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Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours Gift Vouchers - Great Christmas presents! — Posted on: 01/12/2011
Solve your last minute Christmas and other present buying – it takes minutes to buy an Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours gift voucher with your debit card over the phone!
The perfect present for your wine loving partner, for your boss who is retiring or a colleague who is going away – there can be no better present than a wine tour with the world’s leading specialists! Our Champagne Weekends start at just over £400 and of course as we feature tours to 21 countries world-wide there is…
Tim Clarke speaks at Oporto Wine Tourism conference — Posted on: 29/10/2011
Tim Clarke is delighted to be participating with other wine tourism specialists from around Europe in a debate on the economic benefits of wine tourism.
See www.oportowinetourismforum.com for further details.
Meet Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours: Tickets to the CondeNaste Luxury Travel Fair, 3 - 6 November, in London! — Posted on: 26/10/2011
Join us at the CondeNaste Luxury Travel Fair next week at Olympia in London to discover what Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours are all about! You can learn about all our wonderful wine tours to some of the most beautiful and indulgent wine regions, and even partake in a wine tasting with us, those who guess the mystery wine question will receive a voucher towards a wine tour with Arblaster & Clarke.
The fair starts on Thursday 3rd – Sunday 6th November, open from 10:00 to 18:00 Thursday –…
New Burgundy Walk Blog — Posted on: 04/08/2011
Our captivating blog will transport you to the vineyards of Burgundy- for a glimpse of our exceptional and most popular Vineyard Walk, read on!
New Blog review of the Burgundy Vineyard Walk
Arblaster & Clarke win the Sunday Times Tour Operator Challenge! — Posted on: 04/08/2011
Tour operator challenge: Bordeaux
“Go to Bordeaux in early October, the picking should still be going on”
Two tour operators, one phone call, no second chances: we challenge them to take us on a wine tour of the Bordeaux region
Wine improves with age: the older we get, the more we like it. And although we’re no wine buffs, we do fancy learning a little more about the drink of the gods, and where better to do so than the hallowed hills of Bordeaux, birthplace of the world’s…
Tim Clarke, wine expert seconded to Georgia! — Posted on: 18/04/2011
See our blog for a report from Tim Clarke, Chairman of Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours, currently seconded to Georgia’s ‘Economic Prosperity Initiative’.
I’ve been in Georgia for 5 days now looking at the wines and the wine tourism potential as part of a project for Georgia’s ‘Economic Prosperity Initiative’. I couldn’t resist the opportunity and challenge to explore and help the world’s oldest continuous Wine Culture.
Where to start with the country where wine…
Spring Champagne Wine Tour - Successful as always! — Posted on: 30/03/2011
A&C have been running hugely successful champagne weekends since May 1987, and it was great to see that our clients are as happy as ever with our wonderful champagne wine tours. Indeed the recent tour had clients on the tour who travelled with us back in 1987 and it was good to hear them say that we continue to be as good at offering great champagne weekends now as we were back then. As often is the case on our wine tours, the recent spring champagne weekend came in with 100% ‘Excellent’…
Carbon Offset by Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours – Update from TICOS — Posted on: 30/03/2011
September 2010 – February 2011 Update from Travel Industry Carbon Offset Scheme (TICOS).
Since 2008 Arblaster & Clarke have supported the carbon-offset project Sunfire Solutions Solar Stoves project through TICOS. We offer a carbon offset option on all of our wine tours who kindly wish to participate and also contribute to the scheme for all Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours staff travel.
Sunfire, who run the Solar Stoves project in South Africa, have provided a report from the past…
"Arblaster & Clarke should be your first consideration for wine tours" — Posted on: 17/01/2011
Its still only early January and Arblaster & Clarke have already been mentioned several times in the UK press. Please see ‘A&C in the Press’ on the right hand menu to view all of our Press mentions.
Out of 52 weekends that the Sunday Times Travel recommended for 2011, Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours featured in two entries. The Sunday Times fantastic mini adventures for a very happy new year included a weekend in Champagne and an Opera & Wine Tour of Tuscany with Arblaster & Clarke’s…
Arblaster & Clarke's Barrels at the 150th Beaune Hospices Auction! — Posted on: 21/11/2010
The 150th Beaune Hospices Auction took place on the 22 November 2010 and we are delighted to announce that Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours and our wine buying syndicate are now the proud owners of two magnificent barrels of the 2010 Domaine de Hospices de Beaune cuvees, each containing the equivalent of 24 × 12 bottle cases of wine! (see Reserve Collection tours for this Ultimate Burgundy wine tour!)
We are very grateful to Anthony Hanson M.W who succeeded in bidding on the two following…
AITO Bonding - 100% financial protection — Posted on: 19/08/2010
AITO’s 140 Specialist Tour Operators deny any risk to their customers following the collapse of flight options
You don’t need to use your credit card when you book with Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours (unless you wish to) – as we have already put financial bonding in place for you. This bonding extends to all our customers, including our corporate clients booking private jets with us.
There has been considerable scaremongering in the media since the collapse of Flight Options. Claims…
Galapagos Islands voted World's Best Island - Travel & Leisure — Posted on: 05/08/2010
Travel & Leisure magazine has voted the Galapagos the best Islands in the world – Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours are visiting this coming January to explore them!
Experience the Galapagos Islands, the Best Islands in the World, on board the “Eclipse, the finest boutique cruise ship available.
Alongside this taste the fabulous South American Wines that will accompany the daily naturalist guided walks, snorkelling and diving in the Galapagos.
There is so much wildlife to see. The…
See Steven Spurrier's video on the 2009 Beaujolais vintage — Posted on: 10/07/2010
Visit our Reserve Collection page to see Steven Spurrier talking about the splendid 2009 harvest in the Beaujolais
Wine Tours by Train, Coach or Road! — Posted on: 13/05/2010
Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours have plenty of wine tours that allow you to avoid flying if you would rather not holiday by air.
By Coach & Crossing, Dover-Calais
Champagne Weekends & Wine Tours by Coach
You may not have previously thought about the convenience of coach travel – and indeed A&C are not a normal coach tour operator! However, we make the journey as comfortable as possible, with complimentary hot drinks and snacks, and comparative tastings on the longer tours, and…
Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours wins Best Food & Wine Holidays from Italian State Tourist Board 2009 Operators' Awards — Posted on: 19/03/2010
At the inaugural Award Ceremony to recognise the best in tourism to Italy held in London on 18 March 2010 and hosted by the Italian State Tourist Office, Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours were voted best Wine & Food Tour Operator to Italy for 2009.
This is the culmination of nearly 20 years of operating innovative, creative and exciting wine tours throughout Italy, from North to South. Our wine tours programme to Italy includes our expert led wine tours in Piemonte, Tuscany, Puglia, Sicily…
Wine Fair at the Vintners Hall, March 4, a resounding success! — Posted on: 07/03/2010
Lynette Arblaster, Tim Clarke and the rest of the A&C Wine tours team were joined on 4 March 2010 by 300 Arblaster & Clarke wine tours clients to taste a superb range of wines from all over the A&C wine world.
In addition to the creme de la creme of the UK wine industry, travelling from around Europe to join us, were Matteo Ascheri from Ascheri, Piemonte; Champagne Philiponnat; Chateau Pichon Longueville, Bordeaux; Planeta from Sicily and Anne Vallejo from Marques de Caceres.
There…
Chilean Earthquake, a communique from the Chilean Wine Bureau — Posted on: 03/03/2010
PUBLIC DECLARATION ON THE CHILEAN EARTHQUAKE AND THE NATIONAL WINE INDUSTRYSantiago, March 3, 2010. In addition to emphasizing the overall strength of the Chilean wine industry’s material infrastructure and the fortitude of its people, Vinos de Chile, the association of Chilean wineries, has been able to verify the effects produced by the recent earthquake and its impact on the wine industry.
We wish to express our deepest condolences for the suffering of many employees and their…
A&C in the press: Saturday Telegraph's selection for Wine and Food holidays — Posted on: 16/01/2010
2010 Activity Holiday Guide by Saturday Telegraph
“WINE AND FOOD
Our selection
The leading wine tours company Arblaster and Clarke (01730 263111; www.winetours.co.uk) offers just about every possible way to get acquainted with France’s main wine regions and their produce – from exclusive tours staying at private chateaux to vineyard walking breaks (there’s a new Burgundy trip this year) and keenly priced, semi-independent introductory wine weekends in Bordeaux and Lyons (around…
Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours Sunday Telegraph New Year Resolutions — Posted on: 03/01/2010
The Sunday Telegraph – Sunday 3rd January
‘Resolutions for 2010….and how to keep them’
Become a Wine Connoisseur:
Extend your knowledge of French wines with a three night Bordeaux Wine & City tour in April, September or November organised by specialist operator Arblaster & Clarke (01730 263111; www.winetours.co.uk). A tasting on the first evening is followed by a visit to Baron de Rothschild’s Chateau Clarke and a tour of the Medoc and Graves regions.
Plus Point: Exclusive…
Steven Spurrier, 'Benchmark Burgundy' in Decanter Jan 2010 — Posted on: 01/01/2010
Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours Burgundy Masterclass wine tour has been written up by our popular Wine Guide, and Decanter Consultant Editor, Steven Spurrier. This article appeared as Steven’s column in the recent January 2010 issue of the magazine, and for those of you interested in Burgundian wines we have been given special permission by Decanter to publish it here.
Thanks to Steven for his wonderful article and to Decanter for their publishing. Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours is working…
In Search of Bacchus by G. Taber features Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours — Posted on: 23/10/2009
Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours features heavily in this new book by George Taber, the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of Judgment of Paris and To Cork or Not To Cork. In Search of Bacchus – Wanderings in the Wonderful World of Wine Tourism is a delightful, entertaining, and informative exploration of the thriving world of wine tourism.
George M. Taber set out on the wine lover’s ultimate dream: a journey to the twelve most beautiful and fascinating wine-producing regions…
Arblaster & Clarke wins Best Brochure Award — Posted on: 27/04/2009
At an Award ceremony in Reims last night, Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours brochure was awarded the trophy for Best Brochure by The French Tourist Office in the MAFTA Awards (Marketing and Advertising for France Travel Awards).
At the same event Lynette Arblaster was welcomed into the Confrerie des Sacres de la Champagne.
“I can’t think of a better way to celebrate exactly 22 years of operating to Reims. Our team is passionate about offering the best wine tours to Champagne and this…
Customer satisfaction at Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours is independently assessed — Posted on: 06/04/2009
A&C’s post-tour client satisfaction rating is independently assessed by the Association of Independent Tour Operators every year. We are pleased this year to have increased our over-all client satisfaction ratio by 1% to 95.95, putting us in the top 10% of the 150 elite companies that belong to AITO and thus indeed in the top rankings for all tour operators.Obviously, we will continue to work hard to ensure that this rate is increased to even closer to 100%! Your holiday enjoyment is…
Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours are now in Petersfield! — Posted on: 23/08/2007
Wine Tour operator Arblaster and Clarke moved to the Hampshire market town of Petersfield in September 2006.
We purchased ‘Meon House’, the offices of First Choice PLC. This was an interesting home-coming for Lynette Arblaster who had worked here in the 1980s as Italian Manager for Meon Villas when this was an independent Tour Operator. The building has been renamed Cedar Court, which is close to its original name ‘Cedarcote’.
We are easy to find in Petersfield, very near the town…
