Entering the villa on the ground floor, you walk into the main living area, a cosy lounge and dining room. With comfy sofas and an old stone fireplace, the cottage is set up to keep you warm in the winter season. Wooden beams lie above the terracotta tiled floor and there is a dining table on one side seating six guests. Move through to the kitchen and breakfast bar, traditional in style with beams overhead and pale blue cupboard doors.
The family bathroom is on the ground floor with a shower (and a handy laundry area with washing machine). Heading upstairs via the steep steps you’ll find two bedrooms, a double with lovely views and a triple bedroom with three single beds.
This working Côtes de Blaye vineyard is in the Bordeaux region and provides the perfect backdrop to your holiday. Foy Cottage has a pretty outdoor area, bordered by newly planted laurel, with a table and chairs, a hammock and sun loungers so you can relax beneath the sun. There are rotating crops in front of the gite - sometimes vines and other times barley or wild plants to nourish the soil.
As a working vineyard, you will be able to witness the production of wine, from grape to bottle. Spend time walking through the vines and chatting to the owners, asking questions on the process, and discovering what makes the wine from Bordeaux so unique. The estate is also next to the village tennis courts, available for guests to use (just ask for the key).
The local village within walking distance has all your essentials including a small grocery shop (with fresh bread), a butchers and a pharmacy. On Sunday mornings you can pick up rotisserie chicken from the butchers and look out for a village oyster stall that occasionally appears.
Further afield, take the car ferry across to the Médoc peninsula for more wine tastings at the châteaux and vineyards of Margaux and Pauillac, or spend the day in the superb French city of Bordeaux, only 44km away. Another historic treasure not to be missed is Saint-Émilion, one of France's most loved wine destinations and less than an hour by car from your charming holiday home.
