Black Barn is one of the smaller wineries in Hawke’s Bay on New Zealand’s North Island. It celebrated its twentieth-anniversary last year and has developed a strong and interesting portfolio of wines. Dave McKee is
“Pinot noir is not just Burgundy and Champagne. The grape is the ninth most cultivated variety in the world. It is planted on 115,000 hectares, of which roughly 30,000 hectares are in France. In other
The mighty Andes Mountain range plays an important role on our wine tour to South America’s two most important wine countries. We spend the first half of the tour in Argentina. Then we cross the
Stark-Condé Wines is only a stone’s throw from the town centre of Stellenbosch, but when you arrive there, you feel like you’re in another world. Remote, quiet, calm. In the Jonkershoek Valley. Well, it’s not
On the tour to South Africa, you will experience the beautiful and diverse wine landscape up close. We go from Cape Town to Elgin and Hermanus down on the South Coast and from there over
The Steytler family has owned Kaapzicht Wine Estate for four generations. Today, it is run by Dani Steytler Jr and his wife Carin. They make a wide range of wines from 21 different grape varieties.
The city of Bordeaux on the Garonne River is one of the most beautiful in France. Here we stay for four nights while exploring the different parts of the Bordeaux wine region. The tour offers
Sometimes the best vineyards are hidden away on the smallest roads. That’s certainly the case for Oldenburg Vineyards. I can’t claim to be competent to pronounce it THE best, but it is certainly up there
On this 9-day tour we combine the two prestigious regions Champagne and Bordeaux. We spend 4 nights in each region and you will taste some of the best sparkling and best red wines in France.
When we started traveling to South Africa on the wine tours we organize , we also started reading South African detective stories (our pastime when we’re not working with wine). It turns out that South
The world is drinking sparkling wines like never before. This means that Champagne is getting more and more competitors. Will Champagne retain its special position as the world’s premier bubbly? We think so. With the
South Africa is an amazingly beautiful country. Almost all the wineries have spectacular locations. But the most important thing is, after all, that the wines are getting more and more exciting, both the whites and
Springfontein Wines is, in some ways, very similar to many other small wineries in South Africa, and in other ways, it is very different. What it shares with many other small entrepreneurial wineries in the
Iona Wines is located in Elgin, a little over an hour’s drive east of Cape Town near the south coast. The winery is located in a fairly new wine district called Elgin. In the past,
Can you help Ukraine and democracy by drinking champagne? “Maybe — with the project Victoire de la dignité. It’s been a week of ups and downs for world politics and the progress of democracy. Unusual
Impressions from a wine show with producers from Australia and New Zealand. Overall, the quality level was very high among the wines at the show, with both Australian and New Zealand wine producers. It is
The average tasting room tasting fee in Napa is $128 for a “reserve tasting” and $81 for a “standard tasting”. The average suggested retail price of a bottle of Napa wine is $108. These astonishing
Champagne growers on a visit to Stockholm with the Franska Vinlistan serve Nobel Prize wine. It has almost become a tradition. At the end of the autumn, a small gathering of wine producers from Champagne
You experience lots of exciting things during our days in South Africa. We explore Cape Town and take the cable car up to the top of Table Mountain where we have a fantastic view. We
Travelling on a wine tour in France is a perfect opportunity to enjoy fantastic meals paired with excellent wines. French gastronomy is one of the world’s best (it is, of course, a matter of opinion
Gourmet lunches and tastings of prestigious wines from grand cru chateaux is a short summary of the tour that also gives you an insight into how producers prepare for future challenges in France’s most famous
Champagne is an incredible success story and the region has a long and exciting history. A lot has happened since the first bubbles were “discovered”. The technology has been refined, rules have been written and
You’ve probably heard it before. “How do you make a small fortune in wine? You start with a big fortune.” Looking at the list of France’s riches people, this seems to be only partially true.
Champagne and Bordeaux are perhaps the two most famous wine regions in the world, and for good reason. They produce some of the most iconic and sought-after wines on the planet, from the sparkling wines
It is traditionally said that there are three grape varieties in Champagne, chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier, two red and one white. On the champagne tour we just recently did, we had the opportunity
