Splash Wine Tours

I'm back!  These days I am offering active wine tours to the Rhone Valley France.

After 11 years of local wine tours of both California and Oregon, I shifted my attention to my long established attraction to France and her wines.  Over the past 20 years I've been back to France 15 times.  Yes, I am still awe struck with the beauty and the wine.

One of my favorite regions is Chateauneuf-du-Pape (the new castle of the Pope) and its red wines based on Grenache.  I've come to appreciate the softer tones of the wine and complex palette they offer.

This was one of the first wine regions in the world to be regulated by a governing body.  Even today only certain grapes are allowed in the wine.  With 13 grapes to choose from the wine can vary from one winemaker to the next.
This makes it even more of an adventure to find your favorite blend!

Find me at: Splash Wine Tours