La Table Provencal:  A Mobile French Feast with Marc and Alain Pisan

Date: Contact us for Dates Cost: $395 per person

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Marc and Alain Pisan's professional and cultural heritage make the La Table Provencale culinary tour unique in the Sonoma Wine Country. This is much more than a wine tasting excursion.

The tour entails extended stops at three wineries producing fine, hand-crafted wines in small lots. Each stop involves a personalized, behind-the-scenes tour and extensive tasting with food pairings. The centerpiece of La Table Provencale is a traditional Provencal luncheon prepared by Alain, co-hosted with Marc, and served al fresco. Alain will introduce each dish from a Provencal perspective, and Marc will pair it with a Sonoma artisanal wine. While guests savor their desserts, Alain will provide a history and demonstrate preparation techniques.

Tour transportation is provided from Healdsburg by a professional, luxury limousine service. To ensure an exclusive, personal and memorable experience, each tour is limited to no more than 12 participants. The general itinerary for each tour is as follows: 

Begin:    Greeting by Marc and Alain at 9:45 in Healdsburg. Receive welcome basket and recipe book.

Next:      Depart via luxury limousine for tour with tasting at a boutique producer of gourmet olive oil

Next:      Tour and barrel tasting at first artisanal winery, with informal instruction on wine tasting techniques

Next:      Four-course luncheon table d'hote, prepared and presented by Alain with wine pairings by Marc

Next:      Winemaker tour at second artisanal winery followed by a tasting of wines with cheese pairings

Next:      Vineyard tour at third artisanal winery  followed by a Cabernet tasting with chocolate pairings

End:       Return to Healdsburg 

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Included

• All meals as detailed on itineraries, with wine chosen by your tour guide

• All scheduled: wine tours, tastings, wine and cooking classes

• Ground transportation via private van/mini-bus and only during Epicurean Culinary Tours scheduled activities

• All itinerary items are subject to change

Not Included

•  Any airfare and airport taxes.  

• Any expenses not specified in the itinerary, such as telephone calls, fax, laundry personal items and sundries, individual purchases, tour cancellation/health insurance, additional food and `drink, including personal ordered wines-even if consumed in place of provisions provided on the tour, services or meals other than those specifically mentioned in the itinerary, gratuities to airport personnel and the coach driver.

About Our Tours

• An Epicurean Culinary Tour is the perfect complement to your wine country experience. You will have the opportunity to meet food purveyors, winemakers, and winery staff that make Sonoma County an unbeatable food and wine destination. We create a relaxed experience for everyone and endeavor to provide a fun and educational experience.

• Participants receive a gift basket, copies of wine education materials, recipes and wine tasting notes.

• Marc and Alain will personally conduct each tour. Often owners or winemakers from the winery where tastings are conducted participate.

• The number of guests per tour is 8 to 12.

• We reserve the right to substitute menu items and ingredients due to availability and quality.

• We sometimes film or take photographs during tours for promotional purposes, and we may ask you to sign a release authorizing use of your likeness in promotional materials.

Payment and Cancellation Policies

• We accept VISA, MasterCard, and personal checks. 

• We offer discounts for groups of 6 or more who register at one time. Please contact us by phone at the to register your group. 

• Tour fees must be paid at the time of registration as tours are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

• One week’s cancellation notice is required for a refund (minus a $15 transaction fee.) Refunds can only be made in the same method as originally paid. There are no refunds or credits when less than one week's notice is received. Please understand that we cannot make exceptions.

• We must receive a group cancellation at least 30 days in advance to be able to provide a refund (minus a $15 transaction fee.)

• We reserve the right to cancel or reschedule tours due to insufficient enrollment or instructor illness. In case of cancellation, participants will be notified and full refunds will be provided.

• Epicurean Culinary Tours reserves the right to decline a client, and the right to terminate a client's participation in a tour, if deemed necessary. 

• All Epicurean Culinary Tours clients must be 21 years of age.  Proof of age may be required.

• Client cancellation:

• For groups of 6 or less: If written cancellation notice is received 7 days or more prior to trip departure: $50 per person cancellation fee is forfeited. If written cancellation notice is received 7 days or less: 100% tour price is forfeited. 
• For groups of 6 or more, if written cancellation notice is received 30 days or more prior to trip departure: $50 per person cancellation fee is forfeited. If written cancellation notice is received less than 30 days prior to trip departure: 100% tour price is forfeited.

• Epicurean Culinary Tours cancellation: We reserve the right to cancel any tour at any time for any reason, such as if there are too few participants (minimum of 8), if the safety of our guests is in question, or the quality of our tour is in question, or for any other reason. We do not recommend non-refundable, advance-purchase air tickets, as we cannot assume responsibility for any loss incurred on account or such tickets.

Insurance and Health

• Insurance: We highly recommend that you buy extended hospital/medical/dental insurance to supplement your existing health insurance or benefit plan.  Should you choose not to purchase such extended coverage, all costs and expenses related to any hospital/medical/dental care or treatment shall be your sole responsibility.  

• Health: By making a payment towards a tour, you certify that you do not have any physical condition of disability that would create a hazard for you or other clients.  Some facilities, on Epicurean Culinary Tours, do not have elevators or related services with which to gain access and will not be accessible to some clients. 

• Dress: Attire is mostly casual. However, some dinners may require semi-formal attire.  Please     refer to tour-specific itineraries.

• Smoking: Smoking is NOT permitted at any time the tour group is assembled.

Limitation of Liability and Release

Epicurean Culinary Tours will not be responsible for any physical or mental injury or loss (including property stolen, lost or damaged) arising in connection with a client's participation in Epicurean Culinary Tours.  The client agrees not to bring or maintain all legal action against Epicurean Culinary Tours in respect of any such injury, loss or damage and release them from any liability and any liability in respect of claims made against the client as a result of the client's actions on the tour. The client acknowledges and agrees that Epicurean Wine Tours, its employees, agents, and shareholders shall not be liable or responsible for any claims, costs, damages, expenses, injuries or losses resulting from any act of God, any act of war, or terrorism, or any other unforeseen incident or circumstances.