Planning guides: what is in season, which region to choose, and how to get there.
The best wine tours in Italy: Chianti, Brunello, Barolo, Valpolicella, Prosecco, Franciacorta, Frascati, Etna, Lake Garda, Umbria, Alto Adige and Puglia, as day trips from the nearest city.
The best food tours in Italy, city by city: Bologna, Rome, Naples, Florence, Venice, Palermo, Milan, Turin, Verona, Lecce and South Tyrol, with what you taste and how to book.
Budapest wine tasting: Hungarian wines from Tokaji Aszú and Furmint to Bull's Blood and Villány, the cellars of Budafok, Tokaj day trips, and how to book.
Mount Etna wine tours from Taormina and Catania: Nerello Mascalese and Carricante, north-slope wineries, contrade and palmenti, volcano and wine days with lunch, and how to book.
Barcelona wine and cava tours: the Penedès and Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, how cava is made, Montserrat and cava day trips with lunch, Priorat, and how to book.
Wine tours from Rome: Frascati and the Castelli Romani, 30 minutes from the city, tufa cellars, Cannellino, fraschette and porchetta di Ariccia, and how to book.
Prosecco wine tours from Venice: the UNESCO Conegliano Valdobbiadene hills, Prosecco Superiore, Rive and Cartizze, the Prosecco wine road, and how to book.
The best Istria day trips for food lovers: Motovun and Grožnjan with truffles, truffle hunting, wineries and olive oil, the Lim fjord oysters, from Rovinj, Poreč and Pula.
The best day trips from Zadar for food lovers: Krka with a winery, Pag island cheese and lamb, Nin's salt pans, Ravni Kotari wine, Plitvice and Kornati, with what to eat on each.
The best day trips from Dubrovnik for food lovers: Pelješac wine and Ston oysters, the Konavle valley and peka, Cavtat, the Elaphiti islands and Korčula, with what to eat on each.