Reserve your cabin for our next European Wine Cruise!

2025 Brilliant Bordeaux River Wine Cruise

with Moshin Vineyards & Joseph Swan

April 27 - May 4, 2025

Sailing along three stunning rivers, the Garonne, Dordogne and Gironde, aboard Uniworld's stunning super ship, S.S. Bon Voyage with winemakers,

Rick Moshin and Rod Berglund

NOTE: The Early Booking Bonus has been extended!

$150 per person shipboard credit (if booked by July 31, 2024)

This cruise is filling up quickly!  REGISTER NOW for best cabin selection.

Explore southwest France's breathtaking backdrops, wines and cultural treasures across the region in Bordeaux, Fort Médoc, Cadillac, Blaye, Libourne, UNESCO site St. Émilion –  and more.

We are pleased to partner with Food & Wine Trails and our Russian River Valley neighbors and friends, Joseph Swan Vineyards, for a seven night wine cruise along in Bordeaux in spring of 2025.

Get to know our own Rick & Amber Moshin, as well as Joseph Swan's Rod & Lynn Berglund, while aboard Uniworld's luxurious S.S. Bon Voyage, enjoying Food & Wine Trails' programs designed exclusively for our guests -- including a wine welcome, winemaker dinner, and a special wine seminar & tasting.

Onboard Seminar: "Cabernet Conundrum"  Expressions of California Cabernet and More from the Winemakers Cellars

Originating in Bordeaux as a premier grape variety, Cabernet Sauvignon has transcended borders to become a global phenomenon. Its distinctive character makes it easily recognizable wherever it's grown. Early iterations from various regions often bore resemblance to Bordeaux wines. However, in today's era, a confluence of factors including climate shifts and evolving consumer preferences, influenced in part by influential figures like Robert Parker, have steered winemakers towards a more opulent, fruit-forward style—not only in the New World but also in Bordeaux itself.

In the face of evolving trends, Cabernet producers are confronted with critical questions: Should they conform to this new paradigm, or preserve the classic, more restrained styles of the past? Is there space to distinguish themselves amidst a sea of bold, mass-market wines? Some opt for a nuanced approach, crafting terroir-driven wines where fruit is balanced, oak is restrained, and sweetness, if present, is subtle. They ponder whether there remains a market for diverse expressions of Cabernet, including those designed for cellaring, at a time when most bottles are consumed shortly after purchase. Taste the expressions of this "world traveler" of a varietal – made by each of your host winemakers, Rod Berglund and Rick Moshin.

For the Moshin & Joseph Swan 2025 Bordeaux Wine Cruise -- which runs from April 27- May 4, 2025 -- fares start at $3,954 per person.

For reservations and more information, contact

Food & Wine Trails at (800) 367-5348

Mon – Fri 7:30AM - 4:00PM PST

Don't miss this opportunity to combine the best of Europe with amazing wines from Joseph Swan and Moshin Vineyards! The good news is tha they have exte3nded th early booking credit for a bit. The bad news is that they are going to release some of the cabins tha were reserved for our block as the cruise has proved to be very popular. So if you are thinking about it now is the time to act while cabins and the $150 credit are still available.

              As a reminder, if you book a cabin let us know. We will be gong deep into the library, back to the beginning of time, to pull some cellar treasures to share. Let us know if there is a wine that we have made over the decades that you would like for us to share with you on the cruise and we will get it on the wine shipment going over this fall.

              On a more immediate note, The Russian River ValleyWine Weekend is coming up fast. The Paulée dinner is fully booked but there are still tickets available for Friday's Sunset Soirée! Hope to see you there!