Destinations
Wine regions to plan a trip around
The regions we cover most deeply, each with its estates, cellar doors, festivals and bottles.
Alsace
Riesling, Gewurztraminer and 51 Grands Crus on the Vosges flank
Rheingau
Riesling on quartzite and loess from Hochheim to Lorch, Spätburgunder on red slate at Assmannshausen
Ribera del Duero
Tinto Fino on the Castilian plateau, from cooperative roots to cult-wine gravity
Valpolicella
Corvina, drying lofts and the making of Amarone
Languedoc
Carignan, Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre, Picpoul and Mauzac across the garrigue from Narbonne to the Cevennes
Beaujolais
Ten granite crus, one grape, a natural-wine revolution
Pfalz
Riesling on basalt and limestone in the Mittelhaardt, Pinot Noir and Weissburgunder on the Sudliche Weinstrasse
Sicily
Volcano, sea wind, and native varieties that change with every contrada
Wachau
Danube terraces, gneiss soils, the Smaragd standard
Coming up
Wine festivals in the next few weeks
25 Sep to 12 Oct
Deutsches Weinlesefest Neustadt
Pfalz · Germany
Oct
Fiera Internazionale del Tartufo Bianco d'Alba
Piedmont · Italy
Oct
Aszú Festival
Tokaj · Hungary
Oct
Fete des Vins de Tain l'Hermitage
Rhone Valley · France
Oct
Gurjaani Wine Festival
Kakheti · Georgia
Oct
Termeno Wine Lane (Traminer Weingassl)
Alto Adige · Italy
From the cellar
Bottles worth the trip
The highest-rated cuvées in our cellar, a new selection every 3 days.
5.0
Burgundy
La Tache Grand Cru
Domaine de la Romanee-Conti
5.0
Loire Valley
Les Nourrissons
Domaine Stéphane Bernaudeau
5.0
Champagne
Louis Roederer Cristal
Louis Roederer
5.0
Ribera del Duero
Malleolus de Sanchomartín
Bodegas Emilio Moro
5.0
Sicily
Marco De Bartoli Vecchio Samperi
Marco De Bartoli
5.0
Tuscany
Masseto
Masseto
5.0
Douro Valley
Barca Velha
Ferreira
5.0
Burgundy
Chambertin Grand Cru
Domaine Armand Rousseau
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- Vineyards: Philip Larson, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Wines: Silverije, CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Wine Schools: Missvain, CC BY 4.0
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- Wine Festivals: Lantus, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Distilleries: Thechadwix, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wine Museums: Dmytro Petishkin, CC BY 4.0
- Wine Hotels: Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Experiences: ליזי שאנן, CC BY 2.5
- Signature Wines: seligmanwaite, CC BY 2.0
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- Hidden Gems: Jon, CC BY 2.0
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- Itineraries: Claude PIARD, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wine History: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0
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- Nightlife: Shixart1985, CC BY 2.0
- Biodynamic: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Food Pairing: Jordan Johnson, CC BY 2.0
- Cheeses: Peachyeung316, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wine & Cheese Pairings: Amanda Slater, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Cheese Farms: Florian Pépellin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cheese Shops: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Cheese Experiences: Liné1, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hero: Tuscany, via Unsplash
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