WINE TRAVEL GUIDES AND WINE TRAVEL TIPS help you plan, prepare, and get the most out of travel in wine regions. This includes WINE REGION PROFILES, CITY GUIDES, and RESTAURANT RECOMMENDATIONS. But you will also find PRACTICAL TIPS logistics, from advice on how to safely PACK wine bottles, HOW TO TIP in restaurants and taxis, what POWER-PLUG you need etc, as well as insider CULTURAL SECRETS like navigating Italian coffee culture, what are the local GASTRONOMIC SPECIALITIES. All here for you to make your travel more satisfying and enjoyable and less frustrating.
Beyond Auckland: where to eat on your New Zealand wine tour Coming to New Zealand for wine and food? Here’s our guide to restaurants across the country. Knowing where to dine well is as much
Auckland has no shortage of restaurants, but finding the right place for a relaxed dinner in the city centre can be surprisingly difficult. The waterfront and harbour is full of restaurants, some with great views,
Most of us have felt it: standing in front of a restaurant wine list in Italy, utterly overwhelmed, or wandering in front of a wine shop shelf full of unfamiliar names. Elisabetta Tosi’s new book
Sometimes you find yourself in a city where you need to spend a few hours until leaving. You have a suitcase with you. But you really don’t want to lug your baggage around town while
On our New Zealand tour, from north to south, we see a lot of New Zealand’s landscape. Beautiful, sometimes spectacular. Perhaps the most extraordinary is Mount Cook Aoraki, New Zealand’s highest mountain and the pride
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
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
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
We have just launched this spring’s wine tour to Sicily. The trip takes you to the spectacular scenery of Etna so we could actually call it an Etna wine tour (but it is currently only
Reims is the largest city in Champagne with around 200,000 inhabitants. Some of the most famous Champagne houses have their cellars here, but the city also has other industries and a large university. The fast
Useful tips on tipping, eating, money, taxis and other things when travelling in Argentina in South America. Take the advice here as an indication. Things change over time, they will be different in different places,
This is a short 1-2-3 on how to get mobile internet or phone service with a pre-paid SIM card in Argentina: Buy a SIM card, a chip Buy a top-up with the amount of money
Practical tips on tipping, eating, money, taxis and other things when travelling in Chile in South America. Take the advice offered here as an indication of what to expect. Remember that things change over time,
Chile like Argentina is most famous for its asados, the open-fire barbecues featuring beef, pork, lamb, chicken and more. However, there is a tremendous variety of food served in Chile, from steak to sushi and
Handy hints on tipping, shopping hours, restaurant etiquette, taxis, transport and more We wanted to give you some gentle guidance about how things work in France, so here are a few tips about French customs
Handy hints on tipping, shopping hours, restaurant etiquette, taxis, transport and more We wanted to give you some gentle guidance about how things work in Italy, so here are a few tips about Italian customs
Handy hints on tipping, shopping hours, restaurant etiquette, taxis, transport and more We wanted to give you some gentle guidance about how things work in Spain, so here are a few tips about Spanish customs
There are many different types of coffee in Spain, but it does not have quite the almost iconic status that it has in Italy. Many Spaniards complain (without good reason!) of the quality of their
If there is something that all non-Spanish know about Spanish gastronomy, then it’s tapas! Or any of the tapas ‘cousins’. Tapas are served at most bars and many cafés. Often with local specialities. Sometimes very
Santa Cruz is a small town in Chile’s Colchagua Valley. It has around 40,000 inhabitants and is the obvious base-camp for exploring the famous Colchagua Valley as well as (for example) Lolol, Apalta, Cachapoal, Rapel,
Wine touring in Burgundy is an experience full of food and wine, beauty and history. Burgundy… the word evokes a very special wine region and exceptional wines. It makes me think of winding roads and
Burgundy and La Côte d’Or Some of the most unique wines in the world – reds and white – come from Burgundy. A well-made red Bourgogne made from the elusive Pinot Noir grape variety, is
A highlight of our Bordeaux wine tour is a stroll around the small town of Saint-Émilion. A picturesque town, it features steep cobblestone streets, cafés, wine bars, characterful period houses and stunning vineyard views. In
The city of Buenos Aires is a fantastic mixture of old and new, of rich and poor, of internationalism and provincialism. If one compares it to Mendoza, a curious contrast becomes quickly apparent. With its
Beaune, Capital of Burgundy Beaune is the capital of the Côte de Beaune, which together with the Côte de Nuits makes up the Côte d’Or, the heart of Burgundy. Côte d’Or is a small wine
