The Bordeaux wine region is full of contrasts. The city of Bordeaux as well. In our new program for the autumn wine tour to Bordeaux, we take you with us to all this. In Bordeaux
1451 … 1451 is 563 years ago. That is the date when they opened the hospital in Beaune that we now call the Hospices de Beaune or the Hôtel Dieu. The building is still standing
Tuscany is one of our most popular destinations for wine tours. Not surprisingly. The wines are deliciously good. At least if you know which wineries to visit. The scenery is just as beautiful as you
What the very best wine travel destinations are depends on what you want to do. Every wine lover wants to experience different things. Some go to the wine country to seek out those wines that
Wine tourism is good both for the travelling wine lover and for the wineries that he visits. The wineries in Argentina have understood that and are making an effort to develop the wine tourism in
She did not say exactly that. What she did say was: Sitting down to a piping hot pizza straight from the oven in Naples, is a pizza lover’s dream, sipping wine in Argentina or Chile
This past autumn was the first time we had a wine tour and culinary trip to Puglia on our scheduled tour program. We have previously made custom designed tours and travel to Puglia (Apulia) but
In autumn we have a lot of tours on the schedule. It is sometimes difficult to have time for all other things you need to do too. But also some of our customers have very
Perhaps the most important thing that you should make sure that you pack when you go wine touring is a pair of comfortable walking shoes. Another thing that you may want to bring is a
There is no other city in France that exudes so much luxury and elegance as Bordeaux. Walk along the river Garonne in the evening and the city looks as if it is shimmering in gold.
Florence is today the undisputed wine capital of Tuscany. It is in the heart of the Chianti wine region, as well as of Tuscany, and it is the perfect starting point to explore the wineries
“Three Classics” is what we call the wine tour that goes to Champagne, Chablis and Sancerre (or sometimes Burgundy). It goes over five intense days and will take you to three of the most famous
Our wine tour to Veneto always feature both some of the most famous Vento wine producers and some that are not so internationally well-known, but of course just as good. Among the most famous wineries
Our wine tours naturally have the emphasis on wine, but we also put great importance on the food and the gastronomic experience. To drink wine is intimately connected with food. So when you visit a
Last spring, we arranged a long wine tour trip to Chile and Argentina in South America. It is a tour that contains a lot of different things, Buenos Aires, including tango, Pampas, Mendoza, Chile’s wine
Unfortunately I was not on the wine tour to the Piedmont… A little while back we had a wine tour and culinary trip to the Piedmont. I often go on these tours but this time
Alsace is actually one of the regions in France with the least rainfall. That is not a bad feature for a travel destination. Hot and sunny in season. But it is still quite far north
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Port wine types Port wine is of course still the most important thing for most wine producers in the Douro Valley, as you will rapidly notice when you come wine touring in the region. The
James Halliday is one of Australia’s best know wine personalities and wine writers. He has written several books and launched an ambitious wine magazine a few years back called, of course, James Halliday Australian Wine
Looking at Douro as a wine region the Douro is divided into three districts: Baixo Corgo, Cima Corgo and Douro Superior. Corgo is the name of one of the tributaries. Baixo Corgo is the area
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The focus on all our wine tours is to discover the great wines and the great food of the country and region we visit. But a wine tour also includes many other different things: culture,
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