
le Cahors, Malbec : un vignoble d'exception
Wine tourism develops from year to year with the wine of Cahors AOP (red) and AOC Coteaux du Quercy wines (red and rosé).
Spread over 45 municipalities, the vineyard now covers 4200 hectares, 80% of which extends into the Lot and Vineyard Valley, from Parnac to Soturac, and on the limestone plateaus. It benefits from an exceptional climate and very beautiful back seasons.
The history of the millennial vineyard of Cahors
The famous "Black Wine"

In the XNUMXst century, the entry of the Roman legions into Quercy and the creation of the town of Divona Cadurcorum gave impetus to the creation of a vineyard. From the XNUMXth century, the wines of Cahors, very popular across the Channel, will be massively exported to the port of Bordeaux and then to Northern Europe.
From this date, the notoriety of the wines of Cahors will not cease to increase and during the following centuries, the wines of Cahors won their letters of nobility in the Americas, Germany, Holland and above all in Russia where the tsars adopted it as a ceremonial wine and the Orthodox Church as a liturgical wine.
Unfortunately, around 1880, phylloxera destroyed almost all of the vineyard while the Malbec grape variety took the direction of Argentina for the creation of the Mendoza vineyard, at the foot of the Andes.
At the end of the Second World War, certain winegrowers decided to unite to relaunch the vineyards of Cahors by creating the Côtes d'Olt cooperative cellar in 1947.
Their desire to pursue a policy of qualitative production was consecrated in 1971 by obtaining the Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée.
Vinoltis
Tasting and interpretation area of the Vineyard of CahorsA playful and tasty passport for the vineyard of Cahors and the Lot Valley!
Tourist information office and interpretation area of the vineyard of Cahors, Vinoltis is a real gateway to the vineyards and the Lot valley. It is divided into 3 scenographic spaces intended for you to discover, in a playful and in-depth way, all that the vineyard embodies for this territory: the people, the terroir, the vine, the trades, the landscapes, the history, the aromas… the vineyard of Cahors will have no more secrets for you.




Tastings
The place also invites you to live experiences around wine: listen, smell, watch and taste. For the tasting, 2 approaches Free are offered to you:
- La autonomous tasting, with state-of-the-art vending machines, which retain the flavor of the wine. Accessible daily from May to October, on the opening hours of the tourist office → Simply ask your travel advisors for your card and your glass to access the precious nectar ;
- La tasting with winemakers who each come in turn to transmit and share their passion.
The vineyard interpretation area
This modern, functional and innovative equipment is the symbol of the will of the Community of Commune Lot-Vignoble, contracting authority of this project, to offer the Tourist Office Cahors-Lot Valley and winegrowers an exceptional tool at the service of tourism and more particularly wine tourism.
Presentation of the scenography:
- Au rez-de-chaussée, a table including several workshops, leads you to discover the Lot valley, the terroirs and landscapes, the aromas, the gestures of the vine, the food and wine pairings. This interpretation platform offers interactive mini-workshops. Next door, take a seat in the large reproduction of a glass of Cahors to listen to testimonials from winegrowers recounting their passion;
- Au ground floor, take a seat in the second reproduction of a glass of Cahors where Eric Filipiak, oenologist, will pass on his knowledge of tasting to you. Also discover the promotional film for the destination and the vineyard and find the two “Enomatiques” for the free tastings wine in autonomy (from May to October);
- In the garden, through the vines, continue your visit with fun workshops around geology, landscapes and the vegetative stages of the vine.
À Cahors, a space for discovering wine and vineyards

A space for the promotion and tasting of the wine of Cahors, managed by the Union Interprofessionnelle des Vins de Cahors. He will in turn give you the keys to reading the vineyard of Cahors and the desire to meet the passionate winegrowers who are waiting for you.
Discover all the entertainment in the Lounge area of the Villa Cahors Malbec: aperitifs, tastings, evenings, oenology courses and conferences...
Malbec lounge area
Program / information / reservation
UIVC - Lounge area
+05 (65)23 82 35 XNUMX XNUMX
+06 (85)79 32 94 XNUMX XNUMX
Interprofessional Union of Wines of Cahors
Schedules
Out of season from 11 a.m. to 13 p.m. and from 30 p.m. to 16 p.m. from Tuesday to Saturday.
From June 15 to October 1 from 11 a.m. to 19 p.m. from Tuesday to Saturday.
To venture even further...

The Interprofessional Union
wines from Cahors
The UIVC acts for the promotion of wine and the structuring of the sector from production to marketing. It brings together the Syndicate for the Defense of AOC Wine Cahors and the Syndicate of Wine Merchants of Cahors and wholesale of Lot wines and spirits.

Independent winegrowers
Lot
Ambassadors of choice for discovering the tourist riches of the various Lot vineyards, most of them are members of the Federation of Independent Winegrowers of the Lot.