After many successful years in the wine trade, involving countless tastings and dinners and, more importantly, a little more time to spare, we started taking our customers on wine holidays. Over the years we have heard many comments along the lines of: “you know all these winemakers, why can’t you take us to visit them so that we can get a real feel for the area and its wines?”. Well, we decided to do exactly that!

After tremendously successful trips to the Loire Valley, Champagne, Bordeaux, Alsace, Veneto and Rioja, we set up a separate company under the Grapes umbrella to specialise in purely wine holidays. The group size on each trip varies, and all have been great fun and very informative.

In May 2022 we had an excellent time in Tuscany, followed by a memorable trip to Oporto in October. In May 2023 we went to Burgundy, taking in Champagne and Chablis along the way, then in October we enjoyed Amboise in the lovely Loire Valley.

Spring 2024 saw a wonderful visit to Bra in Piedmont via Beaune. Lovely wines, super food from excellent restaurants and stays in a couple of lovely hotels…and that’s without all the fun and laughter! In Autumn 2024 we visited Cahors (via Amboise in the Loire Valley), staying in a fabulous chateau down there.

In May this year we went to the Rhone valley, via Champagne, and stayed midway between Hermitage and Chateauneuf du Pape, visiting several wineries (and restaurants) in this beautiful area.

From Monday October 6th to Friday October 10th inclusive we are going to Sancerre and its surrounding area via Champagne. We will visit a Champagne house before staying in the lovely hotel near Chalons that featured during our May trip (amazingly they have allowed us back) for one night. Thenwe will be off to another great hotel set in vineyards in the Sancerre area for three nights. As usual we will visit various top wineries in the area as well as enjoying some lovely lunches and/or dinners along the way. Final costs will be approximately £1500pp. I am finalising a few menus now, and a deposit of £500pp would be much appreciated to confirm your attendance. There will, unfortunately, be a small single supplement - ask me for details.

Please contact us if you would like further details on any of these visits, or if you are interested in us arranging a trip for your own group in the future.

Please see picture galleries below for a few pictures from Burgundy in May 2023 and Oporto in October 2022.