Good value for money.

Good value

Sydney_V, June 2023

Great time and learned a lot. The charcuterie was excellent throughout as well. Thank you to the tour guide, Pierre, for an awesome tour!

Lovely morning

Jennifer_D, June 2023

Nice tasting of Chenin blanc wines and great explanation on how they are made. Would recommend this tour

Great wine tasting tour

Ann_Z, June 2023

Great winetasting experience with a very knowledgeable and fun guide! Highly recommend. Learned a lot about the region and visited some very cool caves.

Wonderfully educational and delicious.

Steven_M, June 2023

Vincent was great! Very informative and answered everyone’s questions about everything wine. The wine was wonderful as well as the charcuterie that went with them. We wanted to spend more time learning and drinking the excellent wines of the areas. We would definitely do it again!

The tour was very...

Manny_F, May 2023

The tour was very informative and provided an excellent insight of the wines are produced in the area.

Exactly what I was hoping a wine tour in Loire Valley would be.

Tammy_C, May 2023

This tour was extremely informative and our guide did a great job of answering many questions from the small group (only 6 in total). We had the opportunity to test at least 8-10 varieties at each of the locations, which were both super interesting.

Wonderful guide, great wine!

Debra_K, May 2023

In spite of a very rainy day, our guide made our visit wonderful. There wines were lovely, and there was not any pressure to purchase. We learned a lot. The guide was very knowledgeable.

Great experience

Nanpon_R, May 2023

Great experience from the tour guides to the wineries visited. Also very communicative and responsive on the tour

Lovely Wine Experience

Ellen_v, Apr 2023

Great tour! Vincent was an excellent tour guide. He took us to two tastings....one vineyard and one cave production site. He was extremely knowledgeable in the entire vineyard wine process. He also brought a small charcuterie tray with baguette toast and Les Rillettes de Canard. The Les Rilettes are so delicious. The wine was delicious. Very Enjoyable!

Brilliant half day wine tour

John_R, Jan 2023

Vincent was a tremendous host. He had a great knowledge of the wines and sparklings from the Loire Valley. He explained so much to us and showed as the processes of making wine and sparkling from start to finish. He provided quite a number of tastings as well as cheese and meat plates. He even provided the service of sending some sparkling Home free of charge. We had such a great half day and would highly recommend this tour.

Authentic wine experience

etriana, Nov 2022

Vincent was an expert guide who made the tour and authentic experience. Starting deep in the cave for a unique tasting and finishing with a more traditional tasting added interest. One quick note to Viator - your website and app had conflicting meeting points and length. Glad we found Vincent.

Did not disappoint!

Jennifer_M, Oct 2022

We booked this tour because of the excellent reviews. It did not disappoint! Emmanuel was our tour guide. He was knowledgeable, friendly and an overall excellent guide. We thoroughly enjoyed the wine information in addition to the wine tasting and light snacks. It is exactly as described and we had a great time with our family of 5. Thank you Vincent and Emmanuel!

A perfect time to learn...

Erin_P, Sept 2022

A perfect time to learn about and experience the different wines! I really loved it. Our driver even went out of his way to make it even more special and I cannot express how much it meant to me.

Great tour!

sa_K, July 2022

We made a last minute booking the night before the tour and are so glad we did! We hade the best half day with a guide that was both knowledgable about the wines and the area, but who also spoke really good English. We were the only ones since there was a late cancellation, so we had all the wines to ourselves. 😁 Great tasting and the cheese and meat that was provided to go among with it was so good. And yes, we ended up buying wines…

Great time for all

Jessica_C, June 2022

We had an wonderful time and learned so much. Being able to see the vineyards, production facilities and caves gave us a three full picture from grape to glass. The meats and cheeses provided were amazing!

Interesting wine tour

Vladimir_S, June 2022

Tour guide is very nice and knowledgeable. Me and my wife had a great time. Wish it was a little longer and included another winery. Tour guide brought cheeses and meats to complement the wine. Would recommend to anyone to do the tour