Here you will find information about upcoming wine tours and about tours that have been. We talk about plans for future trips and tell stories about what’s happened when we travel in wine regions. Sometimes we have articles about wine tourism in general and also posts with lovely pictures from wine regions and wine countries that we have visited.
Brows the different posts and find what might be your dream wine tour destination.
At Paradise Rescued in Cardan, Bordeaux, we had a really deep dive in all that has to do with soil, plants and environment. And tasted a true garage wine. Some really original products.
One of the oldest chateaux in Bordeaux, with roots back to Medieval times. An afternoon at Chateau Olivier, Pessac Leognan, Graves, Bordeaux. Making both white and red.
Chateau Haut-Bailly, Graves (Pessac Leognan), Bordeaux, has an amazing wine cellar, both beautiful and very easy and efficient to work with.
At Chateau de France, we came when it was 2 days left of the harvest. Lots of activit and a very personal story by the owner. Graves (Pessac Leognan), Bordeaux
Château Phélan Ségur i Saint-Estèphe, Bordeaux, in its beautiful location. A look at the gravelly soil. Harvest just started! Some small sun damage to the grapes, this extraordinary summer. Impressive wines with a little surprise.
A long and lovely lunch at Chateau Phelan Segur, Saint Estephe, Bordeaux. Enjoying some delicious food and excellent wines in the chateau.
A few châteaux along the Route des Grands Crus in Médoc. Do you recognise them? They are all very famous. Two close to each other. The third à bit further away.
What a lovely morning at Château Lascombes, Margaux, Bordeaux. A great visit, at the very last days of the harvest. Great tasting of four vintages, a vertical back to 2000!
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
We are soon starting the autumn wine tour season. We have lined up many delicious trips. Most of them are already fully booked, but there are still a few places left. My most important thing
February is summer in South Africa, but we are also approaching harvest time. In fact, some have probably already started harvesting. We will experience a lovely, sunny, wonderful climate that not only we enjoy but
Champagne Vaucelle in the Cote des Bar has just finished harvesting its grapes. A record early harvest with high sugar levels. Promising.
URGENT! BOOK NOW! Bordeaux is admired but also endlessly discussed. Actually, Bordeaux is changing along with consumer preferences and to adapt to a warmer climate. This is a slow process, but you can already easily
This travel special is primarily dedicated to our longest tour, the wine tour in New Zealand. It is of course the furthest away (more on that in a moment) but also the longest in duration.
URGENT! BOOK NOW! Even if you know that Burgundy produces some of the world’s most expensive wines, it has a way of feeling unpretentious. Everything seems scaled down: small cellars, modest equipment, simple tasting rooms.
South America has been making wine for more than 400 years, but its true modern era began only about fifty years ago. Since then, the two giants of the continent, Argentina and Chile, have transformed
South Africa has a lot to offer the wine lover. The country has undergone a huge transformation in the last 30 years. It has taken time to change the image, and there is still a
URGENT! Book now! New Zealand is a faraway country that has a lot to offer wine lovers. But that’s certainly not all. Nature lovers and, not least, foodies will also get their fill. On our
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,
Argentina is one of the world’s largest wine countries. Tradition and European influences meet the dramatic landscapes of the Andes. In Mendoza, vineyards spread out at the foot of snow-capped mountains, and modern bodegas like
New Zealand is a wine country where nature plays a central role. Here, dramatic mountains, green valleys and the big ocean are always close by. We start the tour on the North Island. We visit
Burgundy feels unpretentious in many ways. Small-scale, small cellars, basic equipment, simple tasting rooms, friendly people. It’s almost paradoxical, because in the middle of this unpretentious environment, some of the world’s most sought-after wines are
Bordeaux has long been one of the great reference points in the world of wine, loved and imitated. But even here, things are changing. Consumer tastes are changing, and although a classic Bordeaux never goes
Mendoza in Argentina has made a huge success of growing malbec and selling it to the world. It started at the end of the 1980s. Malbec from Argentina became a brand. For a while, everyone
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
