Monday, June 22, 2015

Wine Tourism in the USA, Europe, Australia, Worldwide

The American wine tourism day.
Spanish wine tourism.
England has companies devoted to wine tours in various regions of Europe.
See Wiki article on Enotourism

The word should be E n o tourism (in case my blogger site's spell check again turns the word into e c o tourism).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enotourism

USA
Regions include California, especially driving north from San Francisco.
Also Michigan:
Looking for photos of wineyard shops, I found a blog post dealing with several wineries in Michigan:
http://blogs.cornell.edu/vien-cuvec/page/2/
Some ice wines.
Niagara region.

CANADA
http://www.canadasouthwinetours.com

IN/FROM UK/TO EUROPE
smoothered.co.uk
winerist.com
Dozens of wineries and restaurants and hotels attached to wineries in Wales and southern England, from day trips out of London or touring the south. Also Wales You can buy a map. (See my previous posts.)
Scotland - no wineries but lots of whisky distilleries.
Ireland - Guinness factory.

FRANCE
Tour around the Rheims area. Look up vineyards on line and book what you like.

GERMANY
Heidelberg - famous for its big barrel.

SPAIN
Rioja region, based in the historic old town of Haro, has wineries offering tours to the public and shops. See my reviews on TripAdvisor. Big wine museum with tours and a restaurant in another town if you have a car.

AUSTRALIA
You can drive around Margaret River south of Perth, or Hunter Valley and Melbourne. NB Their seasons are upside down.

NEW ZEALAND
A chance to try some sweet wines. Wineries in the middle of nowhere. Great after or before a skiing holiday. Remember their seasons are upside down.

SOUTH AFRICA
You can drive along the wine regions, from Cape Town.

Wines come from South America, Israel, India, China - just about any place. Check which ones are open for tastings or have restaurants and shops and hotels.
Photo by Angela Lansbury
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Angela Lansbury B A Honours, author, travel writer and photographer, speaker.







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