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 Active Gourmet Holidays
based: Connecticut, USA
website: www.activegourmetholidays.com
Culinary vacations in Italy, France and Spain that include three or four star accommodation, cooking lessons with local chefs, vineyard visits with wine tastings and wine education, visits to markets and local food producers, gourmet meals. Holidays can be paired with walking, hiking, biking, yoga, painting, language lessons and more.
| cookery | gastronomic | wine appreciation / tasting | walking / trekking / hiking | cycle touring | painting / drawing | yoga | garden tours | Italy | France | Spain | Western Europe |

Agriturismo Cascina Papaveri
based: Piemonte, Italy
website: www.cascinapapaveri.com
Double activity programme with cookery and Pilates courses hosted by Master Italian Chef Pietro Baldi and highly qualified Pilates teachers. Located in stunning hill top setting in Piedmont Italy, the premier wine and food region. Accommodation in 5 luxuriously appointed en suite bedrooms. The perfect vacation for body and soul.
| pilates | cookery | gastronomic breaks | wine appreciation / tasting | massage | relaxation | Italy |

Agriturismo Villa La Rogaia
based: Umbria, Italy
website: www.rogaia.com
Offering a wide range of creative classes including cookery, wine tasting, dancing, painting, sculpting, writing, guided walking, herbal tours and olive picking. Classes take place at Villa La Rogaia, an outstanding wheelchair friendly country house in Umbria with pool. They serve delicious food with products from their organic farm.
| dancing (mixed styles) | salsa | cookery | painting / drawing | sculpture / carving | wine appreciation / tasting | Italian language | writing | herbalism | for people with a disability | Italy |

 Altyerre
based: London, UK
website: www.altyerre.com
Altyerre short breaks are all about 'learning something new'. They work hands-on with top experts and provide access to unique environments. Their in-depth approach and different ideas mean that their experiences are enduringly memorable and deliver a real sense of achievement and enjoyment.
| weekends / short breaks | cookery | gastronomic | wine appreciation / tasting | wine making | survival courses | freshwater fishing / angling | shooting | team building / management courses | UK |

 Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours
based: Hampshire, UK
website: www.arblasterandclarke.com
From Champagne weekends to deluxe Bordeaux tours at top chateaux, vineyard walking holidays to wine tours in the New World. Arblaster & Clarke has 20 years experience of arranging wine tours around the world. Other cultural holidays include opera in Italy, gourmet tours and wine cruises. Private tours also arranged.
| wine tours | wine appreciation / tasting | gastronomic | opera | theme cruises | walking luggage transported | weekends / short breaks | coach holidays | Worldwide |

Balearic Discovery
based: Mallorca, Spain
website: www.balearicdiscovery.com/balearic_breaks/cookery_weekends.htm
Mallorca based cookery breaks using local ingredients to create modern Mediterranean dishes. Including a chef's guide to market shopping, a private vineyard tour and tasting, a trip to an olive oil press, table design demonstration and three practical lessons – this is a fabulous way to immerse yourself in Mediterranean food.
| cookery | gastronomic | wine appreciation/tasting | wine tours | team building/management courses | tailor made | Spain |

 Burgundy On A Plate
based: Cote d'Or, France
website: www.burgundyonaplate.com
Private wine and gastronomy guided tours with the Burgundy specialists, offering vineyard tours and tastings, gourmet dining, historic châteaux, medieval Burgundy tour ‚ stunning scenery, cooking courses, wine and cheese tasting, golf and gastronomy and a top of the range new wine tour. Unique tours with a difference, scheduled or customised.
| gastronomic | wine tours | wine appreciation / tasting | small group motor tours | Christmas and New Year | tailor made | weekends / short breaks | France |

Château Lavergne – Cavinter Sarl
based: Aquitaine, France
website: www.chateau-lavergne.com
Hands-on cooking lessons, wine tastings, a full-day wine education, a wine and culinary tour with accommodation in a gorgeous Second Empire dwelling 10 minutes from Bordeaux city centre. Discover family recipes of South-West French cuisine. Offering business incentives and visit to local markets.
| cookery | gastronomic | wine appreciation/tasting | wine tours | weekends/short breaks | tailor made | France |

 Ciao Laura, LLC
based: Tennessee, USA
website: www.ciaolaura.com
Culinary vacations in Italy. Offerings include one day or multi-day cooking packages. Excursions to wineries, visits to markets and local food producers, gourmet meals and historical landmarks vary by package. Italian lessons also available. Packaged accommodations range from bed and breakfast facilities, villas to four and five star hotels.
| cookery | gastronomic | wine appreciation / tasting | Italian Language | Italy |

 Cowboy Hideaway
based: California, USA
website: www.cowboyhideaway.com
Discover California's wine country while enjoying private tours and tastings of award winning wines. Ride a rare gaited Rocky Mountain horse along rugged beaches, ancient redwood groves and tour Seabiscuit's home and return to the luxury of Cowboy Hideaway Ranch to savor exceptional regional cuisine.
| horse trail riding | horse/pony trekking | wine appreciation/tasting | wine tours | USA |

French House Experience (The)
based: Worcestershire, UK
website: frenchhouseparty.co.uk
Activity, arts or fitness breaks in top-class accommodation near Carcassonne. The accommodation is ensuite, with pool, tennis and boules. The tutored arts courses are for up to 10 people and are in ceramics, painting, books, writing, drama and photography. Visitors will also sample wine-tasting and enjoy fabulous French cuisine.
| literary appreciation | theatre / shows | painting / drawing | pottery / ceramics | photographic | golf breaks | keep-fit / gym / fitness breaks | wine appreciation / tasting | writing | France |

Good Tastes of Tuscany
based: Tuscany, Italy
website: www.tuscany-cooking-class.com
Hands-on daily and weekly cooking classes with English-speaking Tuscan chefs in Florence. Undertake a wine tasting or excursion, learning about famous Tuscan wines and exploring traditional and modern cellars in Chianti, Tuscany Italy. Explore the Tuscan countryside on private excursions.
| cookery | gastronomic | wine tours | wine appreciation/tasting | ballooning | historical tours | Italy |

 Grand Tourist
based: Cheshire, UK
website: www.grand-tourist.com
Re-discover the art of travel, historic palaces, gorgeous country houses, gastronomic dining, wine tasting and luxury. Travel to the French Riviera, Venice, Florence or the Italian Countryside. Drive a convertible, go hot air ballooning or enjoy a camel safari in the desert of Jordan! Make your holiday dream come true.
| tailor made | gastronomic | wine appreciation/tasting | wine tours | luxury/classic cars | ballooning | italian language | Italy | France | Spain | Jordan | Western Europe |

Hidden Gardens Hidden France
based: Languedoc, France
website: www.hiddengardensfrance.com
Small group garden tours designed to enable you to discover the secret gardens and wild countryside of this magical corner of France, accompanied by a locally based horticulturist. Enjoy staying in a boutique hotel at a wine domaine, dipping into the history and culture of the Languedoc and tasting its award winning wines.
| garden tours | gardening | botanical | wine appreciation/tasting | history | France |

 High Point Holidays
based: Dorset, UK
website: www.highpointholidays.co.uk
Specialising in activity breaks in France, High Point Holidays is your ticket to discovering special, hidden places whilst indulging in the French way of life. Offering guided and independent walking, cycling, golf, city and event breaks. Unique guided walks in small groups that let you enjoy more of each fascinating region.
| walking/trekking/hiking | unguided walking | luggage transported | cycle touring | mountain biking | golf breaks | wine appreciation/tasting | city breaks | tailor made | France |

 KeyCamp Holidays
based: UK
website: KeyCamp Holidays
KeyCamp holidays are ideal for all ages – from families, with a range of children's clubs for tots to teens – or couples seeking an activity holiday, with activities from horse riding to cycling and sailing to scuba diving on offer. Holidays are available in France, Italy, Holland, Spain, Austria, Luxembourg and Switzerland. In selected sites in renowned wine growing regions KeyCamp Wine Tasting notes are available to plan visits to local vineyards and cellars.
| family / child friendly | single parent families | theme park | windsurfing | sailing (small boat / yacht) | diving / snorkelling | canoeing / kayaking | horse / pony trekking | football / soccer | wine appreciation / tasting | battlefield tours / war graves tours | Europe |

 La Platriere
based: Auvergne, France
website: www.laplatriere.co.uk
Holidays with a difference! Affordable French cooking courses with excursions to rural French cheese farm; livestock markets and vineyard. Hands-on learning from French chef (English translation.) Wine tours and wine courses visiting well-known vineyards during summer and autumn. Or be pampered on Christmas and New Year getaways.
| cookery | gastronomic | wine appreciation/tasting | wine tours | retreats | self development | Christmas and New Year | France |

La Torretta
based: Rieti, Italy
website: www.latorrettabandb.com
Superb accommodation in a 15th century palazzo in Casperia, a medieval hilltown in the Sabine Hills, north of Rome. The beautifully furnished rooms have stunning views. Breakfast is served on a panoramic terrace and features delicious local produce. Activities include, walking, climbing, cooking, wine tasting and tours of cities like Rome, Orvieto and Viterbo.
| walking / trekking / hiking | climbing / scrambling | cookery | wine appreciation / tasting | historical tours | weddings / honeymoons | Italy |

 London Wine Academy
based: London, UK
website: London Wine Academy
The London Wine Academy offers wine courses and wine tastings for everyone from the absolute beginner learning purely for pleasure, to those with a more serious perhaps career-based interest. They cover everything from a general introduction to wine tasting, wine and food matching, to in detail vertical tastings for specific regions or varieties.
| wine appreciation / tasting | UK |

Motus in Sardinia
based: Sardinia, Italy
website: www.motus.sardinia.it
A Sardinia known by few, tours and sojourns designed around traveller's wishes. Travel ideas also suitable for off-site company events. Genuine cuisine, charming hotels, history, traditions, art and painting. High-quality trips in a marvellous landscape, in a land of a unique culture in the Mediterranean – Sardinia.
| sailing (large boat / sail ship) | cookery | gastronomic | wine appreciation / tasting | country crafts | painting / drawing | festivals / carnivals | historical tours | tailor made | ethical / ecotourism | Sardinia |

Singles in Crete
based: Crete, Greece
website: www.singlesincrete.com
Sociable holidays to Crete for the independent single traveller. Discover the real Crete tourists never see. Small, family owned Mistral hotel exclusively for singles. Exclusive personal tours, wine tasting, Cretan cookery courses, walking holidays, Easter breaks. Good food nice company and excellent atmosphere. No single supplement.
| singles holidays | wine appreciation / tasting | cookery | folk / regional dance | riding | walking / trekking / hiking | aromatherapy | massage | beauty therapies | Greece | Czech Republic |

 Three Choirs Vineyards
based: Gloucestershire, England, UK
website: www.threechoirs.com
Three Choirs Vineyards Estate is England's leading wine producer, the hotel is set in 100 acres of vineyards and is a wonderful place to relax and enjoy fine wines from around the world and superb english cooking. We offer wine tastings, walks around the estate and much more.
| gastronomic | wine appreciation / tasting | wine tours | wine making | cookery | weddings / honeymoons | weekends / short breaks | family / child friendly | beer / pub tours | England | UK |

University of Tourisme & Wine – University of Perpignan SAICSIC
based: Languedoc-Roussillon, France
website: www.univ-perp.fr/fr/entreprises2...
Summer course in Perpignan, providing advanced knowledge in all aspects of modern winemaking through the example of the Languedoc Roussillon vineyards, exploration of the famous French wine growing regions, winemaking, tasting methods, and the language of wine. University campus accommodation and meals provided. (Details in English available from the weblink above.)
| wine appreciation / tasting | wine making | wine tours | France |

Villa and Culinary School
based: Provence, France
website: www.villaandculinaryschool.com
Where gastronomy meets with fun and luxury, hands-on culinary courses with a team of dedicated and passionate chefs. Improve your culinary skills with the youngest star-rated chef in France and visit some of the best wineries in Provence, while staying in one of the most exclusive properties in Cannes.
| gastronomic | cookery | wine tours | wine appreciation / tasting | weekends / short breaks | France |

 Vintage Wine Tours
based: Bedfordshire, UK
website: www.vintage-winetours.co.uk
Fully escorted winetasting holidays to France from the UK. Tours are inclusive of travel, quality accommodation, gastronomic lunches, vineyard entry and tutored wine tastings. Cultural but fun holidays suitable for couples, groups or singles. You need not be an expert, just have an interest in wine, good food and good company!
| wine tours | wine appreciation / tasting | France |

 Warner Breaks Featured Site
based: Hertfordshire, UK
website: Warner Truly Scrumptious Experiences
Warner's Truly Scrumptious Experiences offer range of food and drink related breaks that includes Wine Tasting; this will include a vineyard tour, a wine education presentation and wine tasting guided by an expert sommelier. Learn about wines, taste them, begin understand your reactions to different tastes and about which wines best compliment different foods.
| cookery | gastronomic | chocolate | wine appreciation / tasting | beer / pub tours | England | Wales | UK |

 Watts Cooking in Italy?
based: Apulia, Italy
website: www.watts-cooking.co.uk
Learn Italian home cooking and traditional southern dishes from Italian housewives, who will share local recipes handed down through generations. Experience the authentic Italian way of life, wander through olive groves, and taste the olive oil and fabulous wines of Salento. Discover Puglia where the sun is warm all year round.
| cookery | gastronomic | wine appreciation / tasting | wine tours | weekends / short breaks | Italy |

Baronnie de Bourgade
based: Languedoc, France
website: www.winetour-france.com
Tours and holidays with the focus on the wine, wineries and vineyards of Languedoc.
| wine tours | wine appreciation / tasting | wine making | France |

Fine Wine Tours
based: North Island, New Zealand
website: www.insidertouring.co.nz
Year round exclusive wine tour packages around Auckland, New Zealand, hosted by wine writer Phil Parker.
| wine appreciation / tasting | wine tours | New Zealand |

Sapori e Saperi
based: Lucca, Italy
website: www.sapori-e-saperi.com
Hands-on holidays for food lovers, passionate about good food and drink.
| gastronomic | cookery | wine appreciation / tasting | Italy |

 The Chain Gang Cycle Tours
based: London, UK
website: www.thechaingang.co.uk
Cycle tours around 'the most beautiful and interesting parts of France'.
| cycle touring | mountain biking | wine appreciation / tasting | wine tours | France |

Vinetours
based: Bouches du Rhone, France
website: www.vinetours.co.uk
Informal and relaxed wine tasting tours and holidays in the Cotes du Rhones area.
| wine tours | wine appreciation / tasting | France |

Vinetude
based: Herault, France
website:www.vinetude.com
Wine tasting tours and residential wine courses in the South of France.
| wine tours | wine appreciation / tasting | France |

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