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Regions, tasting rooms, and a route that fits in two days. Book ahead.
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Where to pour it.
- Vyne Partner1910 Restaurant & BarMain Street, Miami Lakes · Latin · Seafood · Steakhouse · $$$Latin fusion on Main Street. Charcoal-grilled steaks, wild seafood, and the grilled octopus people come for.
- Vyne PartnerCaminito WestonWeston Road, Weston · Argentine · Grill · $$An Argentine grill on Weston Road, styled after La Boca. Empanadas, entraña, and the parrilla.
Featured rooms
1 room
28 regions · 28 in the book
United States
Napa Valley
NAP-uh
Cabernet country with a tasting-room industry. Book the serious rooms. Spit. Hire a driver.
8 rooms · 1 day, with a driver
Argentina
Mendoza
men-DOH-sah
Malbec under snow peaks. Luján de Cuyo for the classic; Uco Valley if you want altitude and a longer drive.
6 rooms · 2 days
France
Bordeaux
bor-DOH
Left Bank Cabernet, Right Bank Merlot, and tasting rooms that are not California. You write ahead. You do not drop in on Lafite.
8 rooms · 2 days
Italy
Tuscany
tos-KAH-nah
Sangiovese, cypress, and estates that know how to host a lunch. Chianti Classico is the easy week. Montalcino is the detour.
7 rooms · 3 days
Spain
Rioja
ree-OH-hah
Tempranillo, American oak, and bodegas that range from a town cellar to a titanium hotel.
7 rooms · 2 days
France
Burgundy
boor-GOAN-yuh
Pinot and Chardonnay in villages you can walk. Tasting is not a business the way Napa is. You get in because someone said yes.
7 rooms · 2 days
Italy
Piedmont
pyeh-MON-teh
Nebbiolo, fog, and hill towns. Barolo and Barbaresco are close on a map and a day apart in a car.
8 rooms · 2–3 days
France
Champagne
shahm-PAH-nyuh
Reims and Épernay. The big houses are museums with a pour. Growers are the reason to hire a car.
8 rooms · 2 days
Portugal
Douro
DOH-roo
Port lodges in Vila Nova de Gaia, then the river itself. Table wine up-valley is the modern story.
6 rooms · 2–3 days
United States
Willamette Valley
wil-LAM-it
Pinot without Napa theater. Dundee Hills and Eola-Amity. Rooms are smaller. Mud is real.
7 rooms · 2 days
United States
Texas Hill Country
Texas Hill Country
Fredericksburg is the main street. Limestone, live oak, and tasting rooms that pour more than one country.
4 rooms · Half a day
United States
Sonoma
suh-NO-muh
A county, not a postcard. Valley floor, Russian River, and Carneros bubbles. Book the good rooms. Don't drive the tasting.
5 rooms · 1 day
United States
Paso Robles
Paso Robles
Warm reds, west-side hills, and tasting rooms that still take a walk-in. The heat is the fact.
5 rooms · 1 day
United States
Finger Lakes
FING-ger layks
Riesling country with a lake on one side. Seneca and Keuka. Cool nights, serious whites.
5 rooms · 1 day
Australia
Barossa Valley
bah-ROSS-ah
Old Shiraz vines, German settler towns, and cellar doors that still pour a taste. Eden Valley is the cooler rim.
5 rooms · 2 days
South Africa
Cape Winelands
STEL-en-bosh
Stellenbosch, Paarl, Constantia, and the Hemel-en-Aarde ridge. Mountains, then the cold coast.
5 rooms · 1–2 days
Austria
Wachau
VAH-kow
Steep terraces, Grüner Veltliner, and Riesling. The river is the road.
5 rooms · 1–2 days
France
Alsace
al-SASS
A single hillside of villages. Riesling, Pinot Gris, Gewürztraminer. The labels say the grape.
5 rooms · 2 days
Spain
Priorat
pree-oh-RAHT
Slate hills, old Garnacha and Cariñena, and villages that are not a wine theme park.
5 rooms · 1–2 days
Italy
Etna
ET-nah
Volcanic terraces on the north slope. Nerello Mascalese, and whites from Carricante.
5 rooms · 1 day
Germany
Mosel
MOH-zul
Steep slate, Riesling, and villages you reach on a river road. Sweet and dry both live here.
4 rooms · 1–2 days
Italy
Lake Bolsena
Lake Bolsena
A volcanic lake north of Rome. Organic vines, Aleatico, and a view of Isola Bisentina.
1 rooms · Half a day
United States
The Redland
The Redland
Avocado country south of Miami. The southernmost winery in the continental United States, and it is not made from grapes.
1 rooms · Half a day
United States
Clermont
Clermont
Florida's vineyard. Muscadine on rolling hills, an hour west of Orlando.
1 rooms · Half a day
United States
St. Augustine
St. Augustine
A tasting room in Henry Flagler's old railway building. The Muscadine is trucked in from the family vineyard in Clermont.
1 rooms · An hour, inside a longer day
United States
Plant City
Plant City
Strawberry country east of Tampa. A farm winery pouring blueberry and other local fruit.
1 rooms · Half a day
Chile
Colchagua
Colchagua
A warm valley south of Santiago. Carménère, Cabernet, and one estate in Lolol that books the visit.
1 rooms · A day
Georgia
Kakheti
Kakheti
Georgia’s main wine valley, east of Tbilisi. Saperavi, amber Mtsvane, and one estate in Vazisubani that books the visit.
1 rooms · A day
Rooms worth the trip
7 rooms
Rioja
López de Heredia
Haro
BookLO-peth deh eh-REH-dyah
Viña Tondonia. Cubillo. The last of the cobweb cellars that isn't a museum bit.
Bordeaux
Château Haut-Brion
Pessac
Bookoh bree-OHN
First Growth inside the city sprawl. Harder to visit than the postcard suggests.
Champagne
Jacques Selosse
Avize
Bookseh-LOSS
The grower people fly for. Almost impossible to visit. Drink it in Reims if the door is shut.
Piedmont
Gaja
Barbaresco
BookGUY-ah
The name everyone asks for. Hard to visit. Worth the try; don't build the trip on a yes.
Champagne
Taittinger
Reims
Booktay-tan-ZHEH
Roman crayères under the city. One of the houses that still feels like a cellar.
Douro
Niepoort
Vila Nova de Gaia / Vale de Mendiz
BookNEE-port
The house that made people take Douro table wine seriously.
Tuscany
Biondi-Santi
Montalcino
BookBYON-dee SAHN-tee
The estate that named Brunello. Not a selfie stop.
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