From the owner: Une authentique bière Extraordinaire brasserie, où l'on fabrique la bière devant le client :…read moreblonde, blanche, ambrée, girondine, brune. Le cadre est soigné à l'intérieur : murs recouverts de chaux travaillée à l'ancienne, reproduction au plafond de vieilles publicités traitant de la bière. La décoration intérieure est de type anciennes brasseries parisiennes, avec 240 places intérieures et 600 m² de terrasses sur 2 niveaux habillées en pin et équipées de mobilier en teck.

Did a wine tasting here today. We were luckily at the winery during the harvest and the collecting…read moreand sorting of the grapes. We were taken through the entire process from grape sorting to entry in the vats to walking through the barrel room and the bottle storage area. The wine was excellent. We tasted 3 of the same wines from 3 different years. It was a wonderful exercise.

The third day of the wife and my tour of Bordeaux wine châteaus continued with a late morning stop…read moreat Château Prieuré Lichine. A 4th Growth château of the Margaux appellation, Prieuré Lichine offered the best overall tour experience of our trip. Our tour guide, Ulrich, was fluent in English, exceedingly knowledgeable in Prieuré Lichine's history and operations, and easily the most descriptive and enthusiastic, if not passionate, while leading our tour. He was stellar! The château property was aesthetically beautiful with an interesting, logical blend of the modern with its vintage heritage. Château Prieuré Lichine had a very nice tasting room/wine/gift shop where its wines in a wide range of formats and vintages as well as wine accessories, books, and other souvenirs could be purchased. We had the opportunity to experience a barrel tasting of its 2013 vintage Margaux as well as a barrel tasting of its pre-blend, straight cabernet sauvignon. Our tour culminated with a delicious lunch in the château's "Harvest" dining room where we were served both its white Bordeaux, a 2013 Le Blanc du Château Prieuré Lichine and a vertical of its 2003, 2005, and 2007 margaux. Tasting the wines as a vertical truly highlighted the variances of the same wine between multiple vintages. Our tour of Prieuré Lichine was an enlightening and enjoyable experience. We were made to feel very welcome. While we were on a special tour not available to most of the public, I still highly recommend checking it out. If Ulrich's the one giving you your tour, then you're in for a treat!

Not our year for a nice lunch in Montalivet…read more Having failed dismally at Chez Jeannot, we were now near the beach and so the big place on the opposite corner seemed the best option. There were were a fair number of people, mainly outside, so we opted for under cover by the window...great view of course and there were plenty of surfers around The staff were friendly enough. The menu was at best OK...camembert, melon to start, steak for both of us and 50cl of rouge = €54...so that was reasonable, given the great location, as was the food when it arrived - which was the issue - eventually Yes it was reasonably busy, in which case they should staff up...if the indoors had been full as well, we would still be waiting, I kid you not No, so next year if we return, we need to have done some homework before we do the 5k round trip To a degree we have...in so far as we walked to Le Gurp - the opposite direction - and to a great new restaurant there - reviewed as well

Overlooking the Atlantic ocean is Cafe des dunes. It is a combination of a bar brasserie, coffee…read moreplace and restaurant with outside setting possibilities. Attractive luncheon menu and very tasty food. The salads are great! Service is a little slow as the restaurant area fills up fully during lunch hours.