Exploring this exceptional wine-growing region is easy and tacking on a few historic sites along the way just adds context and curiosity to the journey.

If you love the great outdoors, there is nothing quite like camping in supernatural British Columbia.  Whether you prefer to rough it in a tent or pull up in a state-of-the-art RV, you’ll be thrilled with what lies ahead.  Pair this road trip camping journey with world-class winery visits and you have yourself one outstanding itinerary.

After I graduated with my MBA from GC&SU, I knew I wanted to start my own business and suddenly, importing wine from Argentina seemed less like a family joke or dream and more of an opportunity.

I was initially struck by the estate’s sheer size and natural beauty, there was a sense of being transported to a secret hideaway. Less than one hour drive from Cape Town, set within the famed Franschhoek Valley in South Africa’s Western Cape, Grande Provence Heritage Wine Estate, a 300 year old, 47 acre area, is really rather special and definitely worth a visit. The perfect abode to be based whilst exploring Franschhoek. 

Valténesi is a hilly territory on the western side of Lake Garda where viticulture has been practiced since pre-Romans times. The indigenous grape variety is Groppello—a thin-skinned grape with a bluish-purple color.

The winery name translates as Zlaten meaning “gold” and Rozhen (the name of the nearby village) which means “birth of Mary.”

Exploring this exceptional wine-growing region is easy and tacking on a few historic sites along the way just adds context and curiosity to the journey.

Santorini is a popular tourist destination. Thousands upon thousands of people flock to the island every year to soak up the sun, the white washed buildings and the sunsets. But Santorini has so much more to offer.

Despite its imperial beginning, it took more than two thousand years and a great deal of patience for La Clape to earn an AOC crown. This summer La Clape, a landmass that was once a Mediterranean island (more on that in just a bit), was appointed Appellation d’origine contrôlée, which is a prestigious, rigorously controlled regional or sub-regional designation.

Today the island represents the easternmost viticultural area in the United States, but in truth very little wine is actually produced on Martha’s Vineyard.

Moving from south to north (Carneros to Calistoga), the authors chop Napa into its 16 distinct American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) or subregions. The logic behind this approach is the distinct differences between each subregion.