Gourmet Odyssey Wine Experience
Original wine making experience: Adopt a vine in France, visit your French vineyard and receive a wine experience gift box, newsletters and your own personalised bottles of French organic wine.
Original wine gift for any wine connoisseur or wine lover.
Adopt a vine in France and make your own wine!
The Gourmet Odyssey Wine Experience is designed to go beyond the traditional wine tasting and vineyard tours. Whether you choose to include one or more wine experience days, or whether you wish to follow the making of your wine virtually, you’ll get behind the scenes to discover what it’s really like to be a winemaker.
What’s Included?
- The choice of one of the partner vineyards in France carefully chosen by Gourmet Odyssey.
- Adopt a vine in your chosen vineyard for a wine making year. Choose the number of vines that you wish to include in your adopt-a-vine pack (6-36 vines).
- Welcome gift pack containing a Gourmet Odyssey sommelier’s apron, DropStop, personalised certificate and details of the wine experience selected.
- Choice of up to 3 wine experience days at your vineyard to learn and participate in the different stages of wine making, meet the owner, taste the wines and share a typical winemakers meal. Each visit is for 2 people, so bring a guest! You can also choose the virtual option if you do not wish to include any wine experience days.
- Newsletters and customer portal to follow the evolution of your vintage remotely.
- Personalised bottles of wine (6-36 bottles) that your vines have helped to make. The number of vines you adopt in your package equates to the number of bottles of wine you’ll receive at the end of your wine experience.
The Partner Vineyards in France
Choose to adopt a vine and follow the making of your wine at one of the following vineyards in the heart of the main wine making regions of France.
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Allegria, Pézenas, Languedoc-Roussillon Contemporary organic winery created by one of Languedoc's emerging talents... From € 149
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Château de la Bonnelière, Chinon, Loire Valley Organic and historic vineyard with its wine cellar underneath the Château de Chinon... From € 149
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Château Beau Rivage, Macau-en-Médoc, Bordeaux Highly acclaimed small vineyard, just 30 minutes drive from Bordeaux. From € 159
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Domaine Chapelle, Santenay, Burgundy Organic vineyard producing top quality Burgundy wines. From € 169
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Domaine Jean-Marc Brocard, Chablis, Burgundy Biodynamic wine. The winery is less than 2 hours from Paris,set in the middle of the rolling Chablis vineyards... From € 175
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Location of Vineyards in France
How are our Partner Vineyards chosen?
Each partner has been carefully selected to conform to the following standards:
- Quality wine. The wines from all of the partners have won numerous awards and accolades from the wine industry.
- Authentic independent producers. Each Gourmet Odyssey partner controls all stages of wine making from growing the vines, harvesting the grapes, vinifying and bottling the wine, through to its commercialisation. Most partners are members of the well known Vigneron Indépendant association that has become the symbol for authentic, individually expressive wines in France.
- Environmentally responsible. Each Winemaker uses methods, treatments and processes that respect the surrounding environment and natural composition of their wine, and have been awarded or are in the process of obtaining official French organic wine producer status.
- Generous and warm hospitality. Each vineyard partner relishes welcoming you to their winery, and takes pride in sharing their passion and knowledge of their wine making profession.
- Charm and character of winery and region. Each of the venues has also been chosen for being a place where you will be happy to spend your time and explore. There is plenty to see and do in each of the selected areas of France when visiting on a Gourmet Odyssey Wine Experience day.
Adopt Your Own Vines in France
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For the duration of the wine making year, you will adopt your choice of between 6 and 36 vines. You will be informed of the exact location of your vines in the vineyard so that you can visit them during a Gourmet Odyssey Wine Experience Day. You receive a personalised bottle of wine at the end of your wine experience for each vine you adopt. Follow the progress and journey of your grapes as they bud and flourish until being harvested, where they are taken to the winery, carefully sorted, and placed into the vats to begin the fermentation and vinification process. Please note that your adopted vines remain the property of the winery at all times, so unfortunately you can’t dig them up and take them with you! |
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Welcome Pack
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Each customer receives a stylish metal welcome pack containing:
You can choose whether to have the pack sent to you, or delivered directly to someone else if being offered as a present. Gift-wrapping and personalised message options are also available. |
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Gourmet Odyssey Wine Experience Days
The most popular aspect of the Gourmet Odyssey Wine Experience is the time spent at the vineyard – although some would argue that it’s drinking the wine at the end!
You can choose between the Wine Discovery Experience Day, the Harvest Experience Day, and the Vinification Experience Day.
These wine making experience days get you involved in helping to make your wine. You will visit your vineyard, see your vines, and meet the winemakers who will share with you their passion and know-how. You will savour a typical winemaker’s meal, and of course there will be a wine tasting session at each visit to sample a previous vintage of the wine chosen for your cuvée, and other wines produced by the winery.
The Wine Experience Days are also a great excuse to get away and explore some of France’s most charming regions. Each customer is allowed to bring along a guest on each of the experience days. If the idea of spending a day in a vineyard and getting their hands dirty isn’t your traveling partner’s idea of fun, then there are plenty of other ways for them to spend a great day in each of the locations (go to the "Practical Information" Section on each of the winery description pages: Bordeaux, Burgundy, Chablis, Languedoc, Loire Valley).
Please note that travel and accommodation are not included in the Gourmet Odyssey Wine Experience package, leaving you the freedom to stay where and for however long you like. Gourmet Odyssey will however provide you with a list of recommended hotels, B&Bs and useful contact details to help you in your choice (go to the "Practical Information" Section on each of the winery description pages: Bordeaux, Burgundy, Chablis, Languedoc, Loire Valley).
Wine Discovery Experience Day
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Designed to introduce you to the vineyard and the winemaker, you will get to:
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Harvest Experience Day
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Secateurs in one hand, a basket in the other, you will set out amongst the vines to:
After all that effort, you’ll welcome the “repas des vendengeurs” (harvesters meal), and glass of wine! Discover the highlights from the latest Harvest Experience Day at: |
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Vinification Experience Day
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The purpose of this wine experience day is to learn what happens to the wine as it matures between fermentation and being ready for bottling. This is where the skills of the oenologue really come into play as they analyse the wine held in different barrels and vats. During this wine experience day you will:
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Dates for the Wine Experience Days
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Each vineyard has different date options available for the wine experience days according to the customs and climate of the region. To give you an idea of the timing, please look at the typical timeline. A selection of exact dates will be published, enabling you to choose the date that best suits you. Most of the wine experience days take place during weekends. |
Don't Wish to Participate in Any of the Wine Experience Days?
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That’s no problem – just check the “No Experience Days” option when ordering. You will still have the opportunity to follow the evolution of your vintage virtually through the newsletters and private customer portal. Should you, or the person to whom you are giving the Wine Experience gift, wish to add one or more experience days at a later date, that's possible too - just contact us. |
Newsletters and Customer Portal
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You can follow the progress of your vines and the making of your wine virtually through newsletters and your private customer portal. Gourmet Odyssey will provide regular news, updates and photos from your winery, so even if you are physically far away, your Gourmet Odyssey Wine Experience is always close to you. |
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Personalised Bottles of Wine
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Towards the end of the Wine Experience you will:
Once the wine is ready for bottling, your personalised labels will be applied and you will be notified that your wine is available. You can choose to collect the wine directly from the winery, or arrange through Gourmet Odyssey for the wine to be sent to you. Please see the Delivery Options section for more information. |
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Typical Timeline for 2012 Vintage
1 - Product
2 - Range
3 - Region
4 - Producer
5 - Season
6 - Vines
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