Join us on this special barge cruise with a wine focus. Cruise on the beautiful Saone through the heart of Beaujolais. Enjoy  tastings and visits with wine specialists.

The enticing world of Italian wine awaits! Travel the countryside visiting historic towns and enchanting villages and taking in names that read like a who’s who of wine: the Piedmont, Tuscany, Chianti, Torgiano, Orvieto. Discover the secrets of Italy’s 30 year wine revolution, which today yields some of the world’s best vintages. Visit vineyards and meet with winemakers who share the mysteries of their craft. Take part in cellar tastings and relax and savor wine the truly Italian way, paired with delectable local cuisine.

Join us to explore northern Italy’s fascinating winemaking traditions. This is your chance discover the famed Piedmonte and Veneto sampling local cuisine and enjoying wines like Barbera d’Alba, Barolo, Gavi and Piedmonte Chardonnay and Bardolino. From small towns to historic centers we take in the beauty of the region, relax and savor its traditional lifestyles, learn the secret of winemaking from the masters and join them in their cellars for tastings of the northern Italy’s best vintages.

The flavors of the Iberia come alive as we discover the wines, food and culture of Portugal. Take in charming villages, medieval towns, and historic palaces and visit some of the country’s most renowned cellars and vineyards for private tastings. Enjoy the best of local cuisine with sumptuous meals in enchanting settings. Criss-cross the countryside from cosmopolitan Lisbon, to the Atlantic coastline, to historic towns at the nations heart and, of course, to the wine capital of Oporto, as we unearth an age-old winemaking tradition.

Come with us and discover Spain and Portugal’s 3000 year-old love affair with wine. Explore the region’s winemaking heritage and its exciting new flavors that are the marriage modern technology and tradition. Visit some of the country’s most renowned cellars and vineyards for private tastings and enjoy travel through countryside dotted with charming villages, medieval towns, and lovely palaces and castles. Explore Lisbon, Coimbra, Segovia, Burgos, Toledo, and the historic capital of Madrid, savoring the culture and vibrant lifestyles and sampling the best of local wine and cuisine.

Travel “Down Under” to discover the flavors of Australia. Explore a nation that in just a few short decades has transformed itself into one of the wine world powerhouses. Sample Chardonnays from the MacLaren Vale, Hunter Valley’s Semillon and of course the king of Australian wines Shiraz. Come with us as we crisscross the continent experiencing its raw natural beauty, sampling a wide array of wines and immersing ourselves in the vibrant fun loving “Aussie” lifestyle.

For many “France” is synonymous with “great wine”. Travel from incomparable Bordeaux to the sunshine and charm of Provence, visiting historic vineyards and towns, immersing ourselves in the local lifestyle while we taste and sample our way through the world’s wine capital. We start in the grandeur of Bordeaux, with names that are some of the best known in the world like Margaux, Pauillac, Pomerol and St Emilion, wind our way through the Languedoc-Roussillon and the exquisitely preserved medieval village of Carcassonne; sample some of the Rhone Valley’s best vintages and enjoy the very Mediterranean sun-washed beauty of Aix-en-Provence

German wines have a long tradition and eventful history. Wine and wine-making techniques were brought to Germany by the Romans, who conquered southern regions in about 100B.C. Monasteries began producing their own wine, but when Napoleon carved up the church vineyards in the early 19th century, they were sold to private buyers. Most vineyards are located in the south-west on southern facing slopes, usually around one of the major rivers like the Rhine or Moselle. The variety of Reds from Baden-Wuerttemberg are well known around the world as Baden-Wuerttemberg is Germany's third largest wine producing region. In the fall, the wineries and vintagers invite everyone to wine festivals, walks among the vineyards and in the wine villages.

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