Mar 8
It’s in both the name of the country and the city – there’s no escaping port on a trip to Porto. I’m a huge wine lover and have tasted my way around wine regions across the world, but for some reason port has never really been on my wine radar. Read more
Surrounded by vineyards and wineries, Reims is the unofficial ‘capital’ city of France’s Champagne region. Champagne is all around you in this city – from the grand buildings of the famous Champagne houses to the drinkers packing the pavement bars and cafés along the main pedestrian street, Place Drouet d’Erlon. Read more
If you’re staying in Reims, it’s easy to visit a few of the big-name Champagne producers found around the outskirts, like Pommery or Taittinger. Read more
I’ve been on a few winery tours and they usually follow the same format – a tour of the cellars, a talk about how the wine is made and a tasting – so was expecting more of the same at Pommery Champagne house. But what we got was altogether more surreal. Read more
What inspires your love of travel? Inspiration can strike from anywhere – from the setting of a favourite book or a new dish tasted in a restaurant, to a conversation with a fellow travel-lover or a fabulous photo that catches your eye. Read more
I’m a bit of a wine fan (red, white, rosé, sparkling, you name it) and have combined my love of wine and travel with trips to a fair few wine regions around the world. So as a subset of my Weekending series, this is the first of my guides to great wine weekend destinations. Read more
“The Côte de where?” I hear you ask. Yep, I thought I’d start my Weekending series with a bit of a hidden gem (…or should that be precious metal, being as this is the silver coast?). The Côte D’Argent stretches over 200km of French coastline, from the mouth of the Gironde river above Bordeaux all the way down to Biarritz. Read more
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