Wine Travel Guides
Comprehensive travel guides for visiting wine regions
"I wish I had my own Aube guide when I first visited the Aube!"
Tom Stevenson - Contributor
Below are links to some of the sites we find most useful, relevant to wine and travel, plus a few other favourites.
If you would like to suggest a link, please email winklorch@winetravelguides.com
Sue Style www.suestyle.com
Food, wine and travel writer, who writes for us on Alsace. Her site includes tasty recipes and an archive of articles written for the FT.
Investdrinks www.investdrinks.org
Award-winning site from Loire specialist Jim Budd. The risks of drinks investments explained; dodgy companies investigated, named and shamed.
A taste of Burgundy www.atasteofburgundy.com
Jean-Pierre Renard is based in Beaune and offers a range of services to help wine lovers who come to Burgundy make the most of their time.
winewriting.com www.winewriting.com
Wine writer Richard James, our man in the Languedoc, reports on tastings and wineries he’s visited.
Ocean Design www.ocean-design.co.uk
Ocean Design specialise in website design services.
Cephas Picture Library www.cephas.com
One of the largest selections of high quality photos relating to wine, available to peruse on line before ordering for publication. Food and travel pictures also available.
EasyJet www.easyjet.com
The budget airline has a simple on-line booking system for flights between many European destinations and France including Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Geneva, Basel-Mulhouse, Marseille, Nice and Toulouse.
Air France www.airfrance.com
The French national airline with inter-continental direct flights to Paris, and a network of internal flights.
Eurotunnel www.eurotunnel.com
Cross under the channel with your car on the train.
P & O Ferries www.poferries.com
Frequent short crossings between Dover, England and Calais, France, convenient for eastern France.
Brittany Ferries www.brittanyferries.com
Longer crossings from various ports in southern and south-western England, particularly convenient for visiting western France.
Rail Europe www.raileurope.com
Convenient site, for booking and information for Eurostar services between London and France, the TGV (high-speed) French train network, rail passes and more.
SNCF (French Train Network) www.sncf.com
Booking and information site on local French trains with some information in English.
Eurolines www.nationalexpress.com/eurolines
English booking site for inexpensive coach travel to major French destinations.
Jancis Robinson www.jancisrobinson.com
Articles from Jancis - the wine writers' choice of wine writer, tasting notes, as well as food news from Nick Lander. Much more solid stuff on 'Purple Pages' the subscription part of the site, including insider information, the Oxford Wine Companion 3rd edition and a friendly forum.
Matching Food and Wine www.matchingfoodandwine.com
Fiona Beckett is known for good advice about food and cooking as well as wine. Her website has drink suggestions for every type of meal and occasion - beer, cocktails and soft drinks as well as wine. The Subscription section gives personalised recommendations - discount subs for Wine Travel Guides Gold subscribers.
Wine Pages www.wine-pages.com
Run by Tom Cannavan, Wine Pages was one of the first UK-based wine information websites. It remains one of the most regularly-updated, packed with articles (by several contributors), restaurant reviews, event information, and has an active forum.
Decanter www.decanter.com
The website for the British magazine has almost daily updated news stories from around the world of wine. You can register for email news updates. Searchable database for 20,000 wines rated in the magazine.
Robert Parker www.erobertparker.com
Best known for the tasting reviews from Robert Parker and his team of tasters. You need to subscribe for the full benefits. The very useful wine term glossary and vintage chart going back to 1970 are freely available.
Wine Alchemy www.winealchemy.com
Interesting personal site for wine educator and writer Paul Howard. One of his passions is for biodynamic wines and the site includes an invaluable directory to 350+ biodynamic wine producers worldwide.
Wine Lovers Page www.wineloverspage.com
Possibly the oldest wine information site on the web, based in the USA and packed full of useful notes, thoughts and more. Great links, all personally selected. Sign-up free for the 30 Second Wine Advisor email, with tips almost daily.
Association of Wine Educators www.wineeducators.com
UK-based group of highly qualified, professional wine educators, with entry into the group by assessment. Members around the country offer courses, individual tastings, corporate events and organised wine trips.
Wine and Spirit Education Trust www.wset.co.uk
Structured courses leading to recognised qualifications in wines and spirits, particularly suitable for anyone working or planning to work in the wine trade. Available worldwide.
Institute of Masters of Wine www.masters-of-wine.org
Wine Travel Guides has three contributors with the illustrious MW letters after their name. You can check up on this site to verify the names of all Masters of Wine worldwide, and find out details about how to study towards the qualification.
Wine Education Service www.wine-education-service.co.uk
The leading provider of consumer-orientated wine courses in the UK with several centres all over the country. A good one-off tasting programme available too.
International Wine Centre www.internationalwinecenter.com
All levels of wine education offered in New York City. Connections to wine education centres all over the USA.
Around Wine www.aroundwine.co.uk
A website and a shop in Central London selling a wide range of Riedel glasses, Eurocave wine storage cabinets and a plethora of well chosen wine accessories and books. The shop houses a treasure-trove of gifts for the wine lover.
Vinfolio www.vinfolio.com
Free VinCellar online cellar management software linked with tasting notes is available from this San Francisco-based on-line fine wine store. Large range of wines from around the world with USA-wide and international delivery, as well as professional storage.
WineDater www.winedater.co.uk
Meet new people, taste and learn about wine at well-organised and entertaining events in London and beyond. You might even find a wine lover to travel with!