Amalfi Coast – Costa d’Amalfi (regional guide)
Amalfi Food & Wine Tour Amalfi is always the place I most look forward to visiting in southern Italy. Not just the pretty town itself but the villages around it, especially high up above the coast in places like Scala, Ravello and Tramonti. The scenery is spectacular and the food and wine delicious. But what […]
Hunter Valley Semillon
Best Hunter Valley Semillon The Hunter Valley, Australia’s oldest wine region, is synonymous with semillon. This golden-skinned, classic French grape was first planted in the Hunter Valley in the 1830s, where it often went under the misnomers of Hunter Valley Riesling and White Burgundy. Join me on a Hunter Valley Food & Wine Adventure! Semillon’s […]
Marco de Jerez Wine
Marco de Jerez Wine For over 50 years, to be classified as Sherry a wine produced in Jerez had to be fortified with neutral grape spirit to raise its alcohol to at least 15%. Historically though, not all Sherry was fortified, some made it to the requisite strength of 15% simply from a little sun-drying […]
Mont Vully (regional guide)
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 (regional guide)
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’, […]
Hunter Valley Restaurants
Where To Eat in the Hunter Valley Alongside icons like Tyrrell’s Vat 1 and Lake’s Folly Cabernets, the offering from Australia’s oldest wine region has expanded to include some exciting new wines from young gun winemakers – many of them second-generation vignerons. Explore the Hunter Valley on my small group, all-inclusive Food & Wine Weekend! […]
Jura (regional guide)
One of the less visited areas of France, Jura is a diverse landscape of plains, vineyard-clad hills and the rugged Jura Mountains, which it shares with neighbouring Switzerland. There’s some spectacular scenery and delicious food, but most exciting of all is the unique vin jaune (‘yellow wine’) that has made this region famous among oenophiles […]
Barossa Valley (regional guide)
Top 5 Barossa (regional guide) Australian wine areas don’t get much more iconic than the Barossa. Without getting into too much detail, the Barossa ‘wine zone’ is divided into two official ‘wine regions’: the cooler, higher Eden Valley in the east and the warmer Barossa Valley in the west; plus a small stretch further west […]
Adelaide Hills (regional guide)
Adelaideans, do you know how blessed you are? Just 20 minutes from your city centre, you start climbing into one of the most beautiful parts of Australia. I love the Adelaide Hills, especially when they’re bursting with spring blossoms or glowing with autumn leaves. A drive through the Hills is a joy in itself – […]