Wine making courses, holidays and vacations

wine making courses & breaks

Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours
based: Hampshire, UK
website: www.winetours.co.uk
Leading wine tours specialists offering expert led wine tours (with Steven Spurrier, Andrew Jefford and selected MW's) to 21 countries worldwide, including Bordeaux, Burgundy, Tuscany, Rioja, South Africa and Chile. Tours include wine cruises, vineyard walks in Burgundy, Rhone, Rioja and Piemonte and opera holidays to Italy, Austria and France (escorted and unescorted).
| wine tours | wine appreciation/tasting | gastronomic | sailing (large boat/sail ship) | escorted tours | ballet/opera | city breaks | walking/trekking/hiking | grape picking/harvest | wine making | theme cruises | Worldwide |

GoLearnTo.com
based: London, UK
website: www.golearnto.com/cooking-holidays-and-wine-courses
Indulge your passions for food and wine – Go Learn To cook in stunning locations, visit local markets, try a specialist wine tasting course or have a go at wine making. GoLearnTo.com also offer specialist courses making chocolate, pizza, pasta, tapas, cheese, or in patisserie making and more.
| cookery | chocolate | wine appreciation/tasting | wine making | olive picking/harvest | Western Europe |

Sonoma County Grape Camp
based: California, USA
website: www.sonomagrapecamp.com
Three-day Grape Camp vacation which offers hands-on experience of grape picking and winemaking instruction in the blending of wine during the fall grape harvest season in Sonoma County, California, where participants stay at the luxurious Kenwood Inn and Spa. An event sponsored by the Sonoma County Winegrape Commission.
| grape picking/harvest | wine making | USA |

Three Choirs Vineyards
based: Gloucestershire, England, UK
website: three-choirs-vineyards.co.uk
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. They offer wine tastings, walks around the estate and much more.
| gastronomic | wine appreciation/tasting | wine making | beer/pub tours | cookery | weddings/honeymoons | weekends/short breaks | England |

Australian Winemakers Centre
based: Melbourne, Australia
website: www.australianwinemakers.com.au
The Australian Winemakers Centre offers a range of winemaking short courses.
| wine making | Australia |

Domaine Thomson Winemaking Holidays
based: Ariege, France
website: www.domainethomson.co.uk/Holidays/WineMaking/
Course includes vineyard tours, vine work, explanation of winemaking procedures, followed by a tasting session.
| wine making | France |

Earthwalk Northwest
based: Washington, USA
website: www.earthwalknorthwest.com
Programs focusing on primitive living and earth awareness including such skills as bow, and arrow making, cheese making, wine making, fire by friction, herbal soap making, animal tracking, traditional tanning and wilderness survival techniques.
| country crafts | wine making | herbalism | survival courses | soap making | USA |

McLaughlin Vineyards
based: Connecticut, USA
website: www.mclaughlinvineyards.com
Hands-on wine education classes and winemaking workshop, work in the vineyard and winery and learn how to analyze the sugar content of grapes, how to choose the right yeast etc.
| wine making | USA |

Long Island Wine Country B&B Group
based: New York, USA
website: www.longislandwinecountrybandb.com
A 4 day winemakers wine camp that includes a host of wine making and tasting, tours and experiences.
| wine making | USA |

Taste & Explore
based: Worcestershire, UK
website: www.tasteandexplore.com
Courses and weekends in cider making, perry making and country wine production.
| cider tours/making | wine making | England |

Vine Adventure
based: Loire Valley, France
website: www.vineadventure.com
Wine tasting holidays with vineyard rambles based in the Saumur appellation.
| wine tours | wine appreciation/tasting | wine making | France |

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Travel-quest's wine making courses & holidays section lists residential multi-day courses, holidays, weekends and short breaks where the primary focus is on viticulture and the making of wine. The emphasis should be firmly on the making – learning hands-on how to produce it at home, or about how it's done on a commercial scale. Courses will mainly be for home wine makers or hobbyists. Many will provide practical hand-on wine making experience and may include subjects such as; grape selection, pressing the fruit, the addition of sugar and yeast to the must, fermentation, siphoning, storage and bottling. Additional areas may include: the making of fruit wines (using fruits other than grapes), wine makers recipes, country wine making, and the use of winemaking kits. These holidays, breaks and courses may take place in a vineyard or winery, but often they will be held in a location not directly related to the production of wine such as a hotel conference facility, an activity centre or classroom setting.