The Okanagan Vally in British Columbia is a fantastic place to enjoy some fun-in-the-sun in Western Canada. This arid valley is filled with picturesque lakes, beaches, mountains, bike trails and endless sunshine, and is famous as one of Canada’s top wine producing area with over 200 wineries. Penticton itself is a small town of around …
Prior to travelling to the Maritime provinces of Canada, I had no idea that there was a wine producing area there. The Canadian Okanagan and Niagara wine regions are well known and I assumed where the only major grape-growing areas in Canada. While researching things to do in Nova Scotia, however, I learned of the …
Argentina is a wine lover’s paradise filled with varied, sweeping landscapes and nearly year-long sunshine in some regions. Some of the most premium wines are produced in the western Mendoza/San Juan wine region in central Argentina, and in the northern Salta/Cafayate province. These areas have large and small-scale Bodega’s (vineyards) offering wine tastings, wine tours, …
Budapest is an amazing city but a week was a tad long for me and I really wanted to get out of the city and explore the beautiful and peaceful countryside. A day trip to Egar, the wine capital of Hungary, was just what I needed. The train is a cheap and easy method but …
With world-class vineyards, rafting, hiking, horseback riding, rock climbing and great nightlife, Mendoza is enough to keep a traveller busy for days. It was by far my favourite Argentinian city and one I would love to return to. Mendoza is located in the centre of Argentina, in an arid, mountainous region, famous for wine production. …
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