Mont-Vully Food & Wine Tour Mont Vully, Switzerland’s smallest wine region, is one of my favourite corners of this beautiful country. It runs along the northern shore of Lake Murten, straddling the cantons of Fribourg and Vaud, with vine-covered hills running down to the lake and stunning views across to the Alps. Join my Swiss […]
Lake Geneva Food & Wine Tour I always feel drawn back to Lake Geneva, especially the flower-lined promenade of Vevey and the steeply-terraced vineyards above it. This stunning region is an essential part of any Swiss food and wine tour. Join my Swiss Food & Wine Adventure Finishing On Lake Geneva! Called ‘the Swiss Riviera’, […]
Brittany Regional Guide (Bretagne) One of France’s most remote and intriguing regions, Brittany (Bretagne in French), is the rugged north-western tip of France jutting into the Atlantic Ocean Join me on a Food & Wine Adventure soon! Prehistoric standing stones attest to its ancient past, while its local dialect, Breton (closely related to Cornish and […]
Emmental Food Tour One of my favourite corners of Switzerland is the valley of the river Emme, the Emmental. Its rolling green hills are perfect for dairy farming and the holey cheese made here is synonymous with Swiss cheese. Join me on a Swiss Food & Wine Tour including the Emmental! But there’s so much […]
Emilia-Romagna Food & Wine Tour “The people of Emilia-Romagna eat more, care more and talk more about food than anyone else in Italy,” says food writer Claudia Roden. And in my experience, she’s right! Join me on a Food & Wine Tour of this Delicious Italian Region! Emilia-Romagna stretches almost right across central-northern Italy, from […]
Romagna Food & Wine Tour Emilia-Romagna may be one political region – but culturally it contains two very different territories. Emilia, in the northwest – home to the foodie cities of Parma, Modena and Bologna – draws most of the attention, while Romagna, in the southeast, remains relatively undiscovered. Join me on a Northern Italian […]
Top 5 Southern Italy While everything south of Rome is generally considered southern Italy, exactly where ‘the south’ starts depends on who you ask. Join my Southern Italian Food & Wine Tour To Discover The Real Italy The wife of a Calabrian once told me her husband ‘wasn’t southern’. Well of course not, there’s still […]
Top 5 Provence Salade Niçoise, le grande aioli, tapenade, ratatouille and the famous bouillabaisse of Marseille, Provence has much to offer food lovers. Add great weather, delicious pale rosé, colourful markets, beautiful scenery and fascinating ancient sites and you have all the makings of a splendid holiday. Here are five of the things I love […]
Counties Kerry and Cork, in the very south of Ireland, are routinely listed as the most beautiful parts of a country famous for magnificent scenery. There’s great produce too, from delicious raw milk cheeses to great fruit and veg and some special craft beers. The highlight of this region is the five southern peninsulas: beautiful […]
The Wild Atlantic Way is a 2,500km driving route along half of Ireland’s coastline; it’s far too much to tackle in one go, so is divided into more manageable sections like the southwest ‘Cliff Coast’. Sure, you’ll see the famous Cliffs of Moher with thousands of day-trippers, but Ireland’s Cliff Coast has so much more […]
