We've been inspiring readers with our wine travel ideas in print for nearly 50 years, and on decanter.com since it was launched 20+ years ago. So whether you're looking for last-minute inspiration, planning the trip of a lifetime or just dreaming, Decanter is here to help.
We ranked every travel feature on decanter.com according to popularity over the past year (the previous couple of years were rather atypical, for obvious reasons). For the sake of simplicity we've stuck to regional guides, rather than include city, restaurant and wine bar guides.
So here are the 50 best wine trip ideas, as ranked by you, our readers. We've picked an excerpt from each to give you a flavour, but you'll find the complete versions of all these articles on our specially created hub page: decanter.com/top-50-travel-2023
So keep your finger poised over your travel agent's book now' button, and enjoy our reader-curated choices.
50 The wineries of Kent
'Southeasternmost county Kent is often described as the Garden of England. Stretching from the Thames estuary to the English Channel, you'll find a verdant landscape of rolling hills, blossom-filled orchards and white-cowled oast houses. It gets more sunshine and higher temperatures than most of the UK, which explains why it's famous for fruit. In places, you would be forgiven for thinking you were in France's Champagne region - you don't have to divert far to find patches of vines shimmering in the breeze on southfacing chalky slopes. Output is growing, with warm summers spelling bumper crops, and demand high. Little wonder Kent winemakers - namely Biddenden, Chapel Down, Domaine Evremond, Gusbourne, Hush Heath, Simpsons, Squerryes and Westwell - have redubbed this the Wine Garden of England (winegardenofengland.co.uk).
Fiona Sims
49 Lambrusco landscapes
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Pepe Raventós
A single-minded commitment to sustainability and terroir, combined with business acumen and first-class communication skills, have made his one the most interesting (and divisive) names in Spanish wine. In the end, though, all he wants is for the land to speak through his wines
DO TORO - Tasting a land and its history
In Spain's Castilla y León, DO Toro still offers the serious, powerful Tinta de Toro that established its reputation - as well as elegant, refined expressions and even organic white wines
SPANISH ICONS
For decades, there were just a few wines regarded as Spain's most revered. Recently, these have been joined by a growing cast of modern-day powerhouses that have risen rapidly to win the hearts of critics and collectors alike. Read on to discover the 10 Spanish wines you should try before you die
Wine myths debunked
Accepted wisdom isn't always especially wise. Here are four examples from the world of wine
HUGH JOHNSON - 'I've often tried offering a little First Steps in Tasting'
There are a few bottles in my gradually dwindling cellar here that have question marks over them.
THE CAMINO - A food & wine guide
Quite possibly the world's most popular Christian pilgrimage route, the Camino de Santiago conveniently passes through some of northern Spain's best wine- and food-producing regions
Pink gins for Valentine's Day
Turn on the romance with a pre-dinner cocktail concocted from one of these rosy spirits
PUTTING DOWN ROOTS
Why a range of Italian grape varieties are flourishing in Australia's soils, and what the future holds for them
Rhône 2023
In a year that was respectively 'challenging' and 'troublesome' in south and north, it will be vital to follow expert advice when it comes to finding the wines that you'll enjoy. The effects of some extreme swings in the weather were quite localised, however, so there are plenty of good wines to be found. Our Rhône expert Contributing Editor tasted 1,250 wines in all - here's a selection of 45 of his top picks
Plaimont
Preserving the wisdom of the past - to shape the wines of the future
