Premier vineyards and cellar tours, visiting some of Europe’s most unique wineries you’ll taste history with every step. Connect with artisans and vintners in the same fields their ancestors toiled. Learn how to pair chocolate and wine. Indulge in food and wine pairings for unforgettable dinners.
Unique and delicious, these palate pleasing journeys gives you the trifecta – travel, wine and cuisine.
Wine Hosts accompany you – these professional winery owners, winemakers and instructors and certified sommeliers are from renowned North American wineries. They lead you through wine tastings, discussions and a carefully curated food and wine pairing as well as accompany on the select excursions. Guided by their passion and expertise you’ll discover the difference between old and new world wines.
6 exciting wine river tours await you based on different wine making regions.
FRANCE - 3 main regions and rivers. The southwest region sails the Garonne river through the Bordeaux wine making region. This is the largest controlled wine region in France. Bordeaux is primarily a red wine but can have some whites. The northern region sails the Seine river and the vineyards here produce Champagne, this sweet and sparkling wine has unparalleled quality. The southeast region sails the Rhone, the most well known wine from this region is the Syrah. This region pays homage to the Catholic Church and the papal symbol is still found on every bottle produced here.
PORTUGAL/SPAIN - The Douro region is the birthplace of Port wine. The steep terrain and poor soil made wine making a difficult task. The process for port wine was discovered in 1678 and is still used today. The Spanish region of Rioja produces an old world red using tempranillo methods dating back 2000 years.
GERMANY - The Rhine valley produces a white grape with a crisp taste, sometimes sweet. Riesling and Moselle are well known from this region.
ITALY - The sangiovese grape is best known for giving up Chianti. Brunello and Montepulciano are also produced. Sangiovese is the best Tuscan wine.
