Food and wine are the throughline of everything we do here — the old adage “what grows together goes together” shows up again and again, whether we’re tasting orange wine on a Cretan hillside or working through a five-stop crawl in Bologna with tortellini making. This section rounds up our food tours, wine tours and winery visits, cooking lessons and the standalone Worth Every Bite series — the tasting menus and pairing lunches worth planning a whole evening around.
Ways to Wander
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Cartagena, Spain: A Ship-Sponsored Tapas Tasting Tour Through Town
Our Cartagena, Spain port day — a ship-sponsored walking Tapas Tasting Tour right off the pier, five stops of food, wine, and a boozy coffee.
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Valencia: Requena Wine Caves on a Day the City Didn’t Cooperate
Our Valencia port day — a Sunday closure and a city marathon led us to the Requena wine caves instead of Valencia proper, plus a crowded cava tasting.
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Toulon: Wine Country in Bandol and Cassis, and a Return to the French Riviera
Our Toulon port day — a wine tour with Provence Wine Tours through Bandol and Cassis, the view from Cape Canaille, and lunch in Cassis.
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Corfu: A Sunrise Arrival and a Food Tour Through Corfu Town
Our Corfu port day — a sunrise sail-in, and a 3.5-hour food walking tour through Corfu Town with pies, custard, cured meats, honey, and a taverna lunch.
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Worth Every Bite: Terrazze dell’Etna Winery Lunch in Sicily
Our Sicily port day — a private tour and wine tasting lunch at Terrazze dell’Etna on the slopes of Mount Etna, with wines all from the Nerello Mascalese grape.
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Worth Every Bite: Giuseppe Apicella Winery Lunch
A family-run winery lunch above the Amalfi Coast — a scenic drive to Tramonti, homemade food from the garden, and four wines with Prisco Apicella.