OUR WINE TRAVEL BLOG
Discover Catalonia’s incredible Priorat wine region and Priorat wines
Priorat is a very special, beautiful and remote wine region in Spain’s Catalonia, with an incredible history and it also produces some of Spain’s most highly praised - and highly priced - wines…
Top Penedes wines and Montserrat day trip from Barcelona
If you’re in Catalonia, take a day trip from Barcelona and discover the fascinating story behind iconic Jean Leon Wines in the heart of the Penedès region and visit the famous Montserrat Monastery….
Visit top Cava producers in the Penedès region
95% of Spanish Cava, the famous Spanish sparkling wine, is produced in Penedès, Catalonia, around the wine capital of Sant Sadurni d’Anoia.
Discover Cava and read about our Penedès wine tour and visit to 2 very different, but both top, Cava producers…
Quinta de la Rosa review - one of the top Douro Valley wine hotels
Honest review and personal feedback about our 2 night stay, wine tour & wine tasting at the amazing Quinta de la Rosa wine estate - one of the Douro Valley’s best wineries…
UK wine tour & tasting at Oxney Organic Estate, E. Sussex
There may be a growing number of excellent English wine producers in Sussex, but you won’t find many organic ones. Oxney Organic Estate is the largest single-estate producer of organic English sparkling wine. Given the challenges to be certified organic, we were intrigued to find out more..
UK Kent vineyard tour at Balfour - Hush Heath Estate
A beautiful 400 acre estate; a winning sparkling rosé in the 2008 International Wine Challenge; a state-of-the-art winery and visitor centre, onsite shop and restaurant, apple orchards, award winning cider - and a masterclass in ‘Wine Tourism’…
UK Kent wine & cheese tasting at Gusbourne Estate
We were intrigued to visit Gusbourne Estate in Kent - simply because we had heard that their English sparkling wines are amongst the finest. We had read that Gusbourne is also a trailblazer in the UK for ‘sustainable winemaking’ - we just had to go and check it out for ourselves!
UK vineyard & winery tour at Hambledon, Hampshire
When you get the chance to visit the birthplace of English wine and home to England’s oldest commercial vineyard - and its got a reputation for top-class English sparkling wines - we didn’t hesitate!
UK winery tour & wine tasting at Hattingley Valley, Hampshire
The name Hattingley Valley Wines kept popping up to us as being synonymous with top-quality English sparkling wine - so we had to go and check it out for ourselves. We weren’t disappointed!
UK vineyard & winery tour at Stanlake Park, Berks
Stanlake Park Wine Estate is one of the oldest English wine producers and the largest vineyard in Berkshire. It has a broad range of still as well as sparkling wines and you can tour the vineyards and the winery….