Great experiences far away – wine tour to New Zealand
New Zealand is as far away as you can get, for most people. Just the journey there is an adventure. We sometimes call this tour a road trip. We think the best way to see
May 12, 2025
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Old vines, quality wines, delicious food and gin and tonic on the stoep | wine tour South Africa
We just came back from South Africa. A country where almost every vineyard location makes you exclaim, “so beautiful!” So constantly jaw-dropping that you get chafing on your chest… Maybe South Africa is the most
May 10, 2025
An adventure in Chile and Argentina | wine tour
Our wine tour to South America is always an adventure. We visit the continent’s two largest wine countries, Argentina and Chile. They are close to each other and separated by the mighty Andes Mountain range.
May 9, 2025
Bordeaux, “The Original” | wine tour
Many people have an opinion about Bordeaux. It can be positive or negative. It is rarely neutral. For many, Bordeaux is the most classic of all wines, the wine against which all other wines are
May 3, 2025
Flying to New Zealand from Europe or from the USA – best options
For most people, New Zealand is far away. Even to the closes country, Australia, the flight time is three and a half hours, so from anywhere else it can be a long journey. But it
April 9, 2025
Amazing wines and unexpected experiences in Chile and Argentina | wine tour
Recently returned from this year’s tour to Argentina and Chile, we can’t help but think back on all the experiences during the two weeks. We have tried what many consider to be Chile’s best carmenère
April 8, 2025
Bordeaux: historic, sought-after, and now also innovative | wine tour
Being one of the world’s most famous wine regions have both advantages and challenges. To avoid being left behind, Bordeaux is today investing in many exciting initiatives, not least in the environment and sustainability. We
April 7, 2025
From Burgundy to the Rhone Valley, from utter elegance to southern depth and charm | wine tour
This combination wine tour shows you two of France’s top wine regions in an alluring contrast. A red Burgundy is light in colour and often finely grained in character. Pinot noir has a thin skin
April 1, 2025
New Zealand, the wines, the landscape, the culture | wine tour
New Zealand is a country that is influenced almost everywhere by the sea and mountains. You always dress for unexpected changes in the weather. In March, the weather is often beautiful and sunny with pleasant
March 28, 2025
New Zealand is a country of talented crime writers
Reading books from a country that you are going to visit can be an excellent way to get acquaintanced with it. Or afterwards, to reminiscence about what you have experienced. We like to read crime
March 6, 2025
The stunningly beautiful Cape Winelands | wine tour South Africa
South Africa has a long history of wine growing. The first thing the European settlers did when they arrived in the 1600s was to plant vineyards. The modern history of South African wines started after
March 3, 2025
You will surely fall in love with South Africa | wine tour
It is easy to like South Africa. The wines are delicious, even magnificent, the food is excellent, the landscape is beautiful. South Africa’s vineyards are all located in the southernmost part of the country. The
January 29, 2025
What power plug adapter do you need for travel in South Africa?
South Africa has a quite unusual standard power plug. It looks a bit like the British (UK) power plugs but the sockets are, in fact, different. A UK power plug does not work in South
January 27, 2025
Making great wine since 1551 in South America | wine tour Chile-Argentina
Exactly when is not known for sure but it is believed that the first vineyards were planted in South America in 1551 and the first wine made in 1555. Oddly enough, in Peru! This is
January 8, 2025
Bordeaux gastronomy on a wine tour
What to eat in Bordeaux? What they don’t have in Bordeaux is any famous local cheese, but otherwise you have many gastronomic specialities. Grilled meat is high on the list, e.g. entrecôte grilled on vine
January 7, 2025
Dispel the wool over your eyes on champagne and experience the genuine side | wine tour
There is quite a lot about champagne that makes you think of wool over your eyes. “Buy our champagne and you’ll get it in a cardboard box that you can turn into an ice bucket”,
January 5, 2025
Next level up in your French wine exploration is, of course, Burgundy and the Rhône Valley | wine tour
You’ve been to Bordeaux. You’ve been to Champagne. What’s next? Why, Burgundy and the Rhône Valley, of course! Burgundy and the Rhône valley in combination is what we offer you on the Grand French Wine
January 3, 2025
Our most ambitious and best wine tour ever to South Africa
We’ve been doing wine tours to South Africa for fifteen years. We can’t get enough of it. It is such a great wine country and great country to visit. We originally started out with an
January 2, 2025
Why should you travel all the way to New Zealand for wine?
I have not done the statistics, but it is quite possible that New Zealand is the country with the highest portion of quality wine compared to total production. (Let’s not get into the question of
December 19, 2024
Cousins in wine, on the wine tour to Chile and Argentina
Chile and Argentina are neighbours. They share a very long border, 5,308 kilometres (3,298 miles), all the way down to Tierra del Fuego. But the wine industry is quite different on one side and the
December 17, 2024
Burgundy and the Rhône Valley, two role-models for the wine world | wine tour
This 9-day tour is a great way to experience exiting wines, stunning scenery and world class gastronomy in France. We will take you through Burgundy, Northern Rhône and Southern Rhône. Our bus will take us
December 6, 2024
An adventure on the other side of the globe, with wine, food, nature, culture | New Zealand wine tour
It is in a way hard to imagine what it’s like on the other side of the globe. That’s where New Zealand is (if you’re in Europe). A line through the centre of the earth
December 3, 2024
A wine and gastronomy tour to South Africa like no other
You may think that it is easy to arrange a wine tour to South Africa, whether you do it yourself or use a “regular” tour operator. And it is in a sense; the language is
November 24, 2024
What is better, Valparaíso, the Andes, the wine or the gastronomy? | wine tour Chile-Argentina – URGENT!
Everyone probably has some inner vision of what it is like in South America. And everyone probably has some small (or big) longing to get there at some point. But what attracts you the most?
October 31, 2024
World-class Chilean carmenère from Viña Maquis in Colchagua
“One of the best carmenère I have tasted is from Viña Maquis in the Colchagua Valley of Chile, a wine region known for its red wines, about 200 kilometres south of Santiago. Their Maquis Viola
September 2, 2024
