Custom itinerary

Custom Cognac & the Charentes Wine Itinerary

$500.00

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Itinerary design fee, per couple. Credited in full against the trip when you book it with us.

Cognac is a wine region that distills most of what it makes. The trip is the big houses, the family cellars an hour out, Pineau on the terrace, and the Atlantic close enough for oysters. Custom is how you get the mix of grand and small right.

What we'd build it around

Stay. Hôtel Chais Monnet for the rooftop bar and Les Foudres; La Nauve for the garden hotel; a night in La Rochelle if the coast is calling.
Sip. Hennessy, Martell's Indigo rooftop and Rémy Martin's Louis XIII room for the big three; Normandin-Mercier near La Rochelle for the family cellar and a cask-drawing tasting; Grande Champagne villages by car.
Eat. Les Foudres at Chais Monnet, La Ribaudière on the Charente, oysters in La Rochelle, canelés at breakfast.
Days. A blending workshop, the river by boat or bike, a La Rochelle afternoon, a driver for the village day.

Already like the look of the set trip? Cognac & the Charentes, 3 nights from $3,500 per couple is the version we'd take ourselves. The custom one starts from the same book and goes wherever your answers take it.

What the design fee covers

A day-by-day itinerary written for you: the hotel, the tastings, the tables, the timings and the driver days, with a line on why each stop made the cut.
Every reservation made and held in your name once you book: winery appointments, restaurants, the hotel and the driver.
Two rounds of revisions, then a final version you can carry on your phone.
A quote for the whole trip, priced per couple like our set trips, with the $500 taken off the balance.
A direct line to us while you travel.

How it works

Answer the questions above and add the design fee to your cart. Two minutes.
Within two business days we send a first draft and a quote for the trip.
We revise together, up to two rounds, until it reads like your trip.
A deposit confirms the dates and we make every booking. The balance is due 45 days before you travel, with the $500 credited against it.

The fine print

One design fee covers a party of up to six travelling together; for larger groups, write to us before you buy. The fee is credited in full against a trip booked with Cellar Mouse within twelve months of the first draft. It is not refundable once the first draft has been sent. Flights are never included. Deposits, balances and cancellations for the trip itself follow the same terms as our set trips.

How our trips work

Tell us about the trip

Two minutes. We use this to write the first draft and price it. Anything you're not sure about, leave blank and we'll ask.

Travel dates required How fixed are the dates? Travellers required Nights required Budget per couple, not counting flights required

What should the wine days be built around? Tick everything that applies.

Grande and Petite Champagne crusBig-house tours: Hennessy, Martell, Rémy MartinFamily distilleries and cellar tastingsPineau des CharentesBlending or cask-drawing workshopOysters and the Atlantic (La Rochelle)Michelin dining in CognacRiver Charente by boat or bike

Must-visit wineries, restaurants or hotels (or ones to skip) Dining Where you'd like to sleep Pace Who's coming, and is there an occasion? Anything else we should know? Phone (optional)

Your email comes through with the order. We reply within two business days with a first draft of the Cognac & the Charentes itinerary and a quote for the trip.