Every year Bordeaux hosts its world famous wine festival. 2008 is the 6th such festival and it takes place over 4 days between the 26th and 29th of June. Hosted in the centre of Bordeaux and covering an area of over 12 hectares it is surely an event not to be missed by the wine lover.
A tasting pass allows visitors to experience a huge variety of wines from not only Bordeaux but also the rest of the Aquitaine region.

The festivities are not limited to wine tasting, over the 4 days the following entertainment events will also be taking place:

• Wine workshops.
• Literary encounters.
• Barrel rolling contest.
• Customs & wine.
• Symphony concert
• French music concert
• Giant disco
• "Bordeaux and Gold" fireworks display.

Tasting pass: The tasting pass allows you to meet and speak with winegrowers and also sample some of their produce. Each pass includes 11 tasting tickets, a wine glass and glass holder, 5 price reduction/free gift tickets. The price of the tasting pass is €13.

Vineyard pass: The vineyard pass entitles the holder to partake in a tour of outstanding local interest and prestigious vineyard areas. Each tour leaves from Bordeaux and includes 3 places of interest.
For further information and online reservation please visit www.bordeaux-label.com

Here at Quatresaison gites we are only 1 hr from Bordeaux via the main A89 autoroute, this coupled with a large number of outstanding local vineyards, prehistoric sites of special interest, Medieval villages, Chateaux, and the fact that St. Emillion is only 45 minutes away, makes us the ideal base to explore the Dordogne and take in the wine festival.

To put it simply, Bastille night is the biggest party night in France. Bastille Day is the French national holiday, celebrated on 14 July each year. It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern French nation.

To round all of this off, the French, eat well, drink well and generally enjoy themselves. Here in Bergerac as all across France, the climax of the evening is a large firework display over the river. The local gunpowder factory ensures that the evening goes off with a very big bang.

The fireworks display is held just 10 minutes away from QuatreSaison gites and is well worth a visit if you are in the area on the evening of the 14th July.

Angouleme Ramparts Rally



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19th to 21st September 2008

Every year the town of Angoulême in the Charente region of France plays host to a very special motoring event. The streets in the centre of this medieval town echo to the sound of historic racing cars, as the roads are closed to normal traffic.

The track, situated in the heart of Angoulême, runs around the ramparts of the town over a distance of 1.279km with 2 bends, 2 right angle corners and 3 hairpin bends. This street circuit remains unchanged since the first event held in 1939. This makes Angoulême a unique event in the whole of the motorsport calendar.
The event takes place over a whole day with practices in the morning and races in the afternoon. The competitors who are divided into 9 grids have a practice session of 20 minutes. Positions on the starting line depend on the practice times.

Angoulême really is a special event, and is only 90 minutes away from Quatresaison gites. Why not take a late summer break to drive through some of the finest countryside in France, pick up some very fine wine, and visit one of the last truely unique motoring events.