Culinary and Wine Tours Around the World: Learn to Cook and Taste Great Wines on Vacation!

By Melissa Santley

If your tastes are a little bit more refined and want to indulge in the cultural cuisine of far off places, start by taking one of the GoNOMAD NETWORK MEMBERS tours listed below. Luxury, class and pampering are a specialty for most of these tours. Don't dare worry about a single thing, just sit back relax and let your taste buds take on all the excitement.

Avid to amateur wine enthusiasts are able to visit wineries from South Africa to Thailand to Spain. Cook like the Italians in private kitchens all over Italy. Leave your recipe book at home, and mix your own ingredients for one delicious and hedonistic adventure. Let the cooking and tasting begin!

Cape Wineland Tours
6535 Copa Court
Falls Church, Virginia 22044 United States
Phone: 888-868-7706 Fax: 703-658-8635
info@capewinetours.com capewinetours.com

Cape Wineland Tours is the only U.S.-based operator specializing in tours to South African Wine country. We offer a unique selection of programs for both the casual and avid wine enthusiast and are happy to craft independent itineraries for groups of two or more.
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Heritage Tours
121 West 27th St.
Suite 1201
New York, NY 10001 United States
Phone: 800-378-4555 Fax: 212-206-9101
info@heritagetoursONLINE.com heritagetoursONLINE.com

Custom-designed private tours to South Africa, Morocco, Spain and Turkey. Expert, private guides, itineraries tailored to your interests. Honeymoon, Jewish heritage, food/wine and soft adventure specialists. Recommended by Travel+Leisure.
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Immersia
P.O. Box 2218
Middleburg, VA 20118 United States
Phone: 800-207-5454, 540-687-8555 Fax: 540-687-6013
adventure@immersiatravel.com immersiatravel.com

Immersia offers anthropologically-influenced excursions with an emphasis on cultural interaction. Moderate and Vigorous trips offer some overnights in indigenous villages, and Easy trips explore cultures through their cuisine with luxury accommodations in boutique hotels. Tours in select destinations including Greece, Turkey, France, Italy, Nepal, India, Thailand, Sulawesi, Bali, New Guinea, Japan, Mexico, Brazil, and Kenya.
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Myths and Mountains
976 Tee Court
Incline Village, Nevada 89451 United States
Phone: 800-670-6984 Fax: 775-832-4454
travel@mythsandmountains.com mythsandmountains.com

Myths and Mountains is considered the pioneer in educational travel in South America, Asia, and Southeast Asia. Trip themes focus on a country's cultures and crafts, religions and holy sites, folk medicine and traditional healing, wildlife and the environment. Small groups, custom trips, and non-profit organizations. Established 1988.
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Tailored Travel New Zealand Custom Tours
Thorpe
RD 2 Wakefield
Nelson, 7181 New Zealand
Phone: +64-3-543-3825 Fax: +64-3-543-3640
robert@customtours.co.nz customtours.co.nz

Know the Country rather than just see it! You will experience delightful New Zealand with your private customized tour. We ensure personal attention to details for your experience; in design and on tour. Professionally guided for the discerning traveler, only two to four guests per tour.
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France...Off the Beaten Path
7 Rue Surcouf
Gouesnou, Finistere 29850 France
Phone: US toll free 877-846-2831 Fax: 603-853-7266
reservations@traveloffthebeatenpath.com traveloffthebeatenpath.com

French-American owned company with 15 years experience specializing in small group walking, active cultural and specialty tours to Provence, Loire Valley, Dordogne, Bordeaux, Alsace, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Paris and Southwest France. Itineraries meet the interests of active travelers seeking a culturally enriching, interactive and personalized vacation. Intimately experience French culture, with opportunities to walk and ride through picturesque countryside, dine with local residents, meet village merchants, and wine taste "en famille."
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Women Travelling
49bis rue Francois Lettre
Gouesnou, Finistere 29850 France
Phone: US toll free 877-846-2831 Fax: 603-853-7266
reservations@womentravelling.com womentravelling.com

French-American owned company with 15 years experience specializing in small group, walking, active cultural and specialty tours to Provence, Loire Valley, Dordogne, Bordeaux, Alsace, Burgudy, Beaujolais, Paris, and Southwest France for women travelers. Intimately experience French culture, with opportunities to walk and ride through picturesque countryside, dine with local residents, meet village merchants, wine taste "en famille," with preferred vintners and prepare regional specialties with local chefs.
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Shakti Adventures
1441 Lincoln Court #310
Miami Beach, FL 33139 United States
Phone: 208.634.9854 Fax:
shaktiadventures@shaktiadventures.com shaktiadventures.com

From tropical paradise to high mountain resorts, Shakti Adventures creates a safe space for women to explore their power. Offering a variety of soft adventure experiences focusing on outdoor activities and nature's gifts, a balance is met between "vacation" and "retreat". All packages include daily yoga.
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Destinations Europe(Travel & Tours)Ltd
3 Orwell View Road
Shotley
Ipswich, Suffolk IP9 1NW United Kingdom
Phone: UK (0)1473 787160 Fax: UK (0)1473 787160
reservations@destinationseurope.com destinationseurope.com

Weddings,honeymoons,custom holidays in the UK and Europe including individual and Group Tours. Specialists in Garden and Military tours. We will create and offer you a full package to satisfy you and make sure that your European visit is memorable.