Italy · 6 days · 6–10 people
Piedmont: Barolo, Barbaresco and the Langhe table
Six days from Turin with sommelier Dante Minutello: a small-group wine tour of Barolo and Barbaresco in Piedmont, Italy, with five estates and white truffles.
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Traditional
Tours
Georgia · 6 days · 6–10 people
Western Georgia: Imereti, Racha and the other qvevri
Six-day wine tour, Kutaisi to Tbilisi, with sommelier Dante Minutello: garden qvevri in Imereti, Khvanchkara cellars in Racha and the western Georgian table.
ArmeniaGeorgia · 11 days · 6–10 people
Armenia and Georgia: two cradles of wine in eleven days
Eleven-day wine tour from Yerevan to Tbilisi with sommelier Dante Minutello: karas and qvevri cellars, Areni Noir and Saperavi, tables in Armenia and Georgia.
Armenia · 7 days · 6–10 people
Armenia: Areni, karas and the canyons of Vayots Dzor
Seven days from Yerevan with sommelier Dante Minutello: a small-group wine tour of Armenia's Vayots Dzor, karas cellars, the Areni-1 cave and family tables.
Winemaker stories
Italy · Piedmont Traditional
Luca Roagna and the slow cellar of Barbaresco
Roagna in Barbaresco, Piedmont, Italy: Nebbiolo macerated 60 to 70 days under a submerged cap, five years in old botti, and a winemaker who never hurries.
Armenia · Vayots Dzor Traditional
Armen Khalatyan and the old bridge over the Arpa
Old Bridge Winery, Yeghegnadzor, Vayots Dzor, Armenia: a family winemaker since 1998, five hectares of Areni Noir and Voskehat, and a 13th-century bridge.
Armenia · Vayots Dzor OrganicTraditional
Hovakim Saghatelyan and the organic vines of Aghavnadzor
Trinity Canyon Vineyards, Vayots Dzor, Armenia: organic Areni Noir at 1,300 metres, karas in the cellar, and a harvest afternoon on my Armenia wine tour.
Armenia · Vayots Dzor Traditional
Zorik Gharibian and the buried karas of Rind
Zorah Wines in Rind, Vayots Dzor, Armenia: Areni Noir aged in buried clay karas at 1,400 metres, and a winemaker who came back from Milan to make it.
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