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There’s only one thing better than drinking a great glass of wine and that’s drinking that same wine at the source, surrounded by vineyards or barrels. That’s why we are pulling together this helpful interactive map showing wine tourism destinations; just for you!

If you’re planning a trip to wine producing areas and want to check out what wineries are there, and which ones are available to visit or stay at check out the map below. It will be updated regularly with new producers so keep checking back. Send us pictures or stories from your travels and we’ll include them too!

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The flying sommelier, part 3

By Olivier Gasselin

Barto's vineyards

Barto's vineyards

We’re excited to publish a series of extracts from Olivier’s wine rambling in South Africa. This time he visits Franschhoek & Hermanus. Olivier is  the Head Sommelier at the Bluebird in Chelsea.

Next destination: Franschhoek (the French Quarter in Afrikaan). This is where French protestant immigrants arrived after leaving their country during the religious war.

Our first stop was …

The flying sommelier

By Olivier Gasselin

View from Graceland

View from Graceland

We are happy to publish a series of extracts from Olivier’s wine rambling in South Africa. This time he visits Stellenbosch. …

The flying sommelier

By Olivier Gasselin

Klein Constantia Estate

Klein Constantia Estate

We are happy to publish a series of extracts from Olivier Gasselin’s wine travels across south Africa. Olivier is currently the Head Sommelier at the Blue Bird in Chelsea.

After almost 3 years of service at Le Pont de la Tour restaurant in central London, I thought the moment was right for me to leave. I was …

The Ubuhle Beads Exhibition

By Aurore de Tapol

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Last night I was at the Ubuhle Beads Exhibition in Highgate, sponsored by SAAM Mountain.

Ubuhle means “beautiful” in Zulu and this charity was established in 2000 with the objective to create an African Design Village at Little Farm in Kwazulu-Natal.

It all started when Ntombephi Ntombela was doing beadwork which was being sold on the Durban beach front. Soon, Ntombephi and her friend Bev …

The Truffle Snuffle

By Mike Britton

The White stuff

As my train from Genoa chugged slowly into the beautiful hills and valleys of the Piemonte region in North West Italy, I cast my thoughts forward to the weekend, where I would be attending the famous Alba truffle festival.

My very good friends, Neil and Richie, have owned a house in this area for a year now and not only do …

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