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Travel tips Japan wine – a trip through Nagano

Yoko Obara highlights what’s p ossibly the most exciting wine region in Japan today. An ever-growing range of wineries here are building on a history that reaches back to the...

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Suntory Tomi no Oka Winery
Travel tips Japan wine – visit Yamanashi
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Westwell Wines vineyard in autumn
Travel tips Visit an English vineyard

A plea to get out in the vines this autumn – with tips on how and where to go. Above, Westwell’s vineyards in Kent. The best time to visit an...

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Henry Jeffreys Thursday 16 October 2025 • 1 min read

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Touring German wine country
For tips on where to stay, eat and visit in German wine regions see Wine tourism in Germany.
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Visiting the Loire
For details of which wineries and wine stores to visit around Loire see your turn. For accommodation and restaurants, see...
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Where to stay and eat in Burgundy
For details of recommended restaurants and places to stay at many price levels, see your turn.
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A great trip from Venice or Verona
We spent last week in Venice, Ferrara, Mantova and Cremona celebrating our 25 th wedding anniversary, half a year early...
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Where to eat in and around Bordeaux
For a list of recommended places in Bordeaux itself, in the Medoc and in St-Emilion with locations, tel nos and...
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Tailor-made visits to Bordeaux
Many wine lovers, particularly the better-heeled ones, appreciate expert guidance and tailor-made arrangements while visiting the wine châteaux of Bordeaux...
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Tips for visitors to southern Portugal
See Visiting the Alentejo for one Wimbledon purple pager's recommendations for wine-minded visitors to southern Portugal. He visited from the...
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Travelling in the Marche and being a German wine tourist
This is just to record some tiptop travel recommendations made in your turn recently. Worthwhile wine producers and places to...
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Visiting the Loire and Rioja
Think of this as a signpost to a host of detailed recommendations for Touraine – taste and try before, and...
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Travelling in Priorat country
Purple pager Jon Hicke of Vancouver has sent the following invaluable guidance: Following a trip to Spain in sep 04...
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Eating and staying in and around Adelaide
Adelaide is Australia’s wine capital and therefore many of you are likely to be looking for somewhere to lay your...
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Exciting new small restaurants in Hong Kong
Sorry to usurp Nick’s position as restaurant correspondent but, alas, he was not with me on my recent travels. As...
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Where to eat in Barcelona
These recommendations come from Nick’s brother Richard Lander who has spent quite a bit of time in Barcelona recently, and...
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US visas – a warning
I have heard many tales of how much stricter immigration and visa controls are nowadays for visitors to the US...
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Hotel availability in Venice
Next time you're planning a trip to Venice, check out www.alberghi-venezia.it, a search engine developed by a group of hotel...
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Australia | serviced hotels, dining, train travel
Arkell's advice in Australia UK-based wine writer Julia Arkell has filed the following report on her recent trip to Australia...
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