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/itineraries/the-bordeaux-wine-food-route/ http://www.culinarytravel.info/itineraries/the-bordeaux-wine-food-route/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:58:21 +0000 tastebuds http://www.culinarytravel.info/?p=548 The D2 (the 'route des Châteaux' or 'Quality Stree') is possibly the most famous road in the Bordeaux region, and driving up the D2 is like driving through a wine list. Passing one grand example of architecture after another, the road sweeps through the famous appellations of Médoc, Margaux, Saint Julien, Pauillac and Saint Estèphe. And most of these have great roadside restaurants.]]> http://www.culinarytravel.info/itineraries/the-bordeaux-wine-food-route/feed/ 0 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/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/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 http://www.culinarytravel.info/destinations/europe/france/bordeaux-listed-a-unesco-world-heritage-site/ http://www.culinarytravel.info/destinations/europe/france/bordeaux-listed-a-unesco-world-heritage-site/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:51:04 +0000 tastebuds http://culinarytravel.info/2007/07/03/bordeaux-listed-a-unesco-world-heritage-site/ Bordeaux, one of the Great Wine Capitals network, has been officially included on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites as of 28 June 2007. This distinction recognises the beauty and unity of style of Bordeaux’s architectural heritage, which has developed harmoniously over the centuries and remained remarkably well-preserved. The Bordeaux World Heritage site is the [...]]]> http://www.culinarytravel.info/destinations/europe/france/bordeaux-listed-a-unesco-world-heritage-site/feed/ 2