Traveling is one thing and testing wine is another and when put together, Ten Best Destinations for wine tours offers a very unique yet exciting experience to behold. Apart from the scenery and wine, one is taken through the step by step procedure, of processing wine and history of these great destinations. This is one of the greatest yet amazing tours that Canadian Travel prides in.
1. Marlborough, New Zealand
Marlborough is home to the great Sauvignon Blanc wine, is where the largest wine processing region in New Zealand. New Zealand receives a whole 79% of it wine from Marlborough. With great sceneries to behold like the Marlborough sounds at the top of the South Island, queen charlotte track, it is home to forty great cellars of wine. The region prides itself on a vineyard plantation of nine thousand hectares that also hosts to gourmet restaurants.
2. Barossa Valley in Australia
Well known for the crisp Riesling’s rich Shiraz and the soft Chardonnays, Barossa Valley is a home to many hectares of vineyards of the Southern Australia a quite, calm yet peaceful rural village. Barossa Valley opens up to small yet magnificent cottages, old church buildings and very fine yet amazing restaurants.
3. The Great Maipo Valley of Chile
The snow caped mountains, small villages that look very tinny from a distant view, spread on the mountain sides, offer such beautiful scenery. The great Maipo River, shimmering from a distance, delivers the message Chile’s great natural riches. Maipo Valley is the oldest wine producing region of Chile and yet it is still producing the world’s favorite and greatest red wine the Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot, and the high quality Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc that dictate their high price.
4. La Rioja, Spain
Wine processing for Romans’ is a way of life to them a deep rooted culture. Experience and expertise put in making wine; Makes La Rioja becomes a great host to tasting Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva. With wonderful ancient wineries, the cellars open doors to some of the oldest yet high quality wines. Due to the wine making culture, La Rioja is a must stop wine tasting tour destinations. The great works of the great art mind of Frank Gehry, the Marqués de Riscal Hotel offers a beautiful site to behold.
5. Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
Going down the southern part of Africa, Located 50 kilometers east of Cape Town ,Stellenbosch is known for it very high quality wine. The Wine tour was founded as a result of marketing wine for the locals who had majored in this business way back in 1971.
6. Bordeaux, France
With a number greater than 8,500 producers and home to 60 wine appellations, Bordeaux is well known for its’ best quality red and white wine that accompanies great delicacies. Bordeaux is a must visit destination where romance feels the atmosphere and magnificent works of architecture. There is a lot to learn about wine production and the different tastes that the wines have including the History of France.
7. Mosel River, Germany
The vineyard slops offer a great site with cobbled streets and romantic villages. It host to very warm, lovely and hospitable people. Apart from the wine, there are castles and steamy rivers to visit.
8. Milestii Mici, Moldova
Moldova’s Milestii Mici has the largest collection of 2 million bottles of wine. The Cellar is such a huge, magnificent complex with its corridors dug up to 250km in white stone forming a tunnel giving you a reason to take a tour there. This tunnel is divided into streets called Cabernet”, “Shardonait”, “Feteasca”, “Sauvignon” and more .
9. Napa and Sonoma Valleys, California, USA
Napa and Sonoma Valleys are so different in fact that the Napa offers a fun and exciting life especially for people who love clubbing, Sonoma is totally different. It is cool and quite, a place for recollection and it opens doors to major wine regions of the world. It also has long beautiful beaches to visit.
10. Tuscany, Italy
Tuscany is in the central region of Italy. The magnificent vineyards and rolling hills are the great features of Tuscany, the large region in Central Italy. It has a number of wineries that store different type of wines. The great restaurants offer a variety of exotic yet tantalizing food.
The destinations discussed above offer a great value and sense to the rich and important culture of wine making, wine tasting and tourism.
Ryan McKenzie is a social media expert who specializes in Canadian Travel who loves to write about travel opportunities around the world.
