http://www.culinarytravel.info Let's Eat and Drink Our Way Around the World! Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:18:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.culinarytravel.info/tours/wine-walks-in-the-loire-valley/ http://www.culinarytravel.info/tours/wine-walks-in-the-loire-valley/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:55:08 +0000 tastebuds http://www.culinarytravel.info/?p=516 Known as the ‘Garden of France’, the Loire is one of the most beautiful areas of France and the producer of some of the most delicious wines around. On 5 and 6 September you will have the opportunity to discover this UNESCO World Heritage Site and its wines by joining one of 12 fascinating themed Wine Walks led by Loire winegrowers.]]> http://www.culinarytravel.info/tours/wine-walks-in-the-loire-valley/feed/ 0 http://www.culinarytravel.info/events/2008-masterclass-weekend-at-hilton-brisbane-26-27-july/ http://www.culinarytravel.info/events/2008-masterclass-weekend-at-hilton-brisbane-26-27-july/#comments Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:14:31 +0000 tastebuds http://culinarytravel.info/2008/07/21/2008-masterclass-weekend-at-hilton-brisbane-26-27-july/ Don’t miss out on seeing, hearing and tasting the latest in food and wine at this year’s Masterclass Weekend, to be held on 26 & 27 July at Hilton Brisbane. The cooking session will incorporate some prime Queensland produce, including Bethonga Gold pineapples, Granite Belt mushrooms, Banyard Farm quail, Gallozola bluevein cheese from the Atherton [...]]]> http://www.culinarytravel.info/events/2008-masterclass-weekend-at-hilton-brisbane-26-27-july/feed/ 0 http://www.culinarytravel.info/bars/barcelona-tapas-y-restaurantes-award-winning-wine-list/ http://www.culinarytravel.info/bars/barcelona-tapas-y-restaurantes-award-winning-wine-list/#comments Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:12:01 +0000 tastebuds http://culinarytravel.info/2008/06/15/barcelona-tapas-y-restaurantes-award-winning-wine-list/ Barcelona Tapas Y Restaurante – the home of warm Spanish ambience, delicious tapas and award-winning wine provides Londoners with an authentic taste of Spain in the middle of The City. Barcelona Tapas Bar Y Restaurante has recently been voted Wine List of The Year 2007 by Square Meal’s Imbibe Magazine and this award-winning collection is [...]]]> http://www.culinarytravel.info/bars/barcelona-tapas-y-restaurantes-award-winning-wine-list/feed/ 0 http://www.culinarytravel.info/hotels/mallorcan-hotel-lavenida-launches-tantalising-tapas-menu-and-gourmet-wine-tours/ http://www.culinarytravel.info/hotels/mallorcan-hotel-lavenida-launches-tantalising-tapas-menu-and-gourmet-wine-tours/#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:04:30 +0000 tastebuds http://culinarytravel.info/2008/06/05/mallorcan-hotel-lavenida-launches-tantalising-tapas-menu-and-gourmet-wine-tours/ New for summer 2008, Hotel L’Avenida, located in the heart of Soller on Mallorca’s North West coast, is introducing a mouth-watering tapas menu and new gourmet wine tours. The tapas dinner menu will give guests the opportunity to enjoy this informal, friendly style of Spanish dining in the chic surroundings of the boutique hotel’s Bistro [...]]]> http://www.culinarytravel.info/hotels/mallorcan-hotel-lavenida-launches-tantalising-tapas-menu-and-gourmet-wine-tours/feed/ 0 http://www.culinarytravel.info/destinations/europe/germany/the-german-city-of-mainz-joins-the-great-wine-capitals-global-network/ http://www.culinarytravel.info/destinations/europe/germany/the-german-city-of-mainz-joins-the-great-wine-capitals-global-network/#comments Sat, 24 May 2008 02:06:49 +0000 tastebuds http://culinarytravel.info/2008/05/24/the-german-city-of-mainz-joins-the-great-wine-capitals-global-network/ The Great Wine Capitals (GWC) is an organisation that spans both the northern and southern hemispheres, the only such network to encompass the so-called Old and New World of wines. It exists to encourage wine tourism and business exchanges between internationally-renowned wine centres such as Bordeaux, Cape Town, Florence, Mendoza, Melbourne, Oporto, Bilbao-Rioja and San Francisco-Napa Valley [...]]]> http://www.culinarytravel.info/destinations/europe/germany/the-german-city-of-mainz-joins-the-great-wine-capitals-global-network/feed/ 0 http://www.culinarytravel.info/tours/visit-a-vineyard-during-welsh-wine-week-24-may-%e2%80%93-6-june/ http://www.culinarytravel.info/tours/visit-a-vineyard-during-welsh-wine-week-24-may-%e2%80%93-6-june/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 17:10:38 +0000 tastebuds http://culinarytravel.info/2008/05/20/visit-a-vineyard-during-welsh-wine-week-24-may-%e2%80%93-6-june/ Welsh vineyards are throwing open their gates to celebrate Welsh Wine Week between Saturday 24 May and Friday 6 June 2008. The reputation of Welsh wine has grown in recent years and now visitors will have the opportunity to tour vineyards and taste the fruits of Welsh vintners’ labours. Many vineyards now have shops and cafes [...]]]> http://www.culinarytravel.info/tours/visit-a-vineyard-during-welsh-wine-week-24-may-%e2%80%93-6-june/feed/ 0 http://www.culinarytravel.info/chefs/chef-jean-stephane-poinard-brings-french-comfort-food-to-st-augustine-florida/ http://www.culinarytravel.info/chefs/chef-jean-stephane-poinard-brings-french-comfort-food-to-st-augustine-florida/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 00:25:16 +0000 tastebuds http://culinarytravel.info/2008/05/19/chef-jean-stephane-poinard-brings-french-comfort-food-to-st-augustine-florida/ French chef and restaurateur Jean-Stephane Poinard has finally come to America. His arrival in St. Augustine, Florida isn’t just for a brief visit, but to fulfill his childhood dream of living and owning a restaurant in the States. St. Augustine’s European atmosphere lured Jean-Stephane and his wife Valerie here, and their brand new Bistro de [...]]]> http://www.culinarytravel.info/chefs/chef-jean-stephane-poinard-brings-french-comfort-food-to-st-augustine-florida/feed/ 0 http://www.culinarytravel.info/events/food-festivals/south-african-cheese-festival-25%e2%80%9328-april-2008/ http://www.culinarytravel.info/events/food-festivals/south-african-cheese-festival-25%e2%80%9328-april-2008/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:13:27 +0000 tastebuds http://culinarytravel.info/2008/05/01/south-african-cheese-festival-25%e2%80%9328-april-2008/ Allow the earthy scents of cheese to lure you to the SA Cheese Festival which will be held from 25 to 28 April 2008  on the historic Bien Donné farm nestled in the Paarl countryside. South Africa’s most celebrated food personalities and cheese-makers will be there to let you in on the most scrumptious cheese secrets, [...]]]> http://www.culinarytravel.info/events/food-festivals/south-african-cheese-festival-25%e2%80%9328-april-2008/feed/ 0 http://www.culinarytravel.info/destinations/worlds-most-innovative-wine-tourism-programmes-rewarded/ http://www.culinarytravel.info/destinations/worlds-most-innovative-wine-tourism-programmes-rewarded/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2007 01:21:01 +0000 tastebuds http://culinarytravel.info/2007/11/16/worlds-most-innovative-wine-tourism-programmes-rewarded/ The Old and the New World of wine celebrated their most exciting visitor programmes with the announcement of the 2008 International Best of Wine Tourism Winners at a ceremony in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Oporto, Portugal. All winners are situated in the Great Wine Capitals, an association of world class wine cities: Bordeaux, Bilbao-Rioja, [...]]]> http://www.culinarytravel.info/destinations/worlds-most-innovative-wine-tourism-programmes-rewarded/feed/ 3