Bordeaux
Insider Tasting / Wendy Narby
Private Wine Guide · Bordeaux, France
Credentials
École du Vin de Bordeaux lecturer since 1997 · Trainer of Bordeaux Wine Council educators
Languages
English · French
Tour style
Private only
Wendy has been in France for more than 40 years and in the Bordeaux wine trade for more than 30 of them. British-born, she moved to Sauternes after marrying into a Bordeaux wine family. She has lectured at the Ecole du Vin de Bordeaux since 1997 and trained the Bordeaux Wine Council's international wine educators; she is also trade educator for the Médoc Wine Council, a member of the Association of Wine Educators, and the author of Bordeaux Bootcamp, her guide to the Bordeaux appellations.
Her family ran a 1er Cru Classé Sauternes estate for nearly 30 years, and she is now restoring a family property in Entre-deux-Mers. Her access to estates across Bordeaux's appellations comes from those personal connections.
The châteaux worth visiting in Bordeaux, where the tasting is a real conversation rather than a script, tend to open their doors for people they know. Wendy's 30 years in the trade and her family's ties to estates in Sauternes and Entre-deux-Mers give her those relationships from both ends of the appellation map.
- Châteaux across the Médoc appellations, where Wendy's long trade relationships open visits that go beyond the standard tasting room experience.
- Sauternes and Barsac estates, approached through nearly three decades of family connections to the region.
- Graves and Pessac-Léognan producers for guests interested in Bordeaux's dry whites alongside the reds.
- Saint-Émilion and Entre-deux-Mers visits.
- Private masterclasses and educational tastings as standalone sessions or combined with château visits, for trade visitors and wine enthusiasts.
Wendy accompanies private tours, building itineraries with the guest around what they want to see and drawing on her network of winemakers and local specialists. She also offers private masterclasses and tastings as standalone sessions.
Private visits only · By inquiry
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