Picnic in the Vines - A Unique Loire Wine Experience

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Duration
2 hours 30 minutes
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1 - 15 guests
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English, French, Spanish
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Immerse in the Loire Valley's charm with a tour of our vineyard, cellar visit, and wine tasting. Enjoy a private picnic amid vines, or cozy indoors in winter. Discover award-winning wines!

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Located 10 minutes from Chinon at our family-run château in the Loire Valley, enjoy a tour of our Cabernet Franc and Chenin blanc AOC CHINON vineyard, leading to a visit of the cellar, then a wine tasting in a historic tasting room. After which you will be escorted to your private picnic spot to enjoy a lovely lunch at a beautifully dressed table overlooking the vines with 1 bottle. In winter time, you will be seated in an vaulted indoor location with cozy candles and sheepskins to warm your chair. An unforgettable Loire Valley experience from an award-winning family-run winery.


Please note that the tour and tasting can be combined with other groups. However the picnic portion is always in a private location for you and your group alone.

What You Get

Bottled water
All taxes, fees and handling charges
Wine tasting

Good To Know

  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult

What You’ll Experience

Located 10 minutes from Chinon in the beautiful Loire Valley, arrive at the Château du Petit Thouars, a family-run vineyard that has been in the du Petit Thouars family and passed from father-to-son in a direct line since 1634. You will be greeted at our wine office and then led for a walk through our Cabernet Franc and Chenin blanc AOC CHINON vineyard, through the clos and our vielles vignes/old vines, to our impressive cellar located in hollowed limestone caves that are centuries old, where our wines age in French oak casks. The tour then leads to our historic tasting room located in the former stables of the château, where you will be led through an informative and educational tasting of our range of wines. After the tasting, select a bottle of wine to take with your packed picnic lunch that you will enjoy in a unique setting: next to our ancient dovecote, overlooking the vines, with the château forming a majestic backdrop. This is a unique and unforgettable Loire Valley experience.

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

108 Château du Petit Thouars, Château du Petit Thouars, Indre-et-Loire Centre-Val de Loire, France, FR, 37500

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Enter through the black front gates of the château, drive up the long lane, park directly beside the château. Walk into the inner courtyard to find our office.
End Point

This experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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What People Are Saying
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Once in a lifetime experience!!
June 28, 2025
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This was an absolutely amazing experience, from the birth of Chateau du Petit Thouars to today. D’Arcy was so informative on the history and the processes of wine making; you’re able to appreciate ...read more

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Best Wine Tour & Picnic
June 26, 2025
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It was wonderful to learn about the vines and the history of estate. The wine tasting was wonderful and the picnic was delicious. Sebastian and his family were great! I would highly recommend this ...read more

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Fun experience
June 25, 2025
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Warm welcome and interesting tour of the vineyard and cellar. Followed by a simple tasting of our own wines. Then a picnic in a beautiful place with beautiful views. Nicely laid table and a basket ...read more

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Our tour to chateau petit thours was excellent and Our host was terrific and superb wine and picnic lunch wonderful tour
June 25, 2025
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It is well worth a visit to chateau petit thoures a magnificent setting very informative about wines

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Excellent tour and picnic
June 15, 2025
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Excellent trip. Very thorough (but not boring) tour. The owner gave the tour in English and French. At the end of the tour we were given picnic baskets containing two types of pate, cheese, tomatoe...read more

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