Newsletters
 April, 2013
Bonjour!
The main headings in this newsletter are shown below.
General
Today the euro rate is bobbing around 1.17 to the pound.
In case you didn’t know it already, before VAT the UK duty has just been raised to £2.00 per bottle of still wine and £2.56 on each bottle of sparkling wine. Add 20% VAT to both the duty and to the value of the wine and you have ... a very unhappy situation for UK wine drinkers. With the average sale price of a bottle of wine in the UK now being £5.03, this means that around 60% of the cost of that bottle is now consumed in tax.
In France there is only a negligible rate of duty on wine, thanks to the country being a major supplier of wine. So, its tax still remains at an almost non-existent rate of around £0.02 per bottle!
Many of you say the same thing - voiced by one happy customer not so long ago "One has to be crazy to buy wines in England. Virtually no choice on the high street and when you can find something interesting, it's ridiculously expensive... This (coming to Ardres) is so much fun, it's so easy, we make a day of it and everyone is happy ".
On our list you get a good selection of French wines here in Ardres with some huge savings over UK prices. You can rest assured that all the wines on this list, starting at just 2,90€ (around £2.50) per bottle, have been tasted and selected by me as being "good " in their own different ways - it's then simply a question of your personal preferences and of course everyone has different tastes.
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Boursot's Reduced Cross Channel Fares
We have arranged for you as a Boursot customer a reduced fare with P&O until the end of 2013. For a day trip or overnight trip (meaning returning before midnight the following day), your return fare will be just £22. There is a small supplement of £3 for travelling on a Saturday.
The Afternoon Return Fare is £19. This means departure after midday and returning before midnight. So, after buying your wines in Ardres, you will also be able to fit in some fine dining!
These special rates are exclusive to Boursot's and apply to a car and up to 4 passengers and can be accessed through this link. As always, there may be some specific £5 supplement days but provided there's availability and that you're travelling in a standard car, you will pay these low rates. This link is also accessible through the Offers page of our website.
We hope you find this helpful.
In case you didn't know it already, we should point out that Tesco clubcard points can be exchanged for Eurotunnel tickets, although it may not be possible to use these in conjunction with an existing Offer.
You may have seen that Eurotunnel has bought part of the old SeaFrance fleet. They are said to have smartened up the ships and they are leasing them to a (better behaved!) workers' group based in Calais. Myferrylink.com is the name of the new company and you can now find some attractive prices with them. You get no prizes for guessing their web address!
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Boursot's Hotel Offers
We have a list of local hotels, B&Bs, restaurants, golf clubs and places of interest on our website under the Local Info button from our Home Page - or directly here. Whilst talking about Local Info, we also list the Bank Holidays so that you do not find, on getting here, that everything is closed (except Boursot's Wine Collection of course which remains open every day except Sundays and Mondays and over the Christmas period).
Many customers ask us if they should tip after restaurant meals in France. By law, restaurant bills already include a service charge ( "service compris ") so no-one should complain if you do not add more. Needless to say, if you feel you have received an exceptional experience, a modest addition would be welcomed. In busy pavement cafés, where the waiter brings your coffee etc to the table, a few coins up to 10% is normal.
We are very fortunate to be in an area with several good eating establishments at all different price levels, so do ask us if you would like a recommendation.
If you are a "foodie " we are pleased to bring you our Special Offer from the 4 star Hostellerie de 3 Mousquetaires which is just 30 minutes' south of Ardres on the outskirts of Aire sur la Lys. Here you will enjoy a cosy atmosphere and fine cuisine as many of you have discovered already. Chef proprietor David Wojtkowiak worked at the Berkeley Hotel in London before setting up his own restaurants in northern France and so speaks good English.
This offer is available to you during the week but not at weekends. Normally a room for two would cost from 115€, breakfast 15€ per person and dinner typically 45€ per person: total 235€. The offer to Boursot's Wine Collection customers is an all-in price of dinner, bed and breakfast for two at 92€ per person. We have heard glowing reports from those of you who have taken up this Offer. When you book, you must mention Boursot's Wine Collection to get these special terms. You can call on +33 321 39 01 11 or there is a booking form on:
www.hostelleriedes3mousquetaires.com/fr/reservations.php
Also, as a Boursot's Wine Collection customer, you will receive reduced rates at the 4 star Hôtel Château Tilques between here and Saint-Omer, of 129€ per room Sundays to Fridays and 159€ for Saturday nights; these prices are per night for two people, including breakfast and are of course offered subject to availability. When booking, please mention Boursot to get your special rates.
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Our UK online wine-related gift boutique, Grapes & Vines Gift Designs, continues to grow. There are all sorts of wine related goodies - from USB flash drives disguised as corks, framed copies of our exclusive Nick Newman wine cartoons that you may have admired in the Ardres shop, natural wine soaps, wine map tea towels, silver tastevin cufflinks, claret jug decanters, electric corkscrews as well as many more wine accessories. A novel recent arrival is a chandelier made up of wine glasses!
These make great presents for wine lovers and you can order these for delivery within a few days through the link above via Grapes & Vines Gift Designs, our UK online wine-related gift boutique.
Several gifts have been specifically designed and made for us, so you will not find them elsewhere. There are many more items to appear so do please keep looking or sign up via this page to receive direct updates via ezine or Twitter. The Blog is constantly adding new articles including some wine related ones written by some chap in Ardres.
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Your Own Events in France
You may know it already but we are often asked to help organise various social events - for groups such as Golf Clubs, Rotary Clubs, U3A, Wine Clubs, Car Clubs, birthday parties, office parties, pre-wedding parties etc.
Typically, when planning your event, we would discuss your desired objectives and work backwards from there. We can liaise on your behalf with local restaurants and if required, hotels.
We use restaurants in and around Ardres that can happily accommodate your needs and provide good quality food at a sensible price, while we can provide our wines at shop prices with no cost of "corkage " to you. Typically a four course lunch or dinner works out at 27€ all-inclusive and six wines work out at 8€ per person.
Depending on whether you would like it, one of us can talk a little about the various wines being served, probably concluding with some entertaining words about what's going on in the World of Wine. These events are always fun and they are different: with only 23 miles across that English Channel, but a million miles away in cultural terms, people always seem delighted to get away for a complete change of scenery and for a bit of French life.
We have recently restored the vaulted cellars under our shop so that you can now enjoy tastings, presentations or general events down there. If you should be interested in holding a tasting or other event for up to 35 people in our cellars, please say and we will be happy to reserve your space for you.
In addition of course, I am happy to travel to you to present wine related events to your groups or dinners.
Do please contact me by phone or through my speaker website guy@boursot.com to explore your options.
The Last Boursot Event
In March, we held a lovely evening at the cosy Les Terrasses de l’Enclos next door to Boulogne’s cathedral up in the Old Town. Scallops, followed by spring lamb (served pink of course), local cheeses and then a rich chocolate dessert were washed down with Saint-Réol Grand Cru champagne, Montlouis from the Loire, Chorey-lès-Beaune from Burgundy, Irancy from the Chablis area, Piaffer from the Gers, and finally a sweet red Maury from just north of the Pyrenees. It was a happy evening!
I talked about various “surprising” wines, in other words wines that many people might not have thought to pick off a shelf. As you might imagine, wines such as Sancerre, Chablis and Saint-Emilion sell themselves by virtue of their names and not unexpectedly, many folk are reluctant to experiment with “different” wines without trying them first. This was designed to open our guests’ eyes and I believe that it was successful in that respect. In addition, I believe that we will run another dinner at this attractive and welcoming venue in Spring 2014.
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Forthcoming Boursot Events
All our customer lunches and dinners are of course held in English. Vegetarian and alternative food options can be provided, as long as we receive ample advance notice. Please contact us on ardres@boursot.co.uk or on +33 321 36 81 46 to book for any of our events below.
If a guest speaker is unable to attend, we will endeavour to find another speaker and if none is available, Guy Boursot will present the talk. All our events are planned to be enjoyable, interesting and unstuffy.
Boursot's Wine Collection is usually open on the Sunday morning after a Saturday night dinner.
Saturday 8th June: A typical grower’s view of making wine in Burgundy presented by Jean-Luc Maldant at the Hotel Atlantic, Wimereux
The charismatic Jean-Luc Maldant produces several excellent red and white Burgundy wines. Based in the village of Chorey-lès-Beaune, he is a rising star and, for the moment, he is producing wines of high quality and great value. Listen to Monsieur Maldant talk about the trials and tribulations of life as a grower in Burgundy, where the vineyards are so fragmented that it is often difficult to understand the area and its wines. Ask him what happens in a year such as 2012 where his, and others’, production was reduced by 40% of the normal volume.
With a Burgundian twist to the menu, prepared by starred chefs Alain and Benjamin Delpierre at the famed Hotel Atlantic, we expect this to be a popular evening and so would encourage you to book early. There will be at least 4 courses and 6 great wines. The price is 89€ (about £76) per head to include everything. We have blocked off some rooms at the Atlantic so do please say if you would like to take one of our rooms from our allocation. There are also several other hotels within easy walking distance, details of which we can give you.
Sunday 7th July: Mid-Summer Lunch at the Moulin d’Audenfort presented by Guy Boursot
This is a fun 4 course lunch washed down with 6 good wines at an old rural waterside mill. Weather permitting, our reception will start with a glass of bubbly in the waterside gardens.
Over lunch I will talk everyone through the wines being served and then go on to talk about the latest developments in the emerging wine markets, as well as what is going on closer to home. We have booked a selection of bedrooms at the Moulin so you can stay the night before or the night after, or both – please let us know so that we can let you have a room from our allocation.
A great value informal lunch at 49€ (about £42) per person to include 4 courses, 6 wines and all entertainment.
Saturday 21st September: “The Complexity of Tannat” presented by Jacques Hauller of Domaine de Gensac at Les Trois Mousquetaires, Aire sur la Lys
This should be a popular event! Jacques Hauller is a rising star winemaker in the Gers area of south western France, working primarily with the Tannat grape, perhaps best known for producing rich red wine, almost Piedmontese in style, in the Madiran area. It is also said to be the (probably!) the most beneficial grape to your health!
Many of you have eulogised about the Tannat grape for its full scented and rich red wines and I could argue that Domaine de Gensac is among its best producers. If you do not know the grape, you may come to be illuminated and allured by its charms!
Jacques will explain the process of growing Tannat and how to make wine from such a difficult grape. He will also explain what tannins are, how to tame them and the benefits of tannins to both the wine and your health.
Domaine de Gensac also produces an excellent sparkling wine, some dry whites and a sweet white, which we will also be enjoying during this evening. With some great food provided by David, chef proprietor of the Michelin rated Three Musketeers, to match these exceptional Gers wines, we believe this will be one of our most memorable dinners. We suggest you book soon as we believe it is likely to sell out. Tickets are 74€ (around £62), all-inclusive as usual.
We have blocked off a number of bedrooms at the hotel so do please say if you would like us to give you a room from our allocation.
Saturday 19th October: Boursot’s Anniversary Dinner at Hotel Château Tilques with Richard Bampfield M.W.
Richard Bampfield, one of the world’s 297 Masters of Wine, has been involved with the ongoing tests between cork, plastic and screwcap closures that are being conducted at the great Château Margaux in Bordeaux. Identical wines have been bottled under these various closures, matured and then tasted; the results to date have been surprising whilst also being curiously inconclusive as to which is the “best” closure. If you have been following our newsletters, you will have seen me write often enough about this subject.
I asked Richard to talk about this, to which he responded that he might find it difficult to make corks and closures entertaining but he would certainly try! But he will also liven up his talk by discussing current trends such as the inexorable rise in the popularity of rosé, to name but one topic. It will be an enlightening but entertaining evening.
Tickets for our four course dinner and six wines and all entertainment are 84€ (around £72). We have blocked off a number of bedrooms at the hotel so do please say if you would like us to give you a room from our allocation.
During the day, we will as always be hosting a tasting of wines as well as cheeses in the cellars under our shop. We feel it will be a most interesting day.
You can book now for any event shown above. These are the intended event dates for the coming six months. We also have details of all our other dinners planned in 2013 in case you wanted to check these against your diary.
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Views on the World of Wine
You often ask me as a wine presenter and writer to tell you my thoughts about what appears to be happening currently in the global wine market. Here is a collection of my latest thoughts!
As intimated above under the October dinner topic, the topic of corks, screwcaps and other synthetic closures is never far from people’s lips in the trade. Boursot’s has only one wine in its whole selection that is sealed with a screwcap – mainly because we feel that, despite what one might hear in the media, the screwcap is still largely unproven, especially when it comes to the maturation of quality red wines.
In France, it would be fair to say that screwcaps have not been widely accepted and are felt by many to indicate “cheap wine”; on the other hand in Australia, producers would sound indignant that “primitive” and occasionally (3% is the current average) faulty corks might be used.
In this multi million pound closures industry, Nomacorc is one of the world’s biggest producers and is about to release onto the market corks made from plant-based polymers, as well as a screwcap with controllable oxygen transmission rates. Methinks the latter, perhaps, could be a real improvement but as I have said here all too often, alternative closures are still very much in their infancy.
When I moved to France back in 2001, I laughed when a couple of people asked me if I was moving for tax reasons – if only... on several fronts! As many of you will know, France is a high tax country (relative to the UK) and this, together with high social charges (or N.I. in Britain), is often credited as a major reason why the French economy remains stagnant. Politicians come and go, talking about changing the system but invariably get bogged down with the day to day running of the country. It seems that fonctionnaires (civil servants) who account for 1 in 4 of all those in employment ensure that their political leaders are flooded with work so they cannot find the time to upset their precious regime.
Inheritance taxes are particularly onerous in France and so often one hears of established wine producing properties in France being sold off to avoid penalising future generations. In addition, an estate cannot be passed on until all the successors have been identified and until they are all in agreement – which accounts for many properties around France lying empty and falling into disrepair, waiting for probate to be sorted out.
For instance Madame de Lencquesaing, who had owned Château Pichon-Longueville Lalande in Pauillac for 30 years, told me that she had no option but to sell up (to Champagne Louis Roederer). With no obvious successors but with several disparate family members, she was not convinced that they could keep the estate intact when faced with the inheritance taxes that beneficiaries have to pay in France. Nowadays, many family properties are drawn up with contracts in which all family participants are agreed from the outset what they will inherit in the event of a death in the organisation. But these are relatively new vehicles and have not been taken up by many of France’s more established producers.
Hardly a month goes by without hearing of some wine producer dying and his or her successors are in disarray about to what should be done or how the estate should be divided up. In fact, if you come to our dinner on 16th November which is yet to be publicised, our speaker is a banker turned wine producer in his family’s business and I have asked him to talk about the “other side” of being a wine producer - tax planning, capital requirements et al. It should be illuminating, as well as entertaining, and of course we will also be serving his excellent wines, about which he will also be talking.
In years gone by, these estates (which were also generally homes) had little value but with the global increase in wine demand, these properties have acquired a value which often has little bearing on the cash reserves or lifestyles of the owners. Two particular châteaux, d’Issan in Margaux and Monbousquet in Saint-Emilion have recently sold off shares so as to try and maintain a degree of continuity. In Monbousquet’s case, the present owners wanted to sell so as to put aside the potential taxes for their daughter who is set to inherit the estate.
Regarding the well known Château d’Issan, there was dissent among the Cruse cousins, some of whom wanted to sell to anyone but their own cousins. So, one group of cousins has sold 50% to a property magnate who is also owner of several other quality domaines in Bordeaux. As the head of a family who has built up an enviable estate, this can all be very demoralising.
You will shortly be hearing about journalists’ experiences of Bordeaux 2012. Whilst this year I did not go to the tastings in Bordeaux reserved for the world’s trade press and merchants, I did taste a few 2012s when I was in Bordeaux about three weeks ago and my feeling was that these were wines that were initially more attractive than the 2011s. They were supple and fruity and I believe therefore that they might provide good early to medium term drinking, as opposed to investment. Prices are just emerging as I write and whilst everyone had hoped that prices would have dipped substantially, they have gone down - but are they low enough to get the market moving again?
The harvest was small and it is perhaps for this reason that some prices are remaining higher than one might have liked. The thought is that the Chinese may not be buying much this year because 2012 will not be classified as a “great” year and because they feel that they were stung by the Bordelais with their high prices of many 2010s which subsequently dipped in value. The Chinese market is maturing fast and ostentation seems to be going out of vogue, leading to increased demand for better value wines than the top Classed Growth clarets that they were snapping up just a couple of years ago. China is now the largest export market for Bordeaux in volume and so if the Asians do stay away from the newly released 2012 Bordeaux, this might in time lead to lower prices for us ordinary mortals.
With every passing month, I am being horrified by new price increases coming through from areas such as Burgundy where production volumes were blighted by frost, hail and disease in 2012. There are a few corners of France and Europe that did not suffer as badly; in those areas where it has been possible to buy bulk wine for blending purposes, all the decent quality bulk wine has been sold leaving only remnants of mediocre quality.
However, the good news is that so far in 2013 there has been no vine damage and whilst the budding is late, this could yet be a year when volumes are repaired; we shall have to wait and see. Our June speaker, Monsieur Maldant, tells me that he is waiting to see the outcome of the 2013 harvest in Burgundy and if that repairs the volumes, then substantial price increases can be avoided. Come and hear him talk at the Hotel Atlantic in Wimereux about how he is facing up to his supply problems.
A tiny amount of sulphur dioxide has for a long time been a necessary addition for the ageing of wines but this may soon become a thing of the past. Tests are being made currently in Italy on an anti-oxidant and anti-bacterial preservative that is derived from grape pips and that is claimed to be as effective as sulphur. In addition, it is said that the wine could retain more of its original natural aromas. Bottling without some form of anti-oxidant can lead to instability in the wine, as you will have read here previously on the subject of “natural” wines so if this new product should come to be commercialised, this could be welcome news, creating a more pure product with no possibility of degradation.
If you were wondering what to lay down for 20 years for a child born in 2011, you may be pleased to learn that Vintage Port looks set to be of excellent quality and this “vintage” is currently being declared by the Port houses.
All of the normal Port players such as Taylor, Warre, Fonseca and Graham have produced wines that are solid and have good ageing potential. On average, only about three years in a decade are deemed of great enough quality to be “vintage”.
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Bio-Dynamic Calendar
As hard to comprehend as it all seems, so many top vineyards around the world are now practicing bio-dynamic viticulture that it is difficult to ignore this phenomenon. And about a year ago, researchers in Germany stated categorically that bio-dynamic wines do taste better than conventionally made wines. Whilst this may sound curious, you may be surprised to learn that most major British supermarket chains only show off their wines to the media on "Fruit " or "Flower " days! The other two elements "Root " and "Leaf " do not produce "bad " days as such, but you may find that your wines do not taste quite so open and fruity on those days.
On our home page at www.boursot.co.uk we show an indicator as to how your wines might taste today! There is then a link in the panel which will take you to an article in which I have tried to précis some information on this curious phenomenon which remains largely unproven scientifically.
Treat our indicator as a bit of fun - and please tell us if you have noticed any difference between tasting the same wines on different element days!
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Wine Tourism
Whilst much of Europe has been relatively slow to catch on, nowadays France's vineyard areas in particular have really embraced wine tourism. You just have to visit Epernay, Beaune or Bordeaux to appreciate how wine tourism has been accepted and developed and whilst you can try dropping in on whoever might see you, increasingly many top domaines will only see you as part of an officially recognised group. In addition, many big producers have managed to dumb down their tours for tourists with absolutely no wine knowledge to such an extent that you would probably feel disappointed if you know anything about wine, as clearly you do. It is increasingly clear that you need a specialist to get you behind the doors that are closed to others.
So if you should like to visit one of France's viticultural areas, go to our vineyard tours company www.overthetoptours.net - we will take you behind the scenes in many of the great vineyard areas where you will meet and often dine with some of the producers. Alsace, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Languedoc, Loire and Rhône are all areas that we visit and where we have great contacts who are happy to greet us and let you taste a wide selection of their wines.
We tailor private tours specific to your preferences, so if you have a group of friends or colleagues whom you would like to get together on a vineyard tour, please do contact me on info@overthetoptours.net and we can start working out a schedule and budget. We do all the planning and booking for you and our all-in prices are surprisingly reasonable (probably unbeatable!) - all you will need do is to come along and enjoy a memorable trip.
As a testimonial from one of our recent trips for 24 people to Burgundy, just take a look at this:
"People are still talking about the wine trip. Those that went have had great fun telling those that didn't just what they missed. The 49 wines tasted have somehow become 100 and the light lunches and dinners magnified out of all proportion. We must think about the next place to take them another year. " JM - June 2012
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Twitter and TripAdvisor
Our Twitter address is @Boursots_Wine. If you are pleased with the quality of our wines, do please feel free to Tweet your experience, and we will be pleased to retweet your comments to our own followers.
If you are particularly happy with what we do, please help us by telling others by posting your comments on TripAdvisor. This link will take you directly to the page. Your positive input will be most gratefully received.
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The Boursot Family History
As you probably know, I am fortunate enough to come from a very long family line in the wine business, passed from father to son continuously since the mid-16th century. Indeed it is one of the longest continuous family lines in the wine world.
I was very pleased to learn a few months ago that the historian Rodney Gilbert had taken the Boursot family as a project and presented it to an audience in Australia - a small but significant part of my family's wine history since the 18th century. Rodney Gilbert has extra-ordinary access to international historical records and with a keen eye to detail, he sent me a copy of his speech which took the theme "History captured in a 150 year old 1862 photo - The Boursot Family ". As an insight into European social history, I believe this makes a very "interesting read " on www.boursot.co.uk/boursot_history.html and I hope that you too might enjoy it.
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Boursot's New List
You can always see Boursot's latest list on this link and if you would like to print it, it's available on this link. The list is updated monthly but In the event that you see a previous version of the price list, try pressing Ctrl and F5 simultaneously on your computer so as to refresh the page.
If there is something that attracts your eye now, that you'd like us to put on one side for you, just say and we'll be happy to arrange it.
Apart from vintage updates, the wines below are new or have been brought back. Noteworthy are the new Provençal rosé from Château de Pourcieux which is marginally fuller flavoured than the rosé from Château Minuty that we have been listing for some time. At around the same price, we feel it offers even better value.
We have been looking to improve our offering of the popular and inexpensive unoaked Chardonnay, Domaine de la Jousselinière, but at the same price. Some years ago we had the Chardonnay, Domaine de Paradis made by the Jonquères d’Oriola family on our list with its garish orange label. Despite the contents of the bottle being delicious, the label’s colour seemed to put off a lot of people and we decided to delist it!
We pointed out these problems to the producer and now, finally, we are pleased to bring you back this great wine with its much more stylish packaging. The wine is delicious too, having plenty of fresh, soft, unoaked fruit and we believe you will find it impossible to beat its value at just over £4 per bottle. At the same time, we have taken the opportunity to bring back d’Oriola’s wonderful Extra Virgin Olive Oil which has been described by many of our customers as “the best they have ever tried”.
The Alsace wines from Robert Faller of Ribeauvillé need little introduction as they have found much favour amongst you already. These wines are in general dry and refreshingly floral and in our view, they have the elegant style of the better known Trimbach but without its price. Faller’s Grand Cru wines are noteworthy – you should eke them out from our list!
New items this month:-
| Château de Pourcieux (Côtes de Provence Rosé), 2012 Also in Half & Magnum | 6,90€ | £5.80 |
| Pinot Noir, Les Buis d’Aps (Ardèche), 2011 | 4,90€ | £4.10 |
Returning wines this month:-
| | Chardonnay, Domaine du Paradis (Langedoc), 2012 | 4,90€ | £4.10 |
| Pinot Blanc, Tradition, Robert Faller et Fils (Alsace), 2010 | 7,90€ | £6.60 |
| Pinot Gris, Cuvée Bénédicte, Robert Faller et Fils (Alsace), 2009 | 11,40€ | £9.50 |
| Huile d’Olive, Vierge Extra, Grand Cru, Jonquères d’Oriola Half Litres | 12,80€ | £10.70 |
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Stocks
As stated above, if there is something that attracts your eye in our current list, do call or e-mail us and we shall be pleased to put some stock on one side for you, so as to guarantee that you can have it for when you want to visit.
We also have a range of unusual sizes in wooden boxes, making smart gifts. For example, we have magnums, jeroboams (double magnums) and imperials (quadruple magnums) of Bordeaux, Champagne and Minervois, most of which are in wooden boxes at very sensible prices. As with our wine-related accessories, these make beautiful and unusual gifts.
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In Conclusion
We are constantly being told that our offering is so much more exciting and wide ranging than the equivalent retail operation in Britain. We are proud of our wine selection which, thanks to your support, has been growing and is finding a wider audience with each passing month.
We do not advertise and it is unlikely that you will read a review on us in the British media, but we have found that your word of mouth continues to be our best source of new customers. So, if you are happy with what we do, please continue to help us by telling your wine loving friends, or tweet or blog about us - or you could refer your friends to our "Receive Monthly Newsletter " button on the home page of www.boursot.co.uk. Or mention us on TripAdvisor. We will be very grateful to you.
As with all our wines, we stand by our guarantee to take back any resaleable bottles if you find that the wine is not to your taste or if you have too many bottles left over after a party.
Remember: according to HM Customs & Excise you can take back as much wine as you like from France to Britain, provided that it's for your personal consumption. If you want to take back a lorry full of wine for your own use at weddings and parties, you are perfectly within your rights to do so.
We are open from 10 to 6 from MONDAY to SATURDAY (even if it's a French or British bank holiday), and we do not close for lunch.
If you are returning from a holiday, Boursot's Wine Collection is situated just off the old main north-south road (RN943) and 5 minutes off Junction 2 of the A26. Then from Ardres to the port or the tunnel in Calais takes 15 minutes. Please let us know if you should like to visit outside our normal opening hours; with a little advance notice, often it is possible to open up or else to leave your order nearby for you to collect - and we have a secure web page on which you can leave your card details.
We hope to see you here again very soon, whether it's for our delicious and easy to enjoy Petit Pont Réserve wines at around £3 a bottle or whether it's for something more exclusive for your special dinner parties. We have them all.
A bientôt!
With all best wishes
Guy
Guy Boursot
Wine Consultants SARL
Boursot's Wine Collection
9 Rue de l'Arsenal
62610 ARDRES
+33 3 21 36 81 46
www.boursot.co.uk
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