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In search of great wine
SRIYA NARAYANAN
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Net benefit Read on to know about some great wine tours
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Grape magic At a vineyard Photo: AFP
If you’ve spent most of the year hammering away at a keyboard in a 4 by 6 cubicle guided by dull post-it notes and are looking forward to a vacation like no other, consider an international luxury wine tour that will take you to the most picturesque cities in the world in search of great wine.
At cellartours.com, there’s a persuasive sales pitch for Italy, Spain and Portugal with promises of abandoned castles, rock beaches and art museums apart from tours of wine estates in the area. Click on ‘wine map’ for more information on each region and a list of sights and experiences you shouldn’t miss. The blog and their photo album are worth visiting if you want to see a sample of what can be expected.
Another site that focuses on tours in Europe is winetourseurope.com. Ezwinetours.com is dedicated to the wineries in Northern California and works as a search tool for visitors who have specific wine preferences, time schedules and budgets with a database of 400 wineries and a declaration that it’s impossible for anyone to have possibly visited them all. For those who’d prefer to explore their home soil first, it’s worthwhile to check out india-vacations.net and go to the link ‘wine connoisseur’s tour’ that covers Delhi, Agra and Jaipur.
Lastly, if you’re an amateur and are intimidated by the prospect of holding lengthy discussions with wine experts on the world’s greatest Merlot, log on to letstalkwine.com and drop in on people who are discussing that very subject with great enthusiasm in the virtual forum, for they’re more than happy to share their knowledge.
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