Europe's Wine List - Tours, Wine Lover's List

Wine lovers are not only passionate about drinking wine - they like to meet the people who make it, look at the vineyard and get a sense of the atmosphere around it. In Europe there are hundreds of package-tour operators offering "Wine Tasting" tours of various vineyards; some even offer an all-in package.

A TIME FOR WINE TOUR: Is offered to cater for wine buffs in Europe and offers 9 tours varying in different levels. The tours commence in February with a trip to the Loire region right through to October whereby people who prefer Navarra wines can select. These trips are available from Tuesday to Saturday.

BRITISH TOURISM OPERATOR: WWW.ARBLASTENANDCLARKE.COM

Arblasten and Clarke has a wide range of 2007 tours broken down into different price ranged. The top-level "Reserve Collection" incldes Bordeaux "en primeur" June 4th to June 8th. They describe this as a "rare opportunity to taste the latest Bordeaux vintage just as it is being released onto the market". This is a modestly priced trip and allows tasting of the older vintages, fine dining and lessons on how to evaluate wines at an early stage.

EUROPEAN TOUR OPERATORS: WWW.CELLARTOURS.COM

This is definitely worth checking out for those of you who don't have a strict budget. www.cellartours.com
If you don't have to worry about the price of tours then this is the one for you. For around nine thousand pounds sterling per person you will live on a diet of "luxury food and wines of excellent vintage".

What's in Your Wine cellar?

Building a wine collection need not be a bank-busting experience. For any wine-lover putting together a dedicated space to house their collection in optimum conditions can be geared to your specific requirements and budget.

There is such an array of products available which range from the relatively inexpensive to the steep investment that the market is virtually open to all. Those fortunate to have cellars or rooms can spend multiples on further customiszation of their wine cabinets. There are online specialist sites which sell everything from a wine rack to the fully customized cellar. Eurocave, whose products are distributed from their webpage have a excellent range of wines that cater for every possible taste.

So, for you wine obsessed your dream holiday travelling European vineyards is only a couple of clicks away. You can book directly from anywhere in the world and select the package that suits your personal finance or your personal taste. So, whats keeping you?