The Chablis village, that is the central point of the world famous French Chablis wine region, is a tiny and very rural village. At 7 PM all shops close and only one or two cafés
We tasted a lot of different malbec wines on the wine tour in Argentina in February. We also tried some bonarda, but perhaps not enough… Bonarda is not so well known but it is actually
The good harvest in Argentina and musings on how wine making is different in South America Sometimes I get the feeling it is quite different to make wine in the southern hemisphere and in the
On a wine tour we organised this spring to the Piedmont wine region we had added a visit of a more unusual kind: to a grappa distillery. Perhaps you think of grappa as something nasty
Last spring we were in Sancerre for a wine tour that we organised. It was one of the wine villages we visited on our trip “Three Classics” which this time began in Champagne, proceeded to
Visit Champagne, Burgundy, Chablis / Sancerre in one great wine tour If there are too many good things it can be difficult to choose. There are many great wines and wine regions in France, so
A brief introduction to an exciting wine region in Portugal I remember very well a picture from the Douro valley which I saw in a wine magazine maybe fifteen years ago or even more. I
Some of the most exclusive and highest rated wines in Italy can be found up north, in Piedmont (or Piemonte, as the Italians say). There you can find Barolo and Barbaresco, the powerful tense wines
With the international recession, all problems with the euro and other economic uncertainties around the world the tourism industry has not seen very bright times over the last few (or not so few!) years. Is
Vinofil is a Swedish wine blogger who writes about wine recommendations, tasted wines and some food. It’s inevitable that sit up straight when Vinofil writes “come with us to the southern Rhone valley”! We can
Travelling to the Douro wine country can almost take your breath away We have just published our new Douro Valley wine tour program. The Douro is one of the most spectacular wine regions in the
If you go on a wine tour to Chile then you will have the occasion to taste many, many exciting wines and delicious meals. But if you go to Chile you also must try at
“Recommended Wine Tours”, according to the world’s biggest wine tasting association A few things to think of when evaluating a wine tour operator Twice yearly there is a special issue of the magazine Munskanken that
Tastline is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, food and wine site in Scandinavia. Their two wine writers, Ulrika Karlsson and Camilla Settlin regularly writes on Tasteline’s wine blog: wine buying recommendations, wine
Quite a lot of wines tasted on the South American wine tour Over fourteen days you have the time to taste quite a few wines and visit quite a few vineyards. It can sometimes even
A super-Tuscan wine tour lunch at the prestigious Antinori winery Tenuta di Biserno is one of the new wineries in Maremma on the Tuscan coast. It is one of the wineries that produce the famous
Sancerre, one of the wine villages on our Three Classics wine tour Sancerre is perhaps most famous for two things: Fist of all its delicious, refreshing, elegant yet structured white wines made from sauvignon blanc.
Porto is at the mouth of the Douro River, where it joins the Atlantic. It is the historic and economic centre of the port wine trade. It is also a great place to visit! Porto,
The big gap in The Wine Enthusiast’s Best Wine Travel! A few days back I wrote about The Wine Enthusiast’s selection of the The World’s Top Ten Wine Travel Destinations. WineToursimInFrance.com picked up on the
We say a big congratulation to Chateau Lestrille in Bordeaux. They were recently given an award in the prestigious competition Best of Wine Tourism, Great Wine Capitals. The competition aims to encourage forward-looking initiatives in
Vinavisen, the biggest wine newsletter in Denmark, has made a selection of their top ten wine tour destinations for you. Here are the first five on their list. The perspective is much more European on
Wine tour to Alsace, with wine, food and beautiful landscapes It is strange this thing with, Alsace and Alsatian wines. But you cannot help loving them, and all the gastronomic goodies from the region. As
The US wine magazine publishes its choice of best wine regions to visit The list of the top ten wine travel destinations, according to the US wine magazine The Wine Enthusiast, includes some big surprises
What it’s like wine touring in Champagne No other wines are so tied to festive moments as champagne. No other wine is so self-evident when it is time for a celebration. But champagne is so
A wine tour to the biggest island of the Mediterranean, with a unique gastronomy and (wine) culture Sicily, the Mediterranean Sea’s biggest island, today makes wines that compete among Italy’s best. The island also has
