We visit the wonderful, historic Lugana winery, Cantina Ottella, on the southern shores of Lake Garda, Italy, known for its superb wines as well as its contemporary design and art collection - an award-winning wine tourism experience…

The beautiful village of Hautvillers is known as the ‘birthplace of Champagne’ and must be on your list of places to visit if you’re in the Champagne region! Read all about our visit and our stay in the renowned Loisium Hotel Champagne in Mutigny - said to be a ‘perfect getaway for Champagne lovers’…

We discover beautiful Graubünden - or Grisons - in the wine region of German speaking Switzerland with Wine Tours Switzerland and discover the stunning Alpine scenery, picturesque villages, fabulous Swiss wines - and also the world of Heidi!

The best way to discover Lake Geneva Switzerland and the Lavaux vineyards in one day - a Lausanne to Montreux cruise and return by bike. The best day and we highly recommend doing this!!

The 760 hectares of steep terraced vineyards in the UNESCO World Heritage Site ‘Lavaux’ wine region, located between Lausanne and Montreux on Lake Geneva, Switzerland are truly spectacular and are a must visit for all wine lovers and wine enthusiasts…

Discover one of the most beautiful Italian lakes, stunning Lake Garda in the northern Italy wine region of Veneto and one of Italy’s most famous wine regions on its shores, Bardolino - famous for its delicious, light, red wines…

Our guide to what not to miss in Verona - one of the top Northeast Italy places to visit, a beautiful, historic city at the centre of many of the famous northern Italy wine regions. Even if you have just one day, you can see most of the key sights including the famous Verona Arena…

Bordeaux is a great starting point for visiting top vineyards and famous châteaux in France, but also take time to explore the beautiful city and its Cité du Vin wine museum—you won't regret it! Here’s our recommendations for spending 2 days in Bordeaux…

Saint-Émilion is widely recognised as a jewel in Bordeaux’s crown. With a charming medieval village, a wine history dating back to Roman times and some of the best French wineries, this is one of the absolute top wine tourism destinations in the world!

The Kitzeck-Sausal wine region in South Styria, Southern Austria is home to stunning landscapes and some of the highest vineyards in Europe. The best way to explore this beautiful wine region is to follow the Sausal wine trail and of course to try some of its amazing wines!

Read on to discover this little-known, but stunning part of Southern Austria…

Weingut Tement is one of Austria’s a top wine producers, located in Southern Austria, in the South Styria - or Südsteiermark - wine region - right on the border with Slovenia. Not only do they produce some excellent wines, they farm some of the best ‘Grand Cru’ vineyards and do it all via totally organic and biodynamic processes…

South Styria - or Südesteiermark is known for its superb Sauvignon Blanc wines and its beautiful landscapes. The best way to experience it is on the South Styrian Wine Road with its top wineries, wine taverns and rolling ‘Tuscan’ hills - check it out here along with a visit to top winery, Hannes Sabathi…

The centre of Germany’s Franken wine region is the baroque festival town of Würzburg, one of the greatest wine cities in Europe and home to some top vineyard sites and several iconic, world-famous, historic wine estates. One of these is Weingut Bürgerspital - check out our visit!

Kremstal may not be as well known as its neighbouring Austrian wine region, the Wachau Valley, however this classic wine region produces some of the best Austrian white wines - we uncover Kremstal and share our winery and wine hotel recommendations…

We visit Deutschkreutz in the heart of Austria’s Mittelburgenland region, where Austrian red wine takes centre stage, especially its native grape, Blaufränkisch. We visit 2 top wineries, Weingut K+K Kirnbauer and Weingut Gager…

Fairmile Vineyard, in Oxfordshire, in the popular river town of Henley on Thames, is a small, but top producer of sparkling English wine and a wonderful English vineyard to visit for a wine tour and wine tasting…

Nestled in the rural English East Sussex countryside, just 10 miles from the city of Brighton and overlooking the beautiful Sussex South Downs, lies an English wine gem and one of the most established and respected UK vineyards, Ridgeview Estate, known for its superb English sparkling wines…

Located in the south of England, Nyetimber is an English brand synonymous with quality, craftmanship and the pursuit of excellence. Nyetimber sparkling wine rivals the very best in the world and is widely regarded as the best sparkling English wine - discover more about Nyetimber and its history…

The western half of the Loire Valley’s ‘Anjou Saumur’ wine region is popularly known as L'Anjou Noir , so named because of its special, dark soils which have produced the most amazing ‘sweet’ Anjou Chenin Blanc wines over centuries - however today the wine world is excited by the potential of its stunning ‘dry’ wines…

Anjou-Saumur lies in the popular Middle Loire section of France’s Loire Valley wine region - the section classified as a ‘World Heritage Site’. We spent time in the region around the beautiful town of Saumur, famous for its white sparkling wines and spent time with top producer Bouvet-Ladubay Saumur…