Our five course evening meals, accompanied by fine wines, are designed to introduce you to just some of the regional dishes of the areas we cruise.

Your barge cruise comes with your choice of two meal plan options:
Half Board - Breakfast and Lunch on board the barge. For Dinner we will assist you in choosing special restaurants and provide your transportation.
Full Board - All meals are included, including those taken in restaurants.

Lunches are served buffet style and are accompanied by select local red, white and rosé wines. They include homemade soups, salads, charcuterie and, of course, a variety of cheeses!

Sample Menu:
Quiche Lorraine
Minestrone Soup
Mixed Salad with walnuts & Roquefort

Charcuterie:
Rosette, Sliced Ham, Sliced Duck
Saucisson, Rillettes

Cheeses:
Beaufort, Conté, Brébis, Chaource,
Chèvre, Brie, Fourme, St. Agur,
Epoisses, Camembert

After booking, we will send you Wine and Food Preference form. This will allow you to give us information about your preferences and restrictions. Do not hesitate to inform us of any special needs, such as low-sodium, vegetarian, or low-fat. We will be happy to accomodate them.

Please consider the selection below as a sampling of what we are able to offer you. If you are interested in particular regional specialty, please let us know and we will do our best to accomodate you.

Sample Menu

Bouchée à la Reine
Puff Pastry filled with Shrimp,
Scallops, Mushrooms, and
Béchamel Sauce
Served on a Bed of Greens

Poulard à L'Ancienne
avec une Sauce au Vinaigre
Traditionally Prepared Chicken
in a Delicate Wine Vinegar Sauce
Served with Sautéed Potatoes
and Fresh Seasonal Vegetables

Sorbet Citron
Lemon Sorbet

Plateau de Fromages
Cheese Platter
Brie de Meaux, St. Félicien,
Epoisses, St. Agur, Livarot

Tarte aux Fruits Flambée
Fruit Tart Flambéed with Cognac
Served with French Custard

Café, Thé, Tisane
et Petit Chocolats
Coffee, Tea, Herbal Tea
and French Chocolates

Our goal is to give you a real taste of France, serving wines from many different regions (but admittedly the Burgundy wines are our favorites!). It will be a pleasure to share our knowledge with you. We will teach you about the wine growing areas, winemaking, and how to read a French wine label.

Throughout your trip we will introduce you to our carefully selected local wines and premier cru wines. (If you don't know what that is, don't worry - we'll teach you!)

Some of the fine wines included in our cellar are:

Chassagne-Montrachet
Mercurey
Moulin à Vent
Gigondas
Faugères

Sancerre
Meursault Premier Cru
Pouilly-Fuissé
Lirac
Muscat sec de Frontignan