New World Wine Tours
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New Zealand, Australia, Chile, Argentina & Uruguay, South Africa, California and USA’s Pacific North-West
Wine touring in the New World Vineyards is wonderful – long sunny days most of which will be spent in beautiful vineyards enjoying lazy lunches washed down with a generous quantity of very drinkable, fine wine. It may sound like a long way to go to taste wine but in fact a wine tour is a great way to explore any of these countries.
In New Zealand there are vineyards from near the top of North Island to near the bottom of South Island. In Australia you’ll explore the rural heartland of the country and whilst we are not in the outback, you’ll appreciate the shear vastness of the place. Our wine holiday itineraries are planned to take in the wine regions of each country but also to allow time for sightseeing. For instance, after staying on a wine Hacienda in Chile, you’ll enjoy the dramatic crossing of the Andes to Argentina, and in South Africa we take time off to relax in Capetown and visit the dramatic Cape of Good Hope.
The winemakers know you have come a long way to see them on a specialised tour, so the welcome is second to none. Many people will have visited wineries whist on a general holiday, and whilst this can be enjoyable, these kind of visits are often not that wildly interesting, with corporate videos, perfunctory tastings and uniformed junior staff who know less about wine and winemaking than the visitors do. In 2010 we are returning to California where we will have superb private tasting and some exclusive lunches with winemakers and to the Pacific North-West during the famous annual Internationl Pinot Noir Festival.
The reception that you receive on an Arblaster & Clarke New World Wine Tour is in a different league. The winemakers or owners will always try to take time out of their day to meet us as an interested consumer group (not just a horde off a cruise ship) is interesting for them too. As intelligent, fun people they love to share their stories and their passion for their subject with us. This is inspiring for us the participants and if you add to it the other special ingredients of great food, a stunning location and a sense of discovery led by the Wine Guide you should be able to understand why these holidays are often described “as an experience of a lifetime”.
Travel options aim to offer maximum flexibility; you can either book your own flights or we’ll be happy to book them for you.
Accommodation ranges from private wine estates to luxury city centre hotels, from comfortable motels (where these are the best option) to small family run or bijou vineyard hotels.
The wine visits are to big names whose wines you may be familiar with, and to smaller producers who may be unknown to you but who we think are the names of the future.
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USA's Pacific Northwest and the International Pinot Noir Festival
21 - 27 July 2010
South Australia
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