Newsletters
 June/July, 2013
Bonjour!
The main headings in this newsletter are shown below.
General
Today the euro rate is bobbing around 1.18 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 £0.03 per bottle! ! You get much more wine for your money in France.
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 3,10€ (around £2.60) 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, but because of the busy holiday season, Friday to Sunday sailings between 19th July and 2nd September are excluded from our offer.
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.
Also accessible through the Offers page of our website, it’s always wise to book at least 24 hours in advance so as to take best advantage of this P&O offer. 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).
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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You have probably seen our many wine-related gifts in the Ardres shop, ranging from USB flash drives disguised as corks, framed copies of our exclusive Nick Newman wine cartoons, 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.
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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.
"Many thanks for arranging our recent visit to Ardres. Everyone enjoyed themselves so much they want to come again." CW, Fetcham U3A.
Also 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.
Additionally we have been pleased to incorporate some vineyard visits for some groups as part of their overall trip. Typically a visit to Champagne going behind the scenes and meeting the producers involving two nights, two dinners, two lunches and all visits starts at around £350 per person. So do ask us if a visit to a vineyard area could be of interest for your group .
And finally, I am of course happy to travel to you to present wine related events to your groups or dinners, or simply to be your after-dinner speaker with a difference!
Do please contact me by phone or through my speaker website guy@boursot.com to explore your options.
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.
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. Come on, get away for the weekend!
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.
During the afternoon we will be hosting in the Ardres shop an informal tasting of some of our wines as well as another event, still to be organised, and in the evening our guest speaker over dinner at Hotel Château Tilques will be Richard Bampfield, one of the world’s 300 Masters of Wine. Richard runs PR for wine producers in Bordeaux, Burgundy and South America; consultancy for a major European retailer; he runs the wine activities of a leading London cookery school and finally has an ambassadorial role for a top Champagne house. He’s a busy man!
Of particular interest, Richard 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. Among other things, I have asked Richard to talk about this. His other wine topics will be more entertaining!
If you would like to know more about what is going on in the world of wine, this will be an evening for you. It will be both entertaining and informative.
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.
Saturday 16th November: "The Business of Being a Wine Producer" presented by Nicolas Faller of Robert Faller et Fils, Ribeauvillé at Hotel Château Cléry, Boulogne
Many people say they’d love to own a vineyard. Nicolas Faller is unusual inasmuch as he is an international banker while also managing the financial side of his family’s wine business based in the picturesque town of Ribeauvillé in Alsace. He also has a hand in the winemaking!
This dinner at the lovely Château Cléry will look at the "business" side of being a family wine producer: the risks, the rewards, the financing requirements, the problems caused by working with products of finite supply – more so in some years than in others. But it will be entertaining too!
Aside from all that, Nicolas will of course explain the backgrounds to the specific red and white Faller wines being served with our 4 course dinner. I have worked with the Faller family for around 20 years, and we have been proud to list these in Ardres over the last 6 years. I feel their wines offer excellent value versus quality.
We believe this will provide a really interesting insight into the "other side" of the wine business.
Tickets for our four course dinner and six wines and entertainment are 84€ (around £73) all-inclusive. 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.
Sunday 8th December: Christmas Market Lunch at the Restaurant Francois Premier
Ardres’ Christmas Market Day is a popular event in our calendar. This restaurant hardly needs any introduction, being one of the finest of the area. Being situated on the main cobbled square, you will be in front of much of the day’s action, so you can watch some of it from the warmth of the restaurant!
More details on this day will follow in our next newsletter, but you can of course book for this now.
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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!
It would be fair to say that the Bordeaux en-primeur campaign for the infant 2012 reds has not been a resounding success. This is the campaign whereby "futures" of the 2012 clarets are sold while the wines are still maturing in cask, becoming available for delivery to customers in 2014-15. The quality of the red grape harvest was good and generally better than 2011 but efforts to re-instil confidence among the world’s wine buyers have been largely unsuccessful. In summary I would say that the price of the excellent 2010s had risen to too high a level, the 2011s (for an o.k. vintage) were not reduced in price by enough and consequently were largely left unsold. 2012 comes along then, again slightly reduced in price but still too high for an economically challenged world.
While fine claret prices dropped initially, they then steadied with news of a small harvest in 2012, and now most people are waiting to see what will happen to yields in 2013. If, as in 2012, hail and disease hit the vineyards, then the investment prices in young claret will probably pick up again. Another major factor in the 2012s was the relative dearth of Asian and American orders, although the latter market is now beginning to pick up again as economic confidence seems to be returning there.
Today’s wine buyers are of course looking for value and the buyers for many of the "new markets" can and do stay away from Bordeaux, in particular, if they feel that their prices need correction. To an established market such as Bordeaux, this is a new phenomenon. In my days at Berry Bros, we were not allowed to buy the wines of some of the greater names of Bordeaux, unless we had supported those properties by buying their wines from less good years. They were different times; maybe this was posturing by the châteaux but it certainly worked in a seller’s market – vintages were also more variable in quality in those days and there were fewer buyers from fewer countries.
France has managed to retain a strong image for quality wine, so there has been demand from the emerging markets across several of France’s classic vineyard areas. However suppliers tell me that the Chinese are "opportunists" and several Chinese visitors have been posing as importers. Of course all vignerons want to sell their wines, but many have little or no experience of such different ways of trading and some vignerons have already experienced some "bad surprises". As a result of this, many vignerons are now seeking professional agents who can receive and handle the ever growing demands for good wine from these emerging markets.
It is often less than easy to understand what the Far East holds for the longer-term future. While sales, especially of Bordeaux, had reached record high levels, we see that China has decided to impose a new tax on all wines imported from Europe. This decision was taken in retaliation against the EU’s decision to impose duties on Chinese solar panels that it felt were being sold at or below cost, which could damage the sales of solar panels produced by European manufacturers. It’s good to know, isn’t it, that protectionism is still very much alive and well!
This stand-off is worrying to many quality wine producers across Europe, but in Bordeaux in particular, who have become accustomed to thinking of the Far East as being their "next big thing". And this worry has crept up back to Brussels where there is now frenetic talk of "a negotiated settlement"!
The cool weather this spring has led to most vines across France being two to three weeks behind their normal schedule but at least in 2013 so far, there has been no real frost damage and one might have said the same about hail – until a fortnight ago when hail devastated the vineyards of Vouvray in the Loire, wiping out 75% of this years’ crop. Indeed damage was so serious that it looks to have reduced prospects for the 2014 crop.
It seems odd to think that just a couple of years ago, growers were complaining of a low water table! In 2013, there has been a lot of flooding around vineyard areas of France, especially around Burgundy and the Gers but I am pleased to report that to the best of my knowledge there has been little or no impact on any of our wine producers.
I have written here before about global wine production and recent statistics revealed a 6% decline to 25 billion litres in 2012. Some of this was due to the small harvest in 2012 across Europe but also revealed is the effect of continued European legislation which seems to stigmatise its own wine as part of a bigger alcohol picture. Net, European wine production is falling while the "New World" and China are stepping up their production volumes!
Protectionism seems to have become commonplace across Europe, demonstrated by its regulations, while other countries are listening to their markets and are embracing customer demand and have greater flexibility with their wine production rules. While it is more cost-effective for some vineyards across Europe to be subsidised to grub up their vines or turn their wine into industrial alcohol, those who are listening to their customers seem to be trading well across the international wine scene.
Currently France is still the world’s largest producer at 41m hectolitres, followed by Italy at 40m hl, Spain 30m hl, USA, 20m hl, China 14.9m hl, Australia 12.7m hl... but I expect to see a dramatic change in these statistics over the next five years.
And finally, if you should be a gin drinker, then you may be aware already about the fungal disease, phytophthora austrocedrae, which is wiping out British juniper berries, the vital ingredient in gin. Apparently 45% of Scottish conifer trees and bushes are at risk, meaning that ever greater proportions of berries need to be imported from Italy and Eastern Europe.
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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.
Having visited the quality vineyards over many years, I set up Over The Top Tours some years ago to share my experiences with groups of interested customers. 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, Rhône and the South West are all areas that we visit and where we have great contacts who are happy to greet and inform you, as well as invite you to taste a wide selection of their wines.
Fine dining is also included as it goes hand in hand with good wine.
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.
Ideal sized groups are between 12 and 26 adults and typically two nights away with all meals and visits start at around £350. We do all the planning and make the bookings so all you will need do is to come along and enjoy a thoroughly 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
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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.
This month you will see we have extended our list of top red and white producers from Bordeaux including such great names as Châteaux Guiraud, Langoa-Barton, Léoville-Barton, Lynch-Bages, Palmer, Pape-Clément, Pontet-Canet, Rieussec and Suduiraut. All there for that special treat, but at low French prices! Don’t worry, we are not moving away from our more everyday wines – we just felt the demand from French clients in particular to extend the top end of our list with some great names!
I maintain that one had to be an idiot not to produce good wine in 2009 with its excellent growing conditions but having said that, there are plenty of idiotic winemakers still around! We have selected some gorgeous 2009 clarets that you can enjoy now or can keep for years yet – especially noteworthy are, in no particular order, the Châteaux Tour du Pas Saint-Georges, Labat, Liversan and Baret. With grapes being picked later, the tannins appear to be softer and consequently are easy to enjoy when they are still young. These wines are also very reasonably priced, but will go up in price as they become more scarce on the market. Do ask about these when you come in next – we will also be showing some of these off at our Anniversary tasting in October.
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This Month’s Offer
Summer is here, so it must be time to enjoy one of France’s most refreshing white wines, the Gewürztraminer from Alsace! This example from Robert Faller & Fils is a delight – fresh lychee-like fruit with a light, dry texture.
We feel that this good claret deserves more recognition. Aficionados know the Cru Bourgeois Château Labat, a consistently high scorer in wine competitions. It has a good firm fruity Médoc style and is excellent for drinking now and over the next couple of years.
These wines are reduced in price until our next newsletter in August. This is a great time to stock up on good white wine for summer drinking as well as a great red for your autumn and winter dinners!
| Gewürztraminer, Tradition, Robert Faller et Fils (Alsace), 2010 | 10,50€ | 9,90€ (£8.30) |
| Château Labat, Cru Bourgeois, Haut-Médoc (Claret), 2007 | 13,90€ | 12,90€ (£10.80) |
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New Wines This Month
Full notes on each wine can be found on our wine list.
| "G" de Guiraud (Bordeaux), 2006 | 10,90€ | £9.10 |
| Château Loupiac-Gaudet, Loupiac (Bordeaux), 2006 HALF BOTTLES | 5,80€ | £4.80 |
| Savigny-lès-Beaune, Premier Cru, Les Gravains,
Domaine Maldant-Pauvelot (Burgundy), 2009 | 39,90€ | £33.30 |
| Château Rieussec, Premier Grand Cru Classé, Sauternes (Bordeaux), 2006 | 44,50€ | £37.10 |
| Château Suduiraut, Premier Grand Cru Classé, Sauternes (Bordeaux), 2006 | 47,70€ | £39.80 |
| Pomerol de Beauregard (Claret), 2007 | 19,00€ | £15.90 |
| La Closerie de Fourtet, Margaux (Claret), 2009
(2nd wine of Clos Fourtet, Grand Cru Classé Saint-Emilion) | 24,90€ | £4.90 |
| Réserve de la Comtesse, Pauillac (Claret), 2003
(2nd wine of Château Pichon-Longueville-Lalande, 2ème cru) | 49,60€ | £41.30 |
| Château Léoville-Barton, 2ème cru Saint-Julien (Claret), 2007 | 66,00€ | £55.00 |
| Château Langoa-Barton, 3ème cru Saint-Julien (Claret), 2009 | 74,00€ | £61.70 |
| Château Pontet-Canet, 5ème cru Pauillac (Claret), 2007 | 89,00€ | £74.20 |
| Château Pape-Clément, Grand Cru Classé Pessac-Léogan (Claret), 1999 | 98,00€ | £81.70 |
| Château Lynch-Bages, 5ème cru Pauillac (Claret), 2001 | 136,50€ | £113.80 |
| Château Palmer, 3ème cru Margaux (Claret), 1998 | 198,00€ | £165.00 |
| Château Palmer, 3ème cru Margaux (Claret), 1983 | 375,00€ | £312.50 |
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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.
My colleagues and I 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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