Our mission at Food & Wine Trails is to offer our guests authenticity and the highest-quality value in the culinary travel world.  We do this by combining our 26+ years of experience in designing culinary-travel programs for the icons of the food and wine world, with over 10 million dollars in annual travel purchasing power. What’s more, our connections are unique in the travel industry. We have developed a team of local food & wine experts located throughout the world, and a knowledgeable staff who are able to offer our guests, like you, special access and insight into the world’s great food and wine regions, at a price you can afford.

Our experience, purchasing power and team of food & wine experts all combine to allow us to offer you unique behind-the-scenes access to the world and lifestyle of food and wine, wherever they may want to go. This proves to make the difference between simply having a great trip versus having a once-in-a-lifetime experience. We strive for the latter.

So, whether you are just two people, a family of six, a food or wine organization of twenty, or a corporate group of two hundred, let Food & Wine Trails connect you to the culture & lifestyle of the region through its food, its wine and the people that create it.

What We Do:

Wine & Food Cruises:  We offer a wide variety of wine and food cruises, and invite you to CLICK HERE to view a current list of offerings or to CLICK HERE to see a photo slideshow of past programs. Wine and food cruises offer the enthusiast the best value in today’s economy as many include such value-added amenities as free airfare, cruise credits and prepaid gratuities, and all include onboard and onshore enrichment programming exclusive to the group, plus the opportunity to meet and travel with some of the most famous names in the American wine and food world.

There is nothing more valuable than a memory of a lifetime, particularly those created while on a fun and enriching, wine and food cruise vacation. 

Set departure, group tours:  In regions like France, Italy and Spain, we offer a few focused and select, group departure dates.  These groups range in size from 6 to 20, but all include the quality and unique program-elements that helped us receive recognition by the editors of Conde Nast Traveler as one of the “Top Travel Specialists” of the World, for 2008 and 2009.

Corporate Event Planning, Meetings and Wine Tours:  For corporate clients, we specialize in planning events, meetings and tours in Sonoma and Napa counties. A well planned program, whether a meeting, sales incentive, or a wine country tour, is a constructed balance of learning and play. Like live theater, there are countless details, but only one chance for success. Insuring that success for our clients is the number one priority of the entire Food and Wine Trails team.

Small-group travel programs:   We offer an assortment of pre-arranged land programs in Napa/Sonoma, Italy, Spain and Portugal. Most of these require a 4 or a 6-person minimum, although some of the programs are available to individuals. 

Custom trip planning: For those looking for customized arrangements, we design dream trips on a retainer basis – its like hiring an architect to design your dream house! CLICK HERE for more information on Custom Trip Planning.

We look forward to planning your travel arrangements.

 Larry Martin, President, Food & Wine Trails

F&WT President, Larry Martin, has been designated for the third year in a row as the “World's top wine-travel specialist” by Conde Nast Traveler in their August 2010 “Top 128 Travel Specialists of the World” issue.

F&WT's President Larry Martin on the hottest wine trail in Spain for Inspire Travel Magazine. 



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