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A day in Bordeaux city, a day in Saint-Émilion and a day in Pomerol and a family cellar: the three-day itinerary we would give a friend, from our farmhouse on the Right Bank.

Half-day or full, Saint-Émilion or the Médoc, a guide or your own visits: how to choose a Bordeaux wine tour, and why where you stay changes the whole day. From a family estate on the Right Bank.

Most Saint-Émilion châteaux open by appointment, and Pomerol takes even more planning. Here is how we would plan the tastings, the village and the days in between, from our farmhouse 25 minutes away.

Left Bank Bordeaux is Cabernet on gravel, Right Bank is Merlot on clay and limestone. Here is what that means in the glass, at the table and in the cellar, from a family estate on the Right Bank.

Most famous Bordeaux châteaux open by appointment only, and a few never open at all. Here are the ones you can visit, the ones you can sleep at, and how we would plan the days from our farmhouse on the Right Bank.

Bordeaux city, Saint-Émilion village or a farmhouse among the vines: where you sleep decides which wines are easy to reach. Here is how we would choose, from a family estate on the Right Bank.

Claret is the British name for red Bordeaux, and we make it ourselves on the Right Bank. Here is where the word comes from, what claret tastes like and how to choose a good one.

On 1 August 2026 we opened sixty consecutive vintages, from 1966 to 2025, and tasted them side by side. Here is what that taught us about the best Bordeaux vintages, the years that surprised everyone and the ones worth buying now.

Guests tasting sixty consecutive Bordeaux vintages at Château Méaume.

In December 1986 Roald Dahl wrote to us from Gipsy House to say he kept Château Méaume among 600 cases of claret and served it every Sunday to his snooker friends. This is the story of that letter.

In April 2026 Ben Youngs and Dan Cole, England's two most capped men, recorded their podcast among our vines and stayed for dinner. This is the story of that day and the limited Rugby Legends Edition we made to mark their 245 caps.

After the Château DIY questions, quite a few of you wanted to know more about the journey that brought us here in the first place. Where were we before France? How seriously did we actually think about this before doing it? What do we know now that we didn't then? These are the ones we get asked most often, so here are our answers. What were you both doing before Château Méaume? Give us the picture of life before France. Sandra and I met when we were both working in Beijing,

Since Château DIY aired, the questions have been coming in steadily. How did we end up on the show? What was the filming actually like? What's the farmhouse like now it's finished? We've been answering them one by one but thought it was time to put everything in one place. So here are our honest answers, for anyone who has been wondering the same things. How did the Chateau DIY opportunity come about? Did they approach you, or did you pitch yourselves? We first heard that Ch

Château DIY followed us as we restored the 18th century farmhouse on our Bordeaux vineyard. Here is what the cameras filmed, what they missed, and what the farmhouse is like now that guests can stay in it.

The Bordeaux harvest usually runs from mid-September into October. Here is what you see when you stay on our vineyard while the grapes come in, and how to plan a stay around it.

When to go, how long to stay, whether to book a tour, and why we would base you on a working vineyard. A Bordeaux wine holiday planned by the family who make the wine.