There is a specific hour in October when Nebbiolo makes complete sense. It is dawn, or just before it. You are somewhere in the Langhe hills — Barolo, or Barbaresco, or Roero — and the valleys below have filled overnight with a thick white fog that reaches almost to your feet. Only the tops of...
Pour a glass of amber wine into good light and the first thing you notice is that the color is wrong. It should be pale straw, or green-gold, or the buttery yellow of a Chardonnay. Instead it is amber — the color of tea steeped too long, or of honey held up to a window. Take a sip and the second...
Walk into a regenerative vineyard in October and you will notice what is missing before that is there. There is no bare orange soil between the rows. No smell of chemicals. Almost no sound of machinery. What you will see instead is a low green carpet of cover crops between the vines, wildflowers...
You are standing on a slate slope above a river in August. The vineyard runs almost vertical. The Mosel curves below like a green ribbon. It is 22°C, there is a breeze coming off the water, and someone has poured you a glass of Riesling that is 10.5% alcohol and tastes like citrus zest,...
Summer is when a wine trip becomes something else. The days are longer. Lunches run into afternoons. Tastings that would end at four in October run until seven, and by then someone has brought out olives and bread and the sun is still on the terrace. The best wineries know this. They plan for it....
Walk into a wine shop in Greve, and the black rooster stares back at you from a hundred labels. Walk into a wine shop in Rufina, forty minutes northeast, and you'll see almost none. Same country, same grape, same broad name — but two different wines with two very different stories, told by...
Winery Accommodations in Tuscany: 5 Estate Stays Where You Sleep in the Vineyard Top-Rated Winery Accommodations in Tuscany You wake up somewhere between five and six. Not because you set an alarm — because the light in Tuscany at that hour is the color of a peach, and it's coming in through a...
Train Routes Through Wine Regions: A Slow Journey to Flavorful Discoveries There's a particular pleasure that belongs to taking the train through wine country. The car waits at the station; the road maps stay folded. You sit by a window, watch terraced vineyards turn the river silver below you,...
Taste of Etna: Climbing Volcanic Slopes for Unique Sicilian Wines The road from Catania climbs north through orchards of lemon and prickly pear, then through old farmhouse villages, and then — somewhere above the town of Linguaglossa — it changes color. The fields turn black. The soil here is...
Greek Island Wines: Santorini's Assyrtiko and Beyond On Santorini, vines don't stand. They sit — coiled low into woven baskets called kouloura, hugging the volcanic earth and bracing against the meltemi winds that scour these black slopes. From that hard discipline comes one of the most...
Beyond Tuscany: Southern Italy's Underrated Wine Regions Everyone has a Tuscany story. The cypress-lined drive, the Chianti at golden hour, the photo that looks exactly like the one a thousand other travelers took from the same hilltop. It's beautiful — nobody's arguing that. But somewhere south...
The New Wine Map: Emerging Wine Regions Reshaping Wine Travel in 2026 A friend who used to plan every September around a return to Chianti went to Georgia last year. She came back differently. She talked about a 78-year-old winemaker pouring her amber wine out of a clay vessel buried in his floor...
What Is the Nihilist Penguin Story? Why did he leave others No one noticed at first when the penguin stopped clapping. While the rest of the colony slid on their bellies, screamed joyfully into the Antarctic void, and repeated the same routines generation after generation, this penguin simply...
There’s something undeniably special about enjoying wine where it’s grown — especially when the vineyards meet the sea, the days stretch long into golden evenings, and the food is simple and deeply rooted in place. For wine lovers looking to combine travel with authentic taste experiences,...
WineTourism.com Co-Leads Global Wine Tourism Research Initiative WineTourism.com is proud to be one of the key partners in a new global initiative that aims to strengthen the wine tourism industry through knowledge-sharing and collaboration. Together with Geisenheim University, UN Tourism, the...
Wine Festivals to Attend in 2026 Wine festivals abound and almost every wine region around the world has its own one. In one way or another, wine events are always connected with local traditions, music, gastronomy, and of course wine. A wine evemt might be dedicated to local wineries, one or...
Join us on a flavorful journey through 2024 with our annual Wine Lovers Choices Recap! This year has been a toast-worthy adventure, exploring the most captivating wine regions, visiting the most popular wineries, and tasting the top-rated selections. In this blog, we're excited to recap the top...
Exploring the Essence of Catalonia-Beyond the Hustle of Barcelona On October 25, WineTourism.com hosted a live webinar centered around the topic "Catalonia is more than Barcelona." The webinar took a deep dive into the captivating intricacies of Catalonia, featuring insights from Marc Kolling,...
How Often Do You Think About the Roman Empire While Sipping Wine? Exploring the Ancient Legacy on Remarkable Wine Regions In the world of wine, history and tradition often play a significant role in shaping the flavours and characteristics of the wines produced in various regions. One of the most...
Brad Pitt's special edition of Miraval Rosé to Margot Robbie Following the tremendous success of the Barbie movie, numerous brands are now eager to infuse a touch of Barbieland's enchantment into their products. One such brand is Brad Pitt's Miraval Rosé. The Barbie's worldwide craze has even...
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