6 Day Wine and Cooking Vacation in Bergerac, Périgord

Facilities

Sunday: Arrival

Sunday is your arrival day at Château les Merles. They will welcome you with a glass of Méthode Traditionnelle and appetizers. In the evening, they will invite you for an aperitif in the restaurant and serve you a daily changing three-course suggestion du chef menu in the restaurant Les Merles.

Monday: Cooking lesson and wine chateau

Breakfast buffet awaits you at 08:30 in the morning. The cooking lesson starts at 09:30 and begins with an introduction and practice course about cutting techniques and the use of herbs. Afterwards, the multilingual chef de cuisine will instruct you how to cook a delicious three-course menu, which you will taste for your lunch. Château les Merles will give you all the recipes of the cooked dishes.

In the afternoon, you visit a local wine producer, where you will taste and get to know in depth the Bergerac wines. The dinner is a three-course menu in the restaurant.

Tuesday: Vegetable garden and cooking lesson

Tuesday starts with the breakfast buffet at 08:30. Afterwards, Château les Merles will guide you to their on-site organic vegetable garden. You will explore the ingredients that are used for the restaurant and your exquisite five-course dinner cooking lesson. You will have a two-course lunch menu.

In the afternoon, you are free to explore the beautiful region and in the evening, you will try the five-course menu that you learned how to cook in the morning.

Wednesday: Foie gras and leisure time

The breakfast buffet opens at 08:30 and at 09:30, the trip to a Foie gras producer begins, where you learn all that is to know about this specialty of Périgord and become a specialist yourself. Afterwards, Les Merles serves you a two-course menu and the afternoon is free for you to make your own plans.

In the evening, they will welcome you back in the restaurant with a delicious three-course dinner à la suggestion du chef.

Thursday: Market and theme afternoon

The breakfast buffet opens again at 08:30 and afterwards, at 09:30, Château les Merles will take you to a local market of the season, where you will have enough time to stroll around and discover all the typical French offers. The lunch consists of a two-course menu and in the afternoon, the chef de cuisine entertains you with a demonstration of regional dishes and their preparation.

In the evening, you will first have a wine tasting of the best Château les Merles wines and then the restaurant spoils you with an exquisite four-course dinner menu that consists of the most famous and successful local dishes.

Friday: Departure

In the morning, you can enjoy the delicious breakfast buffet for the last time and afterward, you will say goodbye as your tasteful stay at Château les Merles comes to an end. %Note: The program is a general one and can change depending on offer and weather conditions.

Wine chateau

You will have a trip to a local wine producer with a tour through the estate, explanations about their wine production and the Bergerac wines followed by a wine tasting of at least 6 different wines of the region.

Foie gras

You will have a trip to a local Foie gras producer with a tour that will explain the making of Foie gras in detail, how they treat the goose, how Foie gras can be differentiated and why it is so popular in the Périgord region

Local market

You will visit a local French market where you will have enough time to discover typical French specialties, because as you know, the French are famous for their markets and it is a must-have experience.

Mouleydier, France

Château les Merles is located in the beautiful Dordogne region. It is 10 minutes away from the historic town Bergerac that is known for its excellent wines like Monbazillac. The chateau is also close to the Dordogne valley that is displays many famous chateaux and towns like Chateau Beynac and Sarlat. The Dordogne region that is known for its Périgord cuisine is definitely a must have been to for culinary interests.

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During the program, you will be served five buffet breakfasts, four lunches, and five dinners. The drinks that are included are house wine, beer, sodas, coffee, tea, and one digestive after dinner.

• Bike circuit VTT
• Canoe
• Country houses tour
• Gardens tour
• Golf initiation
• Medieval castles tour
• Prehistoric caves (Lascaux, Maxange) tour
• Running
• Swimming
• Tennis
• Vineyards tour

• 2 cooking lessons
• Wine tasting
• Trip to a wine chateau and foie gras producer
• Trip to the vegetable garden and a local market of the season
• 1 glass of champagne and appetizers
• 5 breakfasts, 4 lunches, and 5 dinners
• 5 nights' accommodation

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.