Wine Tasting Tours
Testimonials & Reviews
Welcome to our dedicated section for feedback on Wine Tours with Olivier Hickman. We’re delighted to provide you with a space where you can discover the impressions of our participants, both on the advantages and potential drawbacks of our wine journeys.
The advantages of Wine Tours with Olivier Hickman are numerous. Firstly, our participants appreciate Olivier Hickman’s passion and expertise in the world of wine. His deep knowledge of vineyards, grape varieties, and winemaking techniques enriches every stage of our tours. Additionally, our carefully selected visits offer an immersive experience, where you can meet passionate winemakers and taste exceptional wines in beautiful settings.
We hope this section will help you better understand what Wine Tours with Olivier Hickman have to offer, and we encourage you to read the feedback from our participants to get a more precise idea of what to expect on your next wine adventure with us.
Janemarie C2024-05-16Tour with Olivier- a great experience! Olivier is an engaging, humorous, and knowledgeable wine guide! He was recommended to me through our wine club leader and we are very happy that we took the suggestion! Not only is Olivier proficient in the local wine industry, he is also fluent in English and French. He is deeply connected. Our experience included stops in the various vineyards to view growing conditions and farming styles, an extraordinary wine paired lunch, tours of wine production facilities, plus tastings of the lovely wines at multiple vineyards. Olivier helped us tremendously by collecting our wine orders from each vineyard we visited and managing the shipment to our home. Olivier was a delight to work with. He customized our experience based on our timeline and specific needs. He was responsive to each email I sent. Our group of 8 enjoyed our tour. We highly recommend!Braveheart822024-05-03Best wine tour, best tour guide! This was one of our best tours ever and definitely our best wine tour in France. Olivier was very knowledgeable about the wine and the Cote du Rhone region. Best of all, he was the consummate host, making everyone feel at home with him, the wineries and each other. Highly recommend!Trish M2024-05-02Wine Tasting Made Fun and Accessible Olivier’s easy manner and extensive knowledge of the wines of the Rhône region made for an enjoyable and informative day. His tour was one of the highlights of our holidays in Provence. Would highly recommend spending a day tasting and learning about delicious Rhône wines with Olivier!Gregg H2024-04-23Wonderful wine tour What a wonderful day with Olivier in Provence! We had a group of ten and everyone in our group from those with extensive wine knowledge to novices enjoyed our tour. Olivier is knowledgeable, personable and very welcoming. The lunch we had on the tour was also delicious and memorable. This tour was a highlight of our trip!Donald B2023-09-16Discovering Provence's wines Oliver's wine tasting private excursion was delightful. His knowledge and passion as well as easy and friendly demeanor made the experience worth every penny. The chosen lunch location was excellent: Authentic delicious Provencal food.Justin O2023-09-03Would strongly recommend, great experience! This wine tour was one of the highlights of our honeymoon! Olivier was witty, knowledgeable, and a fantastic guide through the hidden gems of Provence. He is able to tailor your experience to your knowledge level of the region specifically, and wine making in general. We drank more glasses (and more varieties) of wine than on any previous tour and discovered some incredible surprises along the way. At the end, we ordered a case to be shipped back home in the United States, and Olivier made the ordering and shipping process very smooth and seamless.80beachguy2023-09-03A truly delightful day learning about Provence wines We did a 3-domaine tour with Olivier and loved it! He arranged for an excellent lunch in Sablet too. He figured out what we knew about wine (not a ton despite decades of tours around the world) and tailored our discussions accordingly. Overall, a highly enjoyable day and we learned much about this great wine region. Do yourself a favor and take one of his tours.Robert B2023-06-24Expert Chateauneuf du Pape + Wine Tour Without a doubt, Olivier delivered the best tour in wine country that I’ve ever been on. He is a dynamo of a human being and delivered hour after hour of incredibly vivid details of how a vineyard produces wine from the time of a wine vine seedling until you are swirling around the final product in your glass. Olivier took us into the vineyard rows and showed us just what makes Chateauneuf du Pape terroir so special….He pointed out the important anatomy of the vines and surrounding vegetation and gave us the geological history of the region. We tried wines from all over the South Rhône including my 3 favorites: Chateauneuf du Pape, Gigondas and Vacqeyras. We had a delicious 3 course lunch with wine pairings for a very reasonable price at the base of a gorgeous landscape in Gigondas. Then we toured an area I wasn’t familiar with, Rasteau, which I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was. I wish we could have booked another tour with Olivier, but he had no more spots left. Book early!Tony B2023-06-18Fantastic wine tour Oliver was top notch, guiding us through two areas of the Cotes du Rhone. My whole family (myself, wife and two teenagers) thoroughly enjoyed the trip. Communication beforehand was excellent and Oliver made everyone feel comfortable and engaged during the tour. I couldn’t recommend enough and his knowledge of the wines and the local appellations was impeccable.Gloria H2023-05-17“Wine Uncovered” is the perfect name for this tour! We experienced a wonderful afternoon with Olivier in the vineyard, winery & tasting rooms of Sablet. His wide experience in the industry & his sense of humour made it interesting for both the novice & those acquainted with the subject. It was a fantastic introduction to Côtes du Rhône wines & we are fans! We learned a lot & we highly recommend this tour!Load more