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Wine for a house in Arcachon or Le Pyla
A villa in the Ville d'Hiver, a house in Le Moulleau or Le Pyla: an hour from Bordeaux, people come at weekends all year round, and in summer with the family. A house that drinks often but little at a time is best managed with one order a year and a small cellar, not a case per stay.
What the house drinks in a year
A third of a bottle per adult per day, aperitif included. The holiday home calculator redoes the count with your figures.
| Use | Adults | Bottles | Cases of six |
|---|---|---|---|
| A weekend, two days | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Twenty weekends a year | 4 | 54 | 9 |
| Three weeks in summer | 6 | 42 | 7 |
| The whole year | 4 to 6 | 96 | 16 |
One order a year, stored on site
For a house open all year round, the simplest is one order in spring for the summer, and one in autumn for the winter. With a wine cabinet or a cool room, a single order is enough.
Dry white and rosé
Entre-deux-Mers, white Graves, clairet: oysters from the market, fish, summer evenings.
Ready-to-drink reds
Bordeaux Supérieur, Médoc crus bourgeois, Côtes de Bordeaux: winter dinners, by the fire.
A few great bottles
A Pessac-Léognan or a Saint-Émilion at its peak for entertaining, and champagne.
For a cellar of a few dozen bottles, see building a cellar; with oysters, which wine to choose.
What matters in Arcachon
- A cool room is better than a garage. Wine fears heat and temperature swings more than the damp of the Bassin; a cupboard against a north wall makes a decent cellar for a year.
- Someone has to take delivery. Neighbour, caretaker, or delivery on a Friday when you are there. Lead times and cost on the delivery page.
- Keep the list. What has been drunk, what is left: the next order takes five minutes.
When you don't need us
A house used for three weekends a year is very well supplied by the Arcachon wine shop, on a Friday evening. An order makes sense from a few cases upwards: a house open all year round, a family summer, a party.
How many bottles for a house in Arcachon open all year round?
For four to six adults, about twenty weekends and three weeks in summer, around a hundred bottles a year, or sixteen cases of six, in one or two orders.
Can you keep wine in a house by the Bassin?
Yes, away from heat: a cool room, without a south-facing window, or a wine cabinet. Damp damages labels, not wine.
Can you get wine delivered to Arcachon or Le Pyla?
Yes, by parcel, if someone takes delivery. Lead times and costs are on the delivery page.
Which wine to serve with Arcachon oysters?
A young dry white: Entre-deux-Mers, white Graves, Bordeaux sauvignon. Keep the reds for the rest of the meal.
The other houses
Across the water, Cap Ferret and its summers. Further south, the Basque Country. In winter, a chalet in Megève.
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