Bordeaux

"Another person that is really prolific in the area, who has sort of changed the face of Bordeaux is Jean-Michel Cazes. He’s the owner of Lynches Bages, which makes higher end wine. His son, Jean-Charles, now runs Lynches Bages and he’s also a really dynamic character."

Château Lynches-Bages

"There’s this really amazing shop with a charcuterie master. It’s an incredible store where he sells wine and great cheeses and of course, the charcuterie that he himself makes. That has been a fantastic addition to the area and it’s really about dedication and knowing his craft."

"There’s a great coffee shop called L’Alchimiste. It’s my favorite coffee shop in Bordeaux. It’s a great meeting place: it’s centrally located and they have the best coffee."

L'Alchimiste Café

"Dunes Blanches is an outpost of a sweet shop in Cap Ferret and they make a puff pastry with cream inside that is the most heavenly bite."

Dunes Blanches Chez Pascal

In her career path from Creative Director of Condé Nast Traveler to publisher of her own travel publication, YOLO Journal, San Francisco–born, Bordeaux–based Yolanda Edwards has used her savoir-faire to make a career out of travel. Yolanda and her husband Matt Hranek (Founder and Editor of Wm Brown magazine) moved their family to Saint-Yzans-de-Médoc in 2015, after friends began settling in the area. (Their predilection for the region’s wines played a role, too.) Now, Yolanda, Matt and their children live out a picturesque life in the French city.

Travel expert and publisher of YOLO Journal Yolanda Edwards splits her time between New York and her adopted home in Saint-Yzans-de-Médoc, France.

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