The wine world is full of famous rivers: the Loire, the Rhône, the Moselle, the Rhine … But we think the Douro river is the most magnificent of all the world’s wine rivers. The Douro
You never forget the chateaux of Bordeaux. They are fabulous, sometimes like something out of a fairy tale. It is incredible that a wine region can have such a collection of chateaux. You can go
Like Tuscany but with fewer tourists, is one way of describing le Marche. In other words, a stunningly beautiful landscape that you find between the mountains and the Adriatic Sea. Since fewer tourists come here
There are basically two ways to get to Bordeaux. You can fly to Bordeaux International Airport. Or you can take the train. Both are good but I prefer taking the train. Even if you live
I love to visit vineyards. I say this because very often when you are on a wine tour you get to see the fermentation tanks and the barrel cellar but not the vineyard. This is
We all have our favourite historic buildings. Mine is the Pope’s Palace in Avignon. It is located right in the town centre. And it takes your breath away. You stand in front of it and
There are two ways to get to the Mendoza wine region. Either you fly in, from Buenos Aires or Santiago (or from somewhere else). Or you come by road. The “easiest” road to take is
Travelling in the South African wine regions can be full of surprises at Rickety Bridge Winery It looked very curious. The clouds were pouring over the edge of the mountain tops in the Franschhoek Valley.
Casablanca Valley + Valparaiso = ♥ perfect Chile wine and food experience As long as I can remember I have wanted to go to Valparaiso. To start with it had nothing to do with wine.
Blending wine as a ”real” winemaker I am not going to exaggerate and say that I am now a full blown wine maker. But I was very happy with my very own blend, made at
The wine and food tour to South America for those who want to discover and enjoy the wine regions, cuisine and scenery The new program for our South America tour in February 2014 is now
Spicy wines, with aromas of thyme, rosemary, herbs and with plenty of fruit and warmth. Almost the same things can be said about the food, plus sun-drenched vegetables, grilled meat, seafood and cheeses. We’re talking
Languedoc offers almost everything you could wish for. Magnificent scenery with the sea and the mountains always close by. Good food, picturesque small towns, cultural cities. And – here comes the best part – enormously
Alsace is the only wine region in France that is entirely focused on grape varieties, although more and more wine producers now emphasise the importance of the terroir. There are many different wine styles and
Kay Steffey Bouchard at Quinta do Tedo in the Douro Valley writes an interesting blog about the life and the work at the quinta (the winery and vineyard) run by herself and her French husband
Champagne Benoît Marguet in Ambonnay is one of many extremely interesting small producers in Champagne. He is the kind of producer that you rarely find, unless you know exactly where to go. (Or join a
It is an experience to travel to and visit the vineyards of Etna. The volcano Etna in itself is spectacular, especially if you are lucky enough to be here on a clear day. Etna is
Bordeaux is not only many aristocratic chateaux but also excellent wines and nice people For a visitor, Bordeaux can give the impression of a very unwelcoming place: few winery tasting rooms, few signs at the
On our champagne wine tours you learn how it is made – and how it is drunk Champagne is a popular destination for our wine tours. It is conveniently close to Paris and, of course,
A visit to Nitida in Durbanville On our most recent South Africa wine tour we expanded the reach a bit. We added Durbanville as a new region on the program, in addition to the classics
A wine tour in South Africa doesn’t have to start with visits to wine estates. Especially if you arrive with the over-night flight on a Saturday and your first day of action is a Sunday.
Chianti Classico, the heart of Tuscany, has been elected wine region and wine capital of the year Each year the Swedish wine tasting association Munskankarna (with over 20,000 members) elects a Wine Capital of the
We were fortunate (you have to create your own luck!) to have a magnificent lunch and wine tasting at the wine tour we recently organised in the Languedoc-Roussillon. This district certainly merits becoming much better
A typical morning visit in a wine cellar in Burgundy on a typical wine tour… This particular day we were in the heart of Burgundy, in the Côte d’Or. This is a magical place. It
