Traveling with Brand g: A unique, intimate LGBTQ vacation experience
(This article originally appeared in News is Out.) “I feel like I’m in that scene from ‘Under the Tuscan Sun,’” my wife whispered to me as we boarded the Brand g Vacations bus in Bordeaux, France.
She’s not wrong. It does hearken to the scene where Frances Mayes (Diane Lane) takes her best lesbian friend’s place on a queer European adventure.
We are seated among a sea of gay men (and two very dedicated lesbian Brand g regulars) on our way from the Intercontinental Hotel Bordeaux to have lunch at the famous Château Smith Haut Lafitte.
One of our many excellent guides that week tells us that King Charles III recently paid a visit to the winery. The visit sets the tone for the rest of our Loire Valley River trip – sometimes decadent, often boisterous, but always fun.
