Europe

A cuisine is a style of cooking characterised by distinctive ingredients, techniques and dishes, and usually associated with a specific culture or geographic region. Regional food preparation traditions, customs and ingredients often combine to create dishes unique to a particular region as per Wikipedia.

This exploring a region or experiencing a culture also includes sampling its cuisine and understanding its background and enjoying its flavours.

On many of our trips we seek to offer cooking classes or culinary interactions to explore a destination in all in elements.

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Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. Tourism may be international, or within the traveller’s country. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go “beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only”, as people “traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes”.

Tourism can be domestic or international, and international tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country’s balance of payments. Today, tourism is a major source of income for many countries, and affects the economy of both the source and host countries, in some cases being of vital importance.

“Nothing makes the future look so rosy as to contemplate it through a glass of Chambertin.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte

Wine lovers are venturing far and wide to explore the world of wine, venturing not just to France for Bordeaux but to far-flung locations in Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, and even South Africa.

Wine tasting and vineyard visitation elevates our knowledge of the region, its agricultural interests and its people.

For Eg. in the USA, the four predominant RED wines you’ll encounter are Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Merlot, and Zinfandel. In Italy, however, you’ll come across Sangiovese, Nebbiolo, Barbera, and Montepulciano.

Most associate France with wine but Wine Production May Have Started In Armenia.

Women are more inclined to the effects of wine than men. This is partly because they have less enzymes in the stomach lining that is needed to break down alcohol simply.

The oldest known wine cellar is on the Titanic. When divers went down to the wreckage, surprisingly most of the bottles were still in tact.

“Drinking to one’s health” came from ancient Greece. The host of dinner would take the first sip to assurre his guests the wine was not poisoned.

California is the fourth largest producer of wine in the world. The other three are France, Spain, and Italy.

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