JC and Will's rugby World Cup journey in France 2023

Date: 12-09-2023

Jean-Christophe and Will are off, winging their way to La Belle France as guides to eighteen lucky travellers.

You can follow them here, as they spend a week wineing, dining and sight seeing (we call this work) from Avignon to Lyon culminating  in a night at the Olympique Lyonnais Stadium to see the All Blacks play Italy.

Allez les Bleus. Go the All Blacks!!

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Harvest time in Champagne!

Will has made it to France first, and wasted NO TIME to enjoy the local food scene!

Jc will be joining him soon and the official wine tour will kick-off.  

Images 1-4: Champagne Lacourte-Godbillon

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Images 5-8: Champagne Boizel 

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Images 9-11: Pierre Péters Champagne

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From Champagne to Burgundy

Images 1-4: Nathalie Falmet Champagne

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Images 5-7: Domaine de l'Arlot

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Images 8-10: Le Jardin des Plunes Michelin Star restaurant

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Burgundy day 2 - Lovely meeting old friends....

Images 1-2: Domaine Arnoux-Lachaut

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Images 3-5: Domaine Danjean Berthoux

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Images 6-8: L'Enfarineur

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Images 9-11: Domaine Roux

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Beaujolais today - next, Rhône Valley to meet-up with JC

Image 1: Domaine Alexadre Burgaud | Image 2:?? | Image 3: Terres Dorees

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Image 4-6: Domaine Marcel Lapierre

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JC has arrived and France and met up with Will and the rest of the wine tour group.

"What a start of the week with our Wine/RWC trip. Incredible people…
Touring the Rhône Valley from south to north…"
 
Image 1-2: Will and JC meetup with Frederique, Jc's sister. Images: Chateau Suze de la Rousse Images:Domaine Famille de Boel

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Images 3-8: Domaine Pegau - special tasting and dinner

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Images 9-11: Doimane Auberge de Camarette - cooking demonstration

9.10.11. 

Images 12-15: Château Pesquie

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Images 16-21: Château Suze de la Rousse & Domaine Chante Bise

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 Images 22-28 : Domaine Famille de Boel

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 Images 29-30: Château Roubine

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Crozes Hermitage

 Images 1-3: Domaine a Gilles Robin

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 Images 4-6: A bit of class at Domaine Clairefontaine - 1 star Michelin restaurant

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Finally some action!

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