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Luberon Wine Tour: Full-Day Excursion from Marseille with Winemaking Insights
4.9
24 Ratings
Marseille
Explore Luberon wines on a full-day tour from Marseille. Visit cellars, learn winemaking, and enjoy free time in picturesque Lourmarin.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Provence Wine Tours - Meet your English-speaking wine expert guide at 9am at our centrally located meeting point in Marseille.
Your guide will take you in a clean, comfortable, air-conditioned minivan that seats up to 8 people to the first winery.
In the morning, you’ll visit 2 wineries, enjoy about 1.5 hours of free time for lunch in the charming Provençal village of Lourmarin, and then visit a 3rd winery in the afternoon.
Savor some characterful and refined reds, aromatic or gastronomic rosés, and vibrant whites.
You’ll return to Marseille around 4:45pm to the same location where we met in the morning.
We choose a variety of wineries to give you the chance to see different winemaking methods. Our partnerships allow us to take you behind the scenes: from the winemaking and aging rooms to the bottling lines, you’ll see it all!
Your guide will also explain the soil, climate, grape varieties, the renowned “terroir,” as well as the processes of picking, pruning, green harvesting, and many other topics in an engaging and informative manner.
What's Included
- Pick up/Drop off from meeting point centrally located in Marseille
- Visit & tasting fees
- Transportation in A/C minivan
- Alcoholic Beverages
- English speaking wine expert guide
What's Not Included
- Lunch
- Hotel pick up/drop off
- Tips - any tips you’d like to leave for our guides are of course at your discretion
Additional Information
Explore the southern Luberon wine region, basking in an ideal Mediterranean climate, with your wine guide. Understand the skill of the winemakers and the genuine Luberon wines that balance between the styles of Provence and the Rhône Valley - robust and refined reds alongside gastronomic rosés. Learn about the process of winemaking through cellar tours and take some leisure time to explore and dine in the charming, picturesque Provencal village of Lourmarin, recognized as ‘one of the most beautiful villages of France’.
- If you’re travelling on cruise ship, please note this tour is starting from Marseille city centre and that the Cruise port is located about 20 minutes away by taxi from the city centre - Please, prefer to refer to our “Marseille Shore Excursion - Full Day Wine Tour in Provence” product bookable through Viator.
- Dress code is smart casual
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years old
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Location
Place du Mazeau
Departure time: 9am
Departure point: Place du Mazeau, 13002 Marseille
There is a bus stop (blue sign for Bus 49) on the street: your guide will meet you there, holding a "Provence Wine Tours" sign - you can look for it.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(24 Ratings)
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Charlotten1428
Aug 17, 2024
Very good experience for everyone who Award good wine and good experiences 🤗 - Absolutely amazing experience with a good guide! Fantastic vineyards with some very cute and enthusiastic people. We had a lot of good wine and visited a fantastic village, where there was the opportunity to have dinner and experience the city. This experience is definitely recommended 🤗
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Rdarcy1
Jul 21, 2024
Great experience - We had a wonderful day tasting wines with Jean-Gabriel. It was very relaxed, plenty of time at each place and a couple of hours in a village for lunch. Beautiful vineyards and delicious wines!
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Anna_l
Jul 6, 2024
Superb experience - Wonderful experience thanks to our guide, Eric! He is very knowledgeable on winemaking (he worked for several years doing so) and is extremely personable and kind. He is flexible with any requests (ex: offered to stop at the fresh fruit stands along the way, did not rush us when taking longer at one vineyard, etc.). If there's a way to request him, do it!
I think the tour guides have read previous reviews about difficulty having enough time and available restaurants for lunch in Lourmarin and adapted, because we had no problem. We had a good amount of time to get a meal and there were maybe 8 or more restaurants all open to choose from. Plus, it was a charming city to experience.
Overall, we enjoyed visiting 3 distinctly different wineries (generous tastings and chatting with the owners of some), seeing different parts of the Luberon region, and the wonderful company of our friendly guide, Eric.
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Lukewd24
Jun 23, 2024
Amazing day in Luberon! - This entire day was amazing from start to finish. Loris was our host and he so personable and was very knowledgeable about everything in the region. I loved that we visit small family wineries and truly immersed in the experience. We got to hear from the owners and wine makers themselves. Tried 15-20(?) wines from all different varieties as well as different vintages of the same variety. Cherry on top was the cute lunch we had in Loumarin. All in all, very highly recommend, don’t hesitate to book - this company is the best and they are supporting great wineries!! Shoutout Loris for being outstanding!
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Owenmm3906xg
Jun 1, 2024
Great day - Really a great way to spend a day. We left at 9am, back by 4:30pm or so. We saw three wineries, had 4-6 samples at each and got to see some beautiful countryside. Got lunch at a cute little village. Really thought it was a pretty good value especially if you want to get out of the city for a day!
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Npaolo2017
May 14, 2024
We seriously loved this tour! - What a fabulous tour! We had 7 people total - a very nice size. Our guide, Gabriel, was excellent. He shared history and knowledge about Provence and wines all throughout the tour. I was very impressed. The tour included 2 wineries with a stop where we could choose to get some lunch and then we went to another winery. The town we visited where we could get lunch or shop was charming. We bought wine at two of the three wineries, it was that good. We decided to get a bite to eat and it was great. Overall, I highly recommend it! Gabriel made this tour memorable.
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Fiona
Apr 28, 2024
Fabulous wine tour of Luberon - This is the small group tour to book. We were a group of 7 in total and were picked up in an immaculate people mover at a location that was easy to find.
Eric’s knowledge of Luberon, its wine and people was exceptional. What ever your level of wine knowledge, Eric was able to answer and explain the wines and wine making in an enthralling way. The tour includes 3 wineries which are magnificent for their Architecture, landscape and their story. The wines were mostly affordable and there was something to please the palette of each member on the tour.
Eric kindly gave the group the option of a short lunch and walk around or long lunch sampling local produce and wines. We opted to join the Danish gentlemen who had also joined the tour. The afternoon was full of laughter and amazing terrines, fish ceviche, vegetable tart and steak paired with rose and beers.
Eric’s being the consummate host, was very caring about everyone’s comfort, learned everyone’s name and shared stories of his life and friends in Luberon.
The final winery was exceptional as was the wine and the whole experience.
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Richardmc5437ev
Apr 21, 2024
All Day Wine Tour around Luberon from Marseille - Erick, our guide was on time and drove us to the wine region in a new Mercedes mini-van. The scenery was fantastic, especially as we drove through the vineyards. Erick was very knowledgeable, and had a great personality. At the three wineries we visited, we had a total of 16 wines we tasted. We visited the town of Lourmarin for a delicious lunch. I highly recommend this tour.
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Caroline_j
Apr 17, 2024
Colorado Tours Luberon - Eric, our tour guide, was very knowledgeable and enjoyable! Our tour group was able to laugh and share stories. Luberon was beautiful!
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Maureen_l
Sep 20, 2023
Our host was fantastic.... - Our host was fantastic. Very knowledgeable, friendly and good fun. Unfortunately there were 4 French speaking guests on the trip as well as 4 English speaking guests. Again, the host was great and accommodated both groups but it meant we spent 50% of the time quite bored as we could not engage with him.
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