 A bit about this upcoming blog and me… I am a wine enthusiast and avid traveler who has been watching the Tour de France for about 50 years. Several years ago I recognized that these passions overlapped while I was studying wine maps of France, maps of the race, and watching race coverage, which I have long considered to be a travelog adjacent to the race with amazing videos of many historical sites along the route of the Tour, including notable vineyards and wine chateaus. This blog is an attempt to combine my enthusiasm for wine, travel, and the Tour de France. Since this is a daily blog, I have decided to keep my posts short and sweet. So I have included links to experts who write about wine, travel, and the Tour de France. The links are my effort to share their expertise in case you want to conduct a deeper dive into any of these subjects. Besides the links within the post, I have also provided a resources page. I believe there are many wine regions along the race route of Tour de France that produce delicious wines, but many people do not know of these wines. Most of the wines are not the highly sought-after bottles that are covered in the worldwide media. These are wines for people who like to have a glass of wine with dinner or a celebration with friends. These are wines with character and substance that come from a very specific place. While I will highlight some of the high-profile wines because you can’t go through an area like Sauternes, in the wine region of Bordeaux, where they produce the extremely famous sweet dessert wine, and not mention Château d’Yquem. Please post your wine selections for each stage on my Instagram or add comments to the posts. Keep it civil, this is supposed to be fun! Santé
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