Apulia & Salento Food & Wine Tours

IN today’s era, food and wine tours are the most attractive element of the tourism experience. Outside dining is common among tourists and the tasty food is supposed to rank alongside climate, accommodation, and scenery. Keeping all that points in mind, Italy Luxury Tours step forward to offer you the best food & wine tours to the famous cities of #Italy which are Apulia & Salento.

Food and wine tour to Apulia and Salento for 7 nights/8 days operated by Italy Luxury Tours have brought together the best local food collectives to give an amazing experience in and around this ancient Italy towns. As everyone knows that Apulia is a region whose symbolic side is the balance of foods and wines deriving both from land and sea, so this #foodandwine tours offered by Italy Luxury Tours will let you refine your senses for delicious wine and foods.

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Fine Dining on the Adriatic Coast

THE iconic beachfront Atlantic Hotel Riccione, #Italy has started hosting a series of monthly fine dining events with menus created by award-winning European chefs specially invited to cook at its renowned Green Restaurant. 

The evenings dubbed ‘Dinner with the Stars’ will take place monthly and will be dedicated to fine dining tradition for discerning guests and their palates. Award winning chefs from Europe will take over the kitchen and create unique menus for one night only. The ingredients for all their dishes will be locally sourced from the province’s rich agricultural farmland.


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Artichoke anyone?

AS the 59th annual Artichoke Food & Wine Festival approaches, the Castroville community is excited to come together to support the local community with entertainment and artichoke education this summer. The festival will take place June 2-3, 2018 at the Monterey County Fairgrounds and will continue the legacy of celebrating the iconic artichoke and region known as the “Artichoke Center of the World.”

The Castroville Artichoke Food & Wine Festival began in 1959 and has since development become a harvest festival to celebrate the iconic artichoke and region known as the “Artichoke Center of the World”, dedicated to informing and exciting festival attendees about the unique qualities of artichokes including farming, harvest, and preparation to demonstrate how the artichoke industry has influenced the history of Monterey County. 

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Sit back and relax . . .

NEW Zealand’s original and most successful wine festival, the Marlborough Food and Wine Festival February 10 combines quality wine, gourmet food and live music. 

Sample the crisp sauvignon blanc that the region is famous for and enjoy entertainment from some of New Zealand’s top performers on one of the wine region's oldest and most beautiful vineyards, Brancott Heritage Estate.

Marlborough Food and Wine Festival

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New Orleans a top culinary destination

NEW Orleans continues to be recognized as a top culinary destination, most recently being named as one of the Best Food Cities in the World by the prestigious culinary publication, Food & Wine.

The list was produced after extensive research by Food & Wine, which polled more than 50 travel professionals, including top chefs, critics, as well as their own Food & Wine writers, photographers and contributors. The exclusive list featured six international cities including Florence, London, Toronto, Tokyo, Paris and Hong Kong. #NewOrleans was in good company as one of only four U.S. cities included: Los Angeles, New York City and Charleston.

The ranking as one of the Best Food Cities in the World by Food & Wine is New Orleans' most recent accomplishment in a string of accolades including being named the number four city in the U.S. by Travel + Leisure's 2017 World's Best readers survey.

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Nordic Cuisine New Culinary Tours in Sweden

WITH Nordic cuisine still trailblazing around the world, now is the time to discover Sweden’s iconic food on home turf. With a whole host of new foodie experiences on offer this summer, from seaweed foraging and open fire cooking through to new culinary cycle tours and quirky bar and restaurant launches, #Sweden has plenty to keep even the most avid food fanatic entertained.

New seaweed foraging and cooking class on the west coast

Catxalot, a seaweed producer from Grebbestad in West Sweden that supplies many of Sweden’s top restaurants, has launched a new seaweed foraging and cooking workshop. Food fans are taken down to the seashore to learn which seaweeds are good to eat, where to find them, why they’re so good for you and how to cook them. After foraging for seaweed, oysters and mussels, the group cooks dinner together from the produce they found. The seven-hour class costs SEK 1,450 (£129) per person. This is one of several classes and events that Catxalot organises throughout the year. www.catxalot.se/en-GB

Get back to nature with a forest yurt stay and open fire cooking
At Nyrups Natur Hotell in Höör in Skåne the focus is on enjoying the peace and beauty of nature – right down to the food. Accommodation is in yurts amongst a beech forest, and everything is cooked outdoors over open fires. The hotel owners provide guests with quality local, seasonal ingredients and easy to follow recipes, enabling them to work with the fire and prepare a delicious meal with flavours of the forest. An overnight stay starts from SEK 495 (£44) per person and ingredients for cooking meals over the fire start from SEK 125 (£11) per person. The hotel is reached via a 35 minute drive from Malmo followed by a one kilometre walk through the forest.

Food and farming at Lindegren’s Nordic Viking pig farm

One farm on the Bjäre Peninsula is offering a hands-on farming and culinary experience, centred around its herd of rare breed Linderöds pigs - an ancient, native breed that has been part of the Skåne way of life since before the Viking era. Over two days, guests will gain an insight into raising the animals, processing the meat and modern Nordic cooking. With the help of some of the region’s best chefs and using herbs and vegetables harvested from the farm as well as the pork, guests will prepare meals in the traditional way over an open fire. Available on 18-19 June, 27-28 August and 13-14 September 2017, the trip costs SEK 6,250 (£554) per person and includes all meals, accommodation, guide and clothes needed for working with the animals. www.lindegrens.se

Become a winemaker for the day

As the southernmost region of Sweden, Skåne is gaining quite a reputation for its wines, with leading experts tipping it as the place to watch. Discover why on a day experiencing the life of a Swedish winemaker at the small-scale vineyard of Frillestad. After an explanation of wine growing and its various practical tasks, visitors are able to put this knowledge in to practice, with tasks such as cleaning grapes, pruning, topping the vines or measuring the sugar content of the grapes. Over a light lunch, would-be-winemakers will enjoy a wine tasting and then visit the winery to discover how the wines are made. Lasting around four hours, this experience costs SEK 600 (£53) per person. www.frillestad.com

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5 Star Luxury in Wine Country

The Marlborough Lodge is a grand country estate on 16 acres of secluded parklands, located in the heart of the famous Marlborough wine region and billed as “the ultimate retreat in New Zealand’s gourmet province”. 

Ten contemporary suites are elegantly designed to ensure every comfort while there’s an in-house bar and a stunning private dining room serving fresh local cuisine. 

Explore the region’s gourmet delights cruising on a luxury launch or a private gourmet wine and food tour.

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Oh we do like to be beside the seaside . . .

EASTBOURNE’S spring beer festival, Beer and Cider by the Sea, serves up more than 100 real ales, a wide variety of ciders and perries, and an abundance of cocktails and wine along with great entertainment from live bands.

Back for a fifth year the festival (May 26-28) celebrates Eastbourne’s great position as a seaside town just minutes from two award-winning breweries, the home of the National Cider and Perry Collection, and many vineyards dotted across the Sussex countryside.

Half of the real cask ales on offer will be provided by local breweries.

www.VisitEastbourne.com

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Have a seat . . .

PULL up a chair to Canada’s Table . . . on August 27, to celebrate the country’s 150th anniversary, Canada’s world-class food, wine and hospitality will be showcased at a single, 1000-person, open-air table on Wellington Street.

For this once-in-a-lifetime culinary experience, ten top local chefs will partner with ten top chefs from across #Canada to stage a legendary four-course dinner with wine pairings in the shadow of Canada’s iconic Parliament Buildings.

This #Ottawa2017 Signature Event, under the Ignite 150 program, will feature all-Canadian products served to guests seated at a 305-metre long table (1000 feet) with the popular Sound and Light Show as a backdrop.

Canada’s Table is a non-profit event, with many partners donating their time or resources. Proceeds raised from the event will be used to aid local and national food security causes.

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Heritage Travel

SOPHIA'S Travel is an award-winning travel agency and travel consulting service specializing in Jewish heritage travel, food & wine, and cultural travel, especially in Western and Eastern Europe, and the republics for the former Soviet Union.

Winner of the 2016 Travvy Gold Award for Best Small Retail Travel Agency, they have announced a new Cultural and Culinary Tour to Georgia and Armenia, with a special emphasis on Jewish heritage. The tour will visit Georgia for 10 days / 9 nights, May 27-June 5, 2017, with an optional overland extension to Armenia for 5 days / 4 nights, June 5-9, 2017.

According to the travel industry website TravelPulse, "Heritage Travel is the 'Next Big Thing'." For Sophia Kulich, a Jew, who emigrated from the former Soviet Union, Jewish heritage has been her passion.

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Tickle your taste buds in Italy

#ITALY offers the food and wine enthusiast a great destination to visit in Autumn and Winter. Listed here are some events that might entice you to book a flight and head off for a short break.

EUROCHOCOLATE, Perugia, Umbria - October 14-23
The 23rd edition of Eurochocolate, the annual celebration of all things chocolate.

WHITE TRUFFLE FAIR, Acqualagna, Marche - October 30 to November 13
Acqualagna’s central square, Piazza Mattei, hosts the Fair with over one hundred stands, where you can buy fresh truffles and other local quality products such as cured meats, wine, honey and cheese.

EIN PROSIT, Friuli Venezia Giulia - October 20-23
The 28th food and wine festival with tastings of regional food in the many restaurants, wine tastings, workshops, seminars and other events related to the theme of food and wine.

MERANO WINE FESTIVAL& CULINARIA FOOD FESTIVAL Merano, South Tyrol - November 4-8
At the Kurhaus, the famous Art Nouveau building in the heart of Merano, fine wines and haute gastronomie are brought together with the simple unifying idea of “true excellence”.

FESTA DEL TORRONE, Cremona, Lombardy - November 19-27
Torrone is the sweet nougat typical of Cremona, now famous all over the world. This year 's festival dedicates 9 days to its delicious creation with stalls selling all types of torrone, shows, music and historical re-enactments.

CIOCCO SHOW Bologna - November 16-20
The Ciocco Show in Bologna is as major event dedicated to chocolate which pays homage to the food of the gods: a schedule of tasty treats, fun, culture and shows.

FIERA DEL BUE GRASSO Carrù (Cuneo) - December 8
The “Fat Ox Fair” is an irresistible event- a living mix of local traditions, excellent food, competition, good wine and colourful people from bull breeders to bull buyers. Eat the famous “bollito misto” to complete your day!

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Survival Skills in Devon

BUILT in 1868, Huntsham Court is a stunning baronial mansion, available for exclusive midweek and weekend hire for events. 

#Huntsham is nestled in the #Devon countryside, close to the town of Tiverton and just a stones throw away from Exmoor National Park. The property can accommodate up to 72 overnight guests and can seat up to 120 guests for banquets and functions.

In January 2012, Huntsham Court was purchased by Damian Llambias and Chris Badham. Their vision was to breath new life into this forgotten gem and to lovingly restore the house to its former glory, whilst maintaining the ambiance of relaxed grandeur that is intrinsic to the property. An extensive 11-month refurbishment programme was completed in 2012.

Huntsham Courts latest offering is the F.E.A.S.T Project where guests can learn to unleash the inner hunter gatherer. This ultimate organic food experience enables guests to hunt, fish, butcher and forage for their own dinner in the glorious natural surroundings of the Devonshire countryside before their catch is transformed into a delicious meal to be enjoyed around a shared table, by renowned local chef Peter Mundy.

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124,000 blooms set to blossom for the 2016 Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers

THE 67th Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers runs from September 16-25 this year with a programme of headliners in music, food, wine, flowers and gardening making it one of the country's most amazing events.

Since it began in 1949 the annual event has flourished and is now one of Queenslands stand out events featuring more than 50 unique events and experiences including internationally acclaimed musical acts, award winning parks, some of the best food and wine to be found in Southern Queensland and a multitude of cultural adventures.

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#Toowoomba Region Mayor Paul Antonio said the Carnival was and would continue to be a standout event on the Australian calendar.  “ With 67 years of floral magic under its belt, the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers continues to build audiences and extend programming parameters, both important milestones as a leading event for locals and visitors alike,” he said. 

“This year’s floral program is one of the best, promising breathtaking displays of botanic brilliance across floral exhibits, fresh flower markets, glorious garden tours, floristry competitions and more. We look forward to welcoming everyone to Toowoomba in September.” 

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Restaurants in worldwide celebration of French gastronomy

Twenty-five UK restaurants will be taking part in the second global Goût de France/Good France event on March 21.

#GoûtdeFrance/Good France is a global initiative supported by the French Foreign Ministry. Taking place in restaurants and French embassies around the world, the event will showcase the ‘vibrancy, creativity, and innovation’ of French cuisine.

Restaurants from local bistros to fine dining establishments are taking part, and the menus are priced at the discretion of the restaurant. Menus will be based on fresh, seasonal and local produce with reduced levels of fat, sugar, salt, and protein.

The participating UK restaurants are:

Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester (Mayfair, London)
Belmond Le Manoir Aux Quat'Saisons (Great Milton, Oxfordshire)
Boundary Restaurant (Shoreditch, London)
Brasserie Joel (Westminster, London)
Escoffier (Westminster, London)
Fleur De Sel (Edinburgh, Scotland)
L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon (Covent Garden, London)
L'Escargot (Soho, London)
L'Etranger (South Kensington, London)
La Garrigue (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Lazenby's on York Place (Scarborough, North Yorkshire)
Le Garrick (Covent Garden, London)
Le Petit Nantais (East Molesey, Surrey)
Le Pont de la Tour (Tower Bridge, London)
Les Deux Salons Restaurant (Trafalgar Square, London)
Maison Bleue (Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk)
Marianne (Notting Hill, London)
Mon Plaisir Restaurant (Covent Garden, London)
Mosimann's (Belgravia, London)
Pillars University of West London (Ealing, London)
Rivea London (Knightsbridge, London)
Taste (Cumbernauld, Scotland)
The Clarendon Hotel (Hebden, North Yorkshire)
The French Table (Surbiton, London)
The Grill at the Dorchester (Mayfair, London)

The participating restaurants' menus can be seen on the Good France website: www.goodfrance.com. Table bookings should be made directly with restaurants.


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Australia launches international tourism drive

TOURISM AUSTRALIA has launched its latest campaign, which is focused on highlighting the country’s world-class aquatic and coastal experiences. 

The agency’s managing director, John O’Sullivan, said the campaign would focus on one of Australia’s key competitive advantages. ‘Already 70 percent of our international visitors enjoy an aquatic or coastal experience as part of their trip to #Australia, so this is a campaign we know will resonate strongly across all our key markets.

‘While Australia is known for its natural beauty, the world still doesn’t have a full appreciation of the breadth, depth, and quality of our aquatic and coastal experiences. They’ve always been an important part of our destination story but they’ve never before taken centre stage.’

The campaign will sit alongside and complement existing Tourism Australia marketing activities, including its current promotion of food and wine and indigenous experiences. 

The newly-filmed campaign features more than a dozen distinct experiences representing every Australian state and territory. These include: swimming in Sydney Harbour; snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef; kayaking through Katherine Gorge; driving on the beach in South Australia; cycling around Lake Burley Griffin; sailing through the waters of Rottnest Island; and walking the recently-launched Three Capes Track in Tasmania.

Tourism Australia will spend A$40 million (£19.6 million) over the next six months rolling out the new campaign – starting in the US with a joint campaign with Virgin Australia and then across other key international markets, including the UK, China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, and New Zealand.

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Coming up … in Cyprus

Wine & music 

NICOSIA’S first Old Town Wine & Music Fiesta runs from December 20 to December 22 at the Patio Cocktail Bar in the city centre.

There will be wines from producers around the world, and live music by Cypriot bands.


Tickets at €20 are available at the bar and via www.tickethour.com.cy. Part of the proceeds will go to charity.

For the full schedule, go to www.facebook.com/events/880022272105123

Chocolate

THE third Nicosia Chocolate Festival (December 19-20) at Famagusta Gate offers families two days of Christmas celebrations.

Tickets are €5 (free for children under 12), with a substantial sum from the net proceeds being given to the Arodafnousa Palliative care centre of the #Cyprus Anti-cancer society, and to low income families in Nicosia. www.nicosiachocolate.com

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Visitors tuck in as NSW food and wine provides huge boost to economy

NEW SOUTH WALES has shown it is a food-lover’s paradise: the results of the state government’s campaigns featuring food and wine have delivered an additional domestic and international visitor spend of more than A$20 million in the last 12 months.

Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres said: ‘NSW is enjoying somewhat of a food and wine tourism revolution with more visitors coming to our state to enjoy our award-winning beers, ciders, wineries, fresh produce, and world-class restaurants.

‘With the development and regeneration of urban areas, as well as a focus on local product, Sydney and NSW is experiencing a restaurant renaissance.’

Destination NSW chief executive officer Sandra Chipchase said the promotion of food and wine experiences had become an integral part of the agency’s marketing campaigns, with NSW boasting world-class dining experiences for visitors. ‘More than 36,000 agents globally took part in NSW food and wine training and more than 70 new food and wine packages were delivered to our priority international markets including Japan, China, South Korea, Singapore, New Zealand, USA, India, and the UK.’

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A drink – or two – at the harbour

BRISTOL’S Grape and Grain Festival (September 18-20) will give locals and visitors the opportunity to sample West-Country and international craft beers, ciders, wines, and food. 

Highlights of the harbourside festival include:

• Rick Stein's cookery school head chef, Mark Puckey, will be doing a demonstration and a fish-filleting masterclass on the Saturday afternoon 

• A Meet the Brewmaster session 

• A cocktail masterclass 

• Games and face painting for children 

Tickets are £5 per day, with children admitted free of charge.

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Top tucker Down Under

THE so-called godfather of modern cooking, Marco Pierre White, will be taking the helm alongside #RickStein at this year's Margaret River Gourmet Escape (November 20-22) a three-day #foodandwine festival, held by the white sand beaches of Western Australia's #MargaretRiver wine region.

The festival – sponsored by Audi – will have a full programme of events led by more than 40 of the world's top chefs and wine experts.

Marco says: ‘The Australian food scene fascinates me, so I am especially excited to return and be part of this extraordinary festival and explore the diversity of produce and wine from this beautiful region. Joining me is an impressive line-up of international talent who feel the same way.’ 

Festival tickets are on sale www.ticketek.com.au

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Bumper weekend of events set for Sydney

#SYDNEY is set for a bumper weekend of events in August when the #BledisloeCup clash, the #NetballWorldCup, and The Good Food and Wine Show take place (August 7-9) at the city’s Olympic Park. 

In the ultimate trans-Tasman battle, the Qantas Wallabies meet against arch rivals the New Zealand All Blacks at the ANZ Stadium on August 8 to try to win back the Bledisloe Cup after a 13-year drought.

The rivalry continues on August 9 when the Aussies and Kiwis battle it out at the Allphones Arena in the round robin stage of The Netball World Cup, which returns to Sydney for the first time in more than two decades.

Food and wine lovers can look in at the #GoodFoodandWine Show at the Sydney Showground (August 7-9), when local and international exhibitors show their wares.

Destination New South Wales chief executive Sandra Chipchase says: ‘Major sporting events and festivals continue to attract visitors to our state. There's no better way to spend a weekend than taking in a fixture and seeing what the city has to offer.’ 

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