The Jancis Robinson Story | Mission Blind Tasting | 🎁 20% off annual memberships

Travel tips

The best way to learn about wine is to visit the place where it's made – to meet the people, see the landscape, feel the air, enjoy the cuisine. Here are some stories that will help you plan your next trip. See also our Travel forum, where our exceptionally well-informed members and staff trade tips and recommendations on visiting wine regions around the world.

Published between:
Clear filters

More Travel tips

Willamette Valley - photo by Ron Kaplan
Travel tips Explore Oregon’s world-class wine region while using the valley’s charming towns as a base. The Willamette Valley is vibrant 100-mile...
Person walks through vineyards in walla walla
Travel tips This once-sleepy Washington town is now a top destination for travellers seeking world-class wine and food in a relaxed and...
Montreal
Travel tips Food, history and a rich culture of local and global wine keep this destination at the top of the list...
Dijon roof
Travel tips 30 June 2022 We republish this useful guide in our Throwback Thursday series, for wine lovers descending on Burgundy this...
Anchorage mountains
Travel tips Head to Alaska immediately… Six weeks a year is a small window for perfect weather. Visiting Alaska in the second...
Ljubljana
Travel tips Just a two-hour (cheap) flight from London, the city of dragons might just be the perfect weekend getaway. It could...
Theotoky olive grove
Travel tips On the day that UK travel restrictions are loosened, we publish recommendations for hungry and thirsty visitors to a popular...
World of Wine in Oporto
Travel tips Optimistically, we're reviving our Travel Tips section, in this case with James Mayor's look at what the port houses are...
Tam New Year Madeira
Travel tips A third account of a miraculous (in many senses) holiday over the turn of the year from Tam, pictured above...
Bolo de mel and madeira wine
Travel tips Last week Tam introduced us to her snatched holiday on the Atlantic island of Madeira. Now she gets down to...
Madeira - Funchal from the cable car
Travel tips Between draconian travel restrictions, Tam managed to squeeze in a trip to Madeira over Christmas. This is the first of...
Image
Travel tips Bordeaux resident and wine writer Yohan Castaing describes two very different new establishments. For a long time Bordeaux did not...
Image
Travel tips Terroirs Originels, the group of independent Beaujolais vignerons whose current releases I reviewed in Beaujolais 2013 looking promising, have just...
Image
Travel tips One Paris restaurant we really enjoyed for a casual Saturday lunch in early December was Rino in modest premises in...
Image
Travel tips Written by Richard Neville. 24 Feb 2014 - This establishment did get a Michelin star! And a special mention for...
Image
Travel tips In response to my recent article Wine tasting in Geneva and Narbonne, Languedoc resident Richard Neville sends this report on...
Choose your plan
25th

For the dad who loves wine

Start your membership this Father’s Day with 20% off a full year. Expert reviews, honest writing, no guesswork. Or, gift a membership and save 20%.

Enter code DAD20 at checkout. Offer ends 22 June.

Member
$135
/year
Save over 15% annually
Ideal for wine enthusiasts
  • Access 295,311 wine reviews & 16,095 articles
  • Access The Oxford Companion to Wine & The World Atlas of Wine
  • Access askJancis, our AI wine assistant
Inner Circle
$249
/year
 
Ideal for collectors

Everything in “Member”, plus:

  • Early access to the latest wine reviews, 48 hours in advance
  • Early access to the latest articles, 48 hours in advance
Professional
$299
/year
For individual wine professionals
  • Access 295,311 wine reviews & 16,095 articles
  • Access The Oxford Companion to Wine & The World Atlas of Wine
  • Access askJancis, our AI wine assistant
  • Early access to the latest wine reviews & articles, 48 hours in advance
  • Commercial use of up to 25 wine reviews & scores for marketing
Business
$399
/year
For companies in the wine trade

Everything in “Professional”, plus:

  • Commercial use of up to 250 wine reviews & scores for marketing
  • Access to submit wines for review
  • Offer memberships to your employees and manage them from a single place
  • API access available for an additional fee
Pay with
Visa logo Mastercard logo American Express logo Logo for more payment options
Wine inspiration delivered directly to your inbox, weekly
Our weekly newsletter is free for all
By subscribing you're confirming that you agree with our Terms and Conditions.