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    2022 Burgundy & Provence Wine Cruise
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Program Highlights 

  • Cruise personally hosted by Bob & Wendy Biale
  • Group Welcome reception, cocktail party and farewell toast featuring wines from Robert Biale Vineyards
  • Early booking bonus: $100 per person shipboard credit
  • F&WT optional 3-night pre-cruise program and wine-themed shore tour curated exclusively for Biale Vineyards guests
  • Uniworld’s All Inclusive Experience
  • Visits to UNESCO World Heritage Sites
  • Captivating onboard local entertainment
Includes: 
  • Accommodations on the SS Catherine
  • All meals & entertainment on ship
  • Unlimited wine, beer, spirits, soft drinks, specialty coffee, tea and bottle water
  • All onboard gratuities
  • Airport transfers to ship on arrival / departure dates
  • Uniworld complimentary shore excursions
  • Complimentary Internet & WiFi
  • Complimentary use of bicycles
  • Captain’s Welcome and Farewell Gala Dinners

Join Bob & Wendy Biale along the Rhône and Saône rivers through picturesque Provence and southern France, featuring wines from Robert Biale Vineyards.  Enjoy the region’s incomparable wine and cuisine, along with impeccable Robert Biale vintages onboard S.S. Catherine. Discovering the many treasures of France—stroll the very streets of Arles made famous by Van Gogh and visit the majestic Palace of the Popes.  From Lyon’s lively riverbanks to the medieval wonders of UNESCO-designated Avignon, you will explore peaceful rolling hills, narrow alleyways, open-air markets, and rustic villages—where tradition is as deeply rooted as the historic grapevines on the hills.

Your home-away-from-home for eight days is aboard Uniworld’s opulent S.S. Catherine, where you will enjoy an all-inclusive experience including: paid gratuities, beverages, wines and beers, internet and Wi-Fi access, superb shore excursions and gourmet meals.

For reservations call Food & Wine Trails at 800-367-5348 or download the Registration Form below.

Download Robert Biale Vineyards Registration Form

  • Cruise Line

    Uniworld Boutique River Cruises

  • Ports of Call

    Lyon to Avignon

Experts

Bob & Wendy Biale

Founding Partner Robert Biale Vineyards

Itinerary

Destination: Rhône River
To & From: Lyon to Avignon
Dates: May 15-22, 2022
Length: 7-nights/8-Days
Ship: S.S. Catherine

May 12-15
2022

F&WT Optional 3-Night Pre-Cruise Program: A  Journey Through Burgundy’s Côte d’Or 
May 15
2022
Lyon, France
Embark Ship
Depart 6:00 PM

F&WT Onboard Event: Biale Wine Hour 5 – 6pm in Van Gogh Lounge & Dinner with your hosts, at 7pm in Cezanne Restaurant, featuring Biale Wines
May 16
2022
Macon (Beaune)
Arrive 1:30 AM
Depart 5:00 PM

Uniworld Included Shore Tours: Choice of Burgundy wine landscapes, Beaune, Hospices de Beaune or Macon walking discovery Tour

Uniworld’s Captain’s Welcome Reception & Dinner

 
May 17
2022
Lyon, France
Arrive 12:00 PM
Depart 11:00 PM

Uniworld Included Shore Tours: Choice of  Lyon Capital of Gastronomy tour or Guided “Let’s Go” Lyon peninsula bicycle tour or Silk Weavers walking tour
May 18
2022
Tournon (Tain-l'Hermitage), France
Arrive 6:00 AM
Depart 2:00 PM

Uniworld Included Shore Tours: Choice of “Let’s Go” Hermitage vineyards hike with wine tasting or Tournon and Tain-l’Hermitage twin villages stroll with Organ Concert and wine tasting

F&WT Onboard Event: Cocktail Party with your hosts, 6-7pm Van Gogh Lounge
May 18
2022
Viviers, France
Arrive 9:00 PM
Overnight
May 19
2022
Viviers, France
Depart 1:30 PM

Uniworld Included Shore Tour: Intimate Viviers “Village Day”
May 19
2022
Chatenaeuf du Pape
Arrive 6:00 PM
Depart 6:30 PM
May 19
2022
Avignon, France
Arrive 9:30 PM
Overnight
May 20
2022
Avignon, France
Overnight

Uniworld Included Shore Tours: Choice of Avignon walking discover tour with Palace of the Popes Or Pont du Gard Roman Aqueduct visit or “Let’s Go” Kayak Ride on the Gardon River

F&WT Optional Shore Tour: Chateauneuf-du-Pape and the Southern Rhône 
May 21
2022
Avignon, France
Depart 9:30 AM
May 21
2022
Tarascon (Arles or Tarascon), France
Arrive 1:00 PM
Depart 6:30 PM

Uniworld Included Shore Tour: Mediterranean Arles walking discovery tour

F&WT Onboard Event: Biale Vineyards Wine Paired Dinner with Bob & Wendy, 7pm Cezanne Restaurant

Uniworld’s Captain’s Farewell Reception
May 21
2022
Avignon, France
Arrive 9:30 PM
Overnight

F&WT Onboard Event: Farewell Toast
May 22
2022
Avignon, France
Disembark AM

F&WT Optional Land Program

05/12-05/15/2022

Waitlist Only: Optional 3-night Pre-Cruise Program: A Journey Through Burgundy's Cote d'Or

05/20/2022

Waitlist Only - Optional Shore Tour: Chateauneuf-du-Pape and the Southern Rhone

Per Person Cruise Pricing - LIMITED AVAILABILITY

CategoryDouble OccupancySingle Occupancy
Suite - SOLD OUT$8,224$16,623
Deluxe Balcony - SOLD OUT$6,024$10,673
French Balcony $5,524$9,798
Classic River View$4,224$7,523

Prices:
 Prices are per person based on two people per stateroom or single occupancy as stated above, and include shipboard accommodations, all scheduled airport transfers, onboard meals, gratuities, estimated $200 port taxes (subject to change), unlimited beverages of select wines, beers, and spirits, unlimited soft drinks, specialty coffee beverages and tea, complimentary Uniworld shore excursions, wines served with dinners provided by host winery, onboard wine program and limited travel management services. Prices do not include roundtrip air, premium wine and spirits, Food & Wine Trails’ optional pre-cruise program and shore tours, travel insurance, or all items of a personal nature. F&WT reserves the right to correct pricing errors or omissions. Prices will not increase after deposit received, except for fuel surcharges and any taxes, charges or levies imposed by government agencies.

About The Ship

Voted #1 River Cruise Line
by Travel + Leisure 2018 & 2019 World’s Best Awards

S.S. Catherine 
The stunningly sophisticated S.S. Catherine is part of Unworld’s award-winning collection of boutique river cruise ships, a vessel fittingly named in honor of the beautiful and legendary French actress Catherine Deneuve. Designed with the unique signature touches for which Uniworld is known, as Uniworld’s second ultra-luxurious Super Ship she continues the proud tradition of excellence with sumptuous materials and meticulous attention to detail.
The magnificent 443-foot, 159-passenger S.S. Catherine was many years in the making, meticulously engineered and lavishly decorated with exquisitely crafted furnishings, hand-selected antiques, original paintings, and an indoor swimming pool with an intricate mosaic tile backsplash. The S.S. Catherine also showcases an extensive art collection and many other opulent touches, including a hand blown Murano glass chandelier and life-size glass horse that were specially commissioned for the ship.
Public Areas & Amenities
  • Van Gogh Lounge with full-service bar
  • Bar du Leopard with full-service bar
  • Cézanne Restaurant
  • Gordes Terrace
  • Matisse Terrace
  • Heated swimming pool
  • Fitness center
  • Serenity River Spa
  • Guest laundry
  • Elevator
  • 24-hour specialty coffee and tea bar
  • Free Internet and Wi-Fi access
Staterooms & Suites
All staterooms and suites have handcrafted Savoir® of England beds, 100% Egyptian cotton linens, and a choice of pillows. Other amenities include built-in closets, hair dryer, individual thermostat, flat-screen TV with infotainment center and satellite, bottled water, and a safe.  Marble bathrooms feature L’Occitane en Provence bath and body products, plush towels, towel warmers, heated mirrors, and bathrobes and slippers.
All suites are uniquely decorated and have additional amenities and services, including in-suite special butler service, packing and unpacking assistance, full breakfast menu, daily fruit and cookie plate, elegant evening snack, robes and slippers, iPod® docking station, Nespresso coffee machine and fine teas, fully stocked mini bar, free laundry and shoe shine service, bottle of wine upon arrival, Hermés bath products, one-per-person in-suite well-being treatment, and a special dinner in Bar du Leopard.

  Ship’s lobby

Bar du Leopard Lounge

Van Gogh Lounge

Cézanne Restaurant

Ports of Call

Lyon
Macon (Beaune)
Tournon (Tain-l'Hermitage)
Viviers
Avignon
Arles or Tarascon

Terms & Conditions

  • For Food & Wine Trails complete Terms & Conditions, click here

    ITINERARY:
    The itinerary port and shore tour schedule as provided by Uniworld Cruises is based on their 2020 itinerary – please note it is likely this will change and be updated a few months prior to departure.  Schedule and times are subject to change without notice due to water levels, wind factors and other conditions.

    REGISTRATION FORM
    To book a stateroom on this sailing, you must submit a completed registration form with deposit. For your convenience the registration form can be completed and electronically signed online by all passengers traveling.

    For PC users the PDF form can be completed online, saved and returned via email to receptionist@foodandwinetrails.com

    For MAC users, the process for properly filling in and saving a PDF form is slightly different than on a Windows machine. By default, the Mac’s Preview application is set to open all PDF files, but Preview will not save the data you put into the forms. Right-click on the pdf or hold down the Control key on your keyboard and click on it. A menu will appear, select “Open With”. Choose Acrobat Reader from the list of programs. From within Acrobat you will be able to fill in the fields and save the file with your text and submit the completed form via email.

    PAYMENT METHODS
    If you are paying for the deposit by check, mail to: Food & Wine Trails, 141 Stony Circle, Suite 260, Santa Rosa, CA 95401

    If you are paying for the deposit with a credit card, include your card information on page two of the registration form and FAX to (707) 526-9147.

    REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION
    All Guests will be required to check‐in online to complete and submit their PASSENGER INFORMATION FORM before final documentation will be processed. Check‐in online at www.uniworld.com/before‐you‐go/expresscheckin. Please complete Express Check‐in as soon as possible after making your booking.

    TRAVEL INSURANCE
    F&WT strongly recommends the purchase of (Allianz) travel insurance to safeguard your trip investment.

    FAQs

    Please note: Cruise escorts, experts scheduled to appear and onboard programming are subject to change with or without notice. For a complete listing of all tour conditions, please refer to page 2 of the registration form.