Bonjour, 

I am Isabelle du Plessix, founder of Wine Travel in France

 

People say I am a delightful typical French lady with an international background.

 

I was raised indeed in the countryside outside Paris in a traditional French way. Curious, adventurous, eager to discover and learn, I was not event 15 when I got the passion for travelling. With friends, school peers, relatives, I was always the one to organize the itinerary. I just loved it. Happy to please. Since then, I have been all over the world and lived more than 9 years in different part of the globe : Germany, Chicago US, Tokyo Japan and Singapore. I then learnt how to adapt myself to new cultures, habits, languages and traditions. A good lesson of life !

I am now multilingual and multicultural, but my heritage and culture still belong to France where I now live with my family.

I married a Count and became a Countess! Thus, values such as tradition, family, history and Art de Vivre made even more sense to me.

I married a Count, who is wine lover and I became a wine amateur! We both enriched our wine knowledge through numerous wine trips in main wine countries and French wine regions. We went through many boring and tasteless wine tastings and classes and became more and more selective and demanding. I feel that the wine expert is the key element of a high-quality wine tasting. By experience, I also found out that, to fully appreciate and remember the body of a wine, it should be tasted where it grows.

 

I have the chance to be also part of the jury of the Cordon Bleu Wine & Management program.

Both Wine and Travel are not only part of my personal but also professional life. With multiple degrees in marketing and communications, I promoted destinations in Europe and co-published a series of high-quality illustrated coffee table guidebooks,named thechiccollection, for discerning and demanding travellers. Looking for chic niche around the world, I happen to be an expert of charming boutique hotels and personalised tips that make your travel experience unique and unforgettable. To my point of view, visiting a region is all about sharing, experiencing, meeting, tasting, feeling, … just living !

As sharing is one my motto, I decided to create a website dedicated to my main experiences: Wine, Tourism and Culture.

 

Thus, in 2012, I founded WineChicTravel, a high-end online guide that helps discerning travellers, wine amateurs, epicurean, and aesthetes to elaborate wine itineraries with a proper selection of vineyards, historical sites, gourmet addresses, charming chateaux hotels and original wine activities. Success has grown. More and more people were asking me for custom made wine itineraries.  I then realised that, due to lack of time, knowledge, self-confidence, those people relied on my savoir faire and professional and trustworthy network.  My several mistakes, disappointments, frustrations and success stories of my various trips made me very flexible with a high ability to react and adapt.

 

That was time to set up a travel agency, an agency based on my 2 passions, that meets wine amateurs and travellers’ expectancy: to live together the ultimate French wine culture and enjoy limitless knowledge with dedicated care: WineTravelinFrance

My wine tours will take you beyond the scenes of Bordeaux Wines.  You’ll embark on an “ELITE JOURNEY" to the land of "Bordeaux wines where wine& culture mysteries will be unraveled just for you.

Through my wide connections, she’ll open the wineries doors for you that you will never be able to open yourself; she’ll pick the winegrowers who will happy to share a part of their most valuable best kept secrets. You’ll feel comfortable to ask any questions you always wanted to ask. Like her, you’ll feel the aromas of a blend of grapes varieties. Back home, you’ll master the art of a wine "blind test" and bluff your friends and peers.  You’ll jump in to the yet unrevealed and surprising new era of the future techniques and become part of the few knowledgeable. We know how uneasy it is to travel abroad without speaking the local language. Therefore, to make you feel at home yet, she’ll secure with your dedicated certified English-speaking guide.

 

Without forgetting that I have spent 6 wonderful and unforgettable years in Singapore. I am then very familiar with South-East Asian culture and aspirations.  I make sure that my itineraries fulfil Asian traveller’s requests. Therefore, my wine tours are always in small groups not exceeding 12 travellers sharing the same passion. Myr selection of hotels, historical sites and restaurants fit perfectly with Asian taste. All wine makers, wine experts, certified guides and chefs speak fluent English and familiar with Asian habits.