We've been inspiring readers with our wine travel ideas in print for nearly 50 years, and on decanter.com since it was launched 20+ years ago. So whether you're looking for last-minute inspiration, planning the trip of a lifetime or just dreaming, Decanter is here to help.
We ranked every travel feature on decanter.com according to popularity over the past year (the previous couple of years were rather atypical, for obvious reasons). For the sake of simplicity we've stuck to regional guides, rather than include city, restaurant and wine bar guides.
So here are the 50 best wine trip ideas, as ranked by you, our readers. We've picked an excerpt from each to give you a flavour, but you'll find the complete versions of all these articles on our specially created hub page: decanter.com/top-50-travel-2023
So keep your finger poised over your travel agent's book now' button, and enjoy our reader-curated choices.
50 The wineries of Kent
'Southeasternmost county Kent is often described as the Garden of England. Stretching from the Thames estuary to the English Channel, you'll find a verdant landscape of rolling hills, blossom-filled orchards and white-cowled oast houses. It gets more sunshine and higher temperatures than most of the UK, which explains why it's famous for fruit. In places, you would be forgiven for thinking you were in France's Champagne region - you don't have to divert far to find patches of vines shimmering in the breeze on southfacing chalky slopes. Output is growing, with warm summers spelling bumper crops, and demand high. Little wonder Kent winemakers - namely Biddenden, Chapel Down, Domaine Evremond, Gusbourne, Hush Heath, Simpsons, Squerryes and Westwell - have redubbed this the Wine Garden of England (winegardenofengland.co.uk).
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49 Lambrusco landscapes
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It's a vintage to bring cheer to Tuscany lovers' hearts, and the first of what is being billed as a strong run of three to come. The successful 2019 Brunello wines offer richness, balance and immediate appeal while also managing to avoid excess
