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Why Great Wine Is Only the Beginning of a Chef-Led Wine and Gastronomy Tour By Chef Marcus Guiliano, Wine & Agave Educator...
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Somewhere along the way, culinary wine tours picked up a vocabulary problem. Every brochure now promises a chef. Almost none of them...
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Sicilian wine grapes do not taste like one place. On Mount Etna, the air cools as the road climbs. Black volcanic soil...
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A day in Bardolino that reminded me why relationships will always matter more than reservations. Search “wine tours in Italy” and you’ll...
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What most wine tour companies can never offer. Here’s the truth about wine vacations. Most are assembled by middlemen and booked from...
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When travelers picture visiting vineyards in Tuscany, they imagine a small farmhouse, a one-on-one tasting, and a quiet hour among the vines....
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Most wine guides treat Catalonia like a footnote to Rioja. They pour you a Cava, drop one line about Priorat, and move...
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Most travelers come to Campania for Naples, Pompeii, pizza, Capri, and the Amalfi Coast while treating the wine as an extra. That...
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Why Piedmont Is Italy’s Other Wine Capital Most travelers head to Tuscany. Most wine lists head to Piedmont. I’ve poured wine through...
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Malvasia Bianca is Apulia’s velvety, aromatic white wine that travelers rarely find at home. It smells faintly sweet. It tastes dry. It...
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Ask ten travelers what is Puglia known for and you will hear trulli, burrata, and Primitivo every time. That list is correct....
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When travelers ask me what is Apulia known for, the quick answers come easily. Olive oil. Handmade pasta. Seafood. Bold reds like...
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