Category Archives: Wine Tours
His hands spoke enthusiastically about the Winery’s processes for obtaining quality wines.
I was reminded of once in my childhood when I was sitting between my English Grandmother and my Greek Grandmother, translating between the two. English Gran said “It’s funny when you turn and talk in Greek to Yaya (Granny in Greek), you move your hands a lot. When you turn and speak in English to [...]
Planning the Perfect holiday
Planning the Perfect holiday for Wine-loving Golfers and their Spouses Although the worst of the long nights was over, sunset was still pretty early. As darkness began to fall, I was being shown round the grounds of Cyprus’ Aphrodite Hills Hotel, resort. “Gosh I couldn’t walk around like this with a short sleeved [...]
Tasting Vinhos Norte Wines
The other day I had occasion, at a Portuguese Wine Tasting, to re-taste the range of Vinho Verde Wines produced by Vinhos Norte, one of the producers partnering with us on our Portuguese Wine Tours. In the whites, the Alvarinho grape predominates; a number of their wines are blended with Loureiro. The overall result is [...]
Our Competition Answers
Many of our Competition Entrants asked if they could see the competition answers. They are published below. 8 people got to round 2 and 5 people made it to round 3. Nobody got the exact answers to round 3, but we decided to give a prize on the tie-breaker to Andrea Weston with the slogan, [...]
7 Tips for Getting The Best Out of Your Wine Tour
If you are preparing to join us on our August or September Wine Tours or are taking your own trip to a vineyard or region this season, we have put together our 7 top tips to get the best out of your wine tour. Set off relaxed. We all try to do too much in [...]
Two Wine Trips to the Douro Valley to launch Wines and Tours Ltd
If the idea of tasting wines at a variety of Quintas, enjoying local dishes and traveling through the stunning scenery of the Douro Valley, appeals to you, why not join us on one of our Portuguese Wine Tours?
Wine Tour in the Douro Valley
The Douro is blessed with an incredible climate for growing vines and fruit trees. It has heat coupled with a plentiful supply of water from the rivers, but the terrain is harsh and mountainous, necessitating much human toil that has been taken over by machines in flat wine-producing regions.