Life is Grape in Tuscany

In these days when travel is restricted, I've looked back at past trips with profound fondness. So, for my own nostalgia and for your...

In April 2019 I was so lucky to join Shannon, a fellow tour operator, on a weeklong wine adventure in Slovenia. It was so enjoyable to go...

You would assume that because wine is made from grapes, it would by definition be a vegetarian or even a vegan beverage, right? We've all...

Do you know how to distinguish good olive oil from the bad stuff? Do you know how great olive oil should taste? Do you know how it's made...

This year is nothing like any of us imagined. Getting into the 20'ies was supposed to be the most liberating ever, and then we found out...

Sicily is an incredibly fascinating Mediterranean island dropped like a ball right in front of the boot of Italy. It's separated by the...

But due to global warming and limits in organic agriculture to control vine pests,

This year we decided to head over to France (from Florence, Italy) for the holidays. As some of you may know, Pierre is French from the...

Tuscany is a fantastic place for growing olives for the production of high quality olive oil. The harvest of the local olive varietals...

We really love the delicious cheeses made from sheep’s milk here in Italy. Cheeses made from sheep’s milk are called pecorino, coming...

Tuscan people are definitely wine drinkers. As in the rest of Italy, wine is part of the meal that is made of multiple courses (called...

The 14 most important Italian wine words by Grape Tours in Tuscany

October is a fantastic month to visit Bordeaux. We hit the region on the last days of harvest, fermentation in the air every place we...

Italian wine can seem pretty complex - so many wine regions and even more grapes - but in the midst of this Italian chaos there are some...

Have you ever wondered about flavors and smell descriptors in wine? We will definitely get back to this interesting subject in future...

Bringing home the delicious vino that you taste on your journey is often the most fastidious issue that we wine-loving travellers have to...

Often people will take a preference to either white or red wine. But then there's pink wine, too. "Rosé all day" just goes to say how...