Organic wine tour & bicycle #2

The Tourist Office of Bourg is labeled for "Tourism and handicap" since 2009, and had a renewal for its national brand "Quality tourism" in 2014. The welcoming agent are there to help you book or simply to advise you, there is also a boutique for souvenirs made by the local artists and craftsman.

The St Géronce church has been build into a neogothiq style and inaugurated on 1858 the 25th of November. Because they lacked some place, its chevet has been oriented toward the south, contrary to what the liturgy expects. The organ, which still has its original building, that's to say the one of 1861, in incredible.

This church from the XIth century was rebuilt in 1860 and still have a set of lamps which lit it during the Napoleon the 3rd times. Two paintings, one of God and the other representing Jean Baptist in the desert, can be found in the sacristy. Concerning the high altar, it is decorated with enamels with geometrical patterns.

Family property since 1930, the vineyards is located around thirty kilometres away from Bordeaux and since 15 years, in Organic production.

The Château Falfas is an historic monument built in 1612 with a chai from the same time. From the end of 1988, Falfas' Vineyards is grown in bio-dynamic, this agriculture respect and protect the environment.

The first Comps’ church was Romanesque. However, after multiples transformations during the XIX, the polygonal apse and the unique nave are the only part of the church which are still Romanesque. The square steeple is neoclassical and is now used as a closed porch. This monument contains an pulpit in wood ornate of doves and represent the Holy Spirit and the four polychrome evangelists, and a way of the cross painted on wood.

La Grolet Château is an old manor from the 12th and 13th Century. The Château has been rebuilt after the french revolution and transformed several time during the 19th century. But one of the old part of the château remained intact.

The oldest part of this church is the front which is supporting a portal dating from the Renaissance time. The rose was set up in 1865, the two aisles are ribbed vaulted so as the church body is. The Saint Joseph altar is made of wood with ornemental apertures.

The actual holy water font of this church, which used to be a capitol of marble, was classified Historical Monument in 1908. The bell is from 1491 and is the oldest of the arrondissement. Inside the building, it can be found a Way of the Cross made of enamel, two wood statues representing St Laurent and St Vincent (end of the XVIIth century) and in the sacristy, golden metal monstrance offered by Napoleon the 3rd in 1862.

In Villeneuve, you will have the pontoon with the different names of the fauna of this region carved on plates situated on the pontoon.

In Furt, you will have illustrated and commented informations about flore and fauna along the Corniche road.

Verging on the estuary, curious block of rock will teach you the natural patrimony of the canton.

Discover this splendid romanesque church, you can see the Virgin stone on the top. This church is built with the local stone called "pierre du Bourgeais".

This one presents you a compass rose, from the promontory which dominates the Dordogne, the Gironde and its estuary.

La Maison des Vins de Bourg, situated on the threshold of the old town facing the estuary, has a dual role: to welcome the general public and to serve as a veritable centre for the range of activities undertaken by the producers (SVCB) of this famous appellation. Products scratched "Côtes de Bourg" are in the underground cellar which offers a wide choice of wines. It is the unconditional passage of the wine lovers! The Wine Information Center welcomes you all year round: visit of the cellar and free tasting. In summer, every weekend, a wine grower presents his products and explain his job. Advises, information, documentations on wines and properties are available. Possibility of booking an appointment to visit properties.

Close to the Citadel of Bourg, Château Mercier is a 25 hectare vineyard and a property of Chéty's family for thirteen generations. Philippe and Martine welcome you with their children, Isabelle and Christophe, in front of their house who has also two guest houses and a holiday cottage. Faithful to the tradition and to the savoir-faire heritate from their predecessors, the Chéty's family made for their vineyard the choice of the integrated farm management. In the vineyards where they invite you to follow them, note the presence of a small meteorological station and a machine to count the insects. The various stages of the traditional wine making are explained to you in the wine storehouse. In the tasting room, find out produces "Bienvenue à la ferme" and produces cooked by the family such as marmelade, juice and salt infused into wine.