Pieton Market Tours (pieton is French for pedestrian!) is a labor of love of travel, wine and France founded by us, Jason Tippetts and Adrienne Stacy. Way back in 2011 after many years of experience in the wine and restaurant industries, we started a wine import and distribution company called Barrique Wines. While Barrique Wines still occupies most of our time, travel in France occupies much of the rest! After decades of travelling to France, initially for our own edification and adventure and then on Barrique Wines’ business, we decided to start organizing group travel excursions in 2016. These developed over the years to the small group tours we now proudly offer as Pieton Market Tours. These days, we are super happy to embark on cultural and culinary adventures as often as we can while developing better tours for our guests!

In addition to our experience in the wine and restaurant industries, Adrienne has a degree from the University of Washington in Seattle in Art History, Jason has a Masters degree in Philosophy from University College London and our daughter Amelia is in second grade in Asheville North Carolina - and has a lot of travel to look forward to with her parents!