Just one word - wine! Lots of wine... That was our task for the 4 days we stayed here - get in every yard that has a chateau in its name, hope it's a wine yard, hope we can taste some wine, hope we can afford some :) Although, it would have been very irresponsible (as we transported by car) and close to impossible to visit every of the wine yards we saw there, we went to many houses and tasted many wines, just like we imagined it.
We were actually staying in a village some 30 km away from Bordeaux, exactly where all the wine yards are located. Took the car and went to explore some wine. Most people were speaking actually quite good English, were very friendly (we even got an extra bottle for evening for free once) and also showed us their storage places. This was the most enjoyable Christmas present purchase I ever had :)
Besides trying out wines, we actually visited also Bordeaux itself. Many old gates are separating the city from the river.