In contrast to the rounded vine-lined hills of Rioja, Hotel Viura is an angular vision in concrete, glass and steel a contemporary statement in the heart of Spain’s best-loved wine region. Tuck into merguez-spiced cauliflower with baba ghanoush or arctic char à la plancha. Wine & dine: Woodfire cooking with a sustainable focus and a stellar vino list draws crowds to Flame + Smith. Meanwhile Hinterland Wine Company serves sparklings and small-scale natural still wines in a tasting room overlooking the vines. Tasting time: For Pinot Noir and Chardonnay so good it could turn the head of a Burgundian, check out Closson Chase in Hillier, housed in a vast purple-painted barn lined with art.
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Sit out in the evenings by your private firepit, polishing off that bottle of rosé cracked open at the onsite beach club. Sleek Wander the Resort, a clutch of Scandi-minimalist cabins right by the water, is the most in-demand place to stay. Steps from glittering lake fringed in beach, historic barns have been transformed into chic tasting rooms turning out elegant Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. While it flies under the radar compared to many world wine regions, Prince Edward County, just east of Toronto, packs serious style. Inside the Clubhouse at Wander the Resort / Wander the Resort / Patrick Biller
Chef Philip Tessier’s artful platings of heirloom tomatoes and sweetcorn join what is probably the world’s most extensive Napa wine list. Wine & dine: A feast of all things seasonal Napa awaits at PRESS in quaint St Helena.
Or visit grand Inglenook, owned by Francis Ford Coppola, for cinematic drama in an old European-inspired chateau. Tasting time: Only a short drive away, Ashes & Diamonds has striking nostalgic Cali decor, a tasty array of single-vineyard wines and fabulous food pairings on alfresco tables. Later, you’ll retreat to the Halehouse Spa for muscle-melting massages, dips in a suntrap pool or sessions in an epic window-lined sauna before dinner in the sunset-bathed Bear restaurant. Generous pours of wine meet you at check in, lubricating the walk to your desert-hued suite overlooking ripening grapes. In the south of the region, closest to gateway San Francisco, recently opened Stanly Ranch sprawls across a former farm and adheres to a programme of laid-back Californian luxe. Got more time? Hop the onward train to nearby Epernay, where more big names await.Ī suite at Auberge Resorts Collection hotel Stanly Ranch / Stanly Ranch, Auberge Resorts CollectionĪmerica’s capital of wine, Napa Valley is home to some of the world’s glossiest tasting rooms - most of them pouring inky, powerful Cabernet Sauvignon. Join the tour at recently renovated Champagne Taittinger, one of the few large-scale family-owned houses, or sip fine Blanc de Blancs at historic Champagne Ruinart. Tasting time: You’re stumbling distance from many of Reims’ top caves (cellars) - enormous, ancient chalk caverns burrowed deep into the ground - so you can tick lots of tastings off in a short time. Rooms drip in Marie Antoinette-style opulence with gilded frames and jolie fabrics, while two-Michelin-starred restaurant Le Parc crafts intricate, decadent dishes featuring local wine grapes. Stays don’t come more old-world glamorous than Domaine Les Crayères, set on the outskirts of Reims in a chateau-esque pile.
And given the region is just a quick train ride from Paris, a tour of its lauded houses is a perfect indulgence come le weekend. The ultimate chic wine? Bien sûr, it’s Champagne.
Inside Michelin-starred Le Parc at Domaine Les Crayères / Domaine Les Crayères
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