Slow Travel and Food and Travel Blog for Trips to Savor
Attending wine festivals and events is pure pleasure for wine lovers. You can experience this in wine regions in Europe, Australia or South Africa. That's why we asked travel bloggers from all over the world which wine events they have attended and what is special about them.
Langenlois proudly describes itself as the largest wine town in Austria. The Kamptal wine region, in which the Loisium Wine and Spa Resort is located, is well worth a visit. One thing applies to the region. Connoisseurs and wine lovers come here.
The Loisium Wine & Spa Resort in southern Styria rightly bears its name. "Lois" is short for Langenlois, the place where the first Loisium Resort was built. “Elysium” means paradise in Greek mythology. A good description for this hotel.
Newfoundland wine is nothing new, as the island may be the Vinland of the Vikings. One thing is certain, however. The Newfoundland winery certainly never had the rows of vines that we know from other parts of Canada. Instead, it's famous for the Newfoundland Blueberry Wine.
The first Vancouver Island Wine was grown by farmers in the fertile Cowichan Valley in the 1920s. The climate is favorable for viticulture. Almost 80 vineyards have grown from these beginnings. Wines from more than 40 wineries grow here.
Wine is known to be a very special juice. Wine has soul: it can be gentle and mild, it can be furious and strong, it can be lovely and sweet. Wine is a product of its environment and this is reflected in it. Experience a Burgenland holiday with wine.
In a region south of Montreal, the vineyards get bigger and bigger until the vines stretch to the horizon. We'll stop at a spot where the Best Quebec Wineries are concentrated in the Eastern Townships. Here you can find out what we discovered there.
The best cider on Vancouver Island comes from the Heritage apples that Sea Cider uses to make its wine. You can test this at a cider tasting at the Sea Cider Farm in Saanichton north of Victoria. Let yourself be surprised by the apple wines from Vancouver Island.
The place Ptuj in the north of Slovenia is not that small with its almost 24.000 inhabitants, its castle that towers over the Drava and its old town, in which a lot is reminiscent of the Austrian past of the city. Ptuj Slovenia is the oldest city in this country.
Absinthe is a drink with a story. It came into fashion in Switzerland at the end of the 19th century, but continued its success story almost immediately in France. It consists of herbs: including anise, fennel, lemon balm, hyssop and St. John's wort.
