Cruises

Wine and food cruises offer the best value for those looking to combine their passion with quality, convenience and conviviality. Because cruise pricing is inclusive, and based in US dollars, a high-end, small-ship Mediterranean food and wine cruise will (as an example) typically cost 50% or less than a comparable land tour. All our cruises are hosted by nationally recognized winemakers or chefs and most include free-airfare from your home city as well as such niceties as special dinners and tastings, prepaid gratuities and shipboard credits. All offer the convenience of not having to pack and unpack and the fun and conviviality of traveling with a group of like-minded people.

We now offer two types of wine and food cruises:

Our “Private Label” cruises feature well-known winemakers or chefs who travel with the group as the trip-host. These luminaries oversee a series of tastings, dinners and parties, which are private to your group and act as your personal conduit to the world of food and wine. A list of our Private Label cruises can be found to the left, or you can find detail on each cruise by moving down the page. Most these trips also includes optional small-group SHORE TOURS to top wine estates, vineyards and restaurants. These too are kept private to your group. They are consistently one of the highest-rated parts of our trips and were a primary reason that the editors of Conde Nast Traveler rated our company as “The best wine-tour company in the world”.

We are also proud to offer our new Food & Wine At Sea, Food Network and Bon Appetit Travel Series: Here the chef or winemaker provides educational content but does not act as the trip host. But like with our other food and wine cruises, you still will enjoy a series of private events and activities, and a bevy of value-added concessions. To see a list of these cruises, and for more detail, please CLICK HERE.

What does a Food & Wine Trails wine cruise offer that no other wine-or-cruise-vacation does? All the above, PLUS great cruise discounts on the world's best cruise lines: Silveseas, Regent, Crystal, Oceania, Holland America and more to soon come. CLICK HERE for a slideshow of pictures from some of our past Wine Cruises.

F&WT's Private Label Wine Cruises


	White Oak Vineyards & Winery 2010 Wine Cruise CALL FOR AVAILABILITY Oceania Cruises 10/24/2010 -11/03/2010 Join White Oak Winery owners Bill Meyer, and Dick and Erleen Ludwig on their second Harvest-time wine cruise. This time they'lll explore the Greek Islands with visits to exotic and spectacular ports including Kusadasi, Turkey, Rhodes and Katakolon, Greece, and Ajaccio, Corsica. Get ready to indulge your senses on this food and wine adventure with White Oak Winery!
	Au Bon Climat's Wines of the Rhine River + Paris Cruise 11/12/2010 -11/22/2010 Join one of California’s top Riesling and Pinot Noir winemaker for a scenic cruise along the beautiful Moselle and Rhine Rivers, with 3-extra days in Paris. This November AMAWATERWAYS river cruise combines spectacular scenery and history with deluxe accommodations and great food and wine. Your hosts will be winemaker Jim Clendenen of famed Au Bon Climat winery and his own Clendenen Family Winemaker, and Rudi Schreiner, President of AmaWaterways. Special wine experiences are part of a program that already includes deluxe accommodations, fabulous cuisine and bucolic scenery. Plus the ease of being on a small ship while you explore picturesque villages. Prices start at $2689 per person
	FOOD & WINE's 2nd Annual Wine Voyage Oceania Cruises 04/16/2011 -04/26/2011 Lovers of FOOD & WINE will have the unique opportunity to visit some of the top wine regions on the magazine's 2nd Wine Voyage, a 10-day Mediterranean cruise from Barcelona to Rome. Providing this year's onboard wine education program are two prestigous European wineries - France's Domaine de la Vougaerie and Italy's Castello delle Regine. Prices start at $3,849 per person with FREE AIR! CLICK HERE to see a slideshow from the 2010 F&W Wine Voyage.
	ZAP's 2011 Masters of Zin on the Marina Oceania Cruises 04/26/2011 -05/06/2011 Our ZAP cruises are becoming legendary for their warm hospitality. We’ve created a schedule of dynamic onboard ZAP activities designed to enhance your up-close and personal wine-tasting explorations. You will savor top Zinfandels at the University of Zin seminars, indulge your inner-epicurean at our Group Dinner, taste renowned Zinfandels at a Reserve Tasting and intimate Winemaker Dinners, plus enjoy some extra surprises that are exclusive to ZAP members. Prices start at $3,849 per person with FREE AIR!
	Great Appellations, Great Wines 2011 Cruise Oceania Cruises 05/07/2011 -05/17/2011 Seven wineries representing some of the greatest wine appellations of the West are the hosts of the 2011 Great Appellations, Great Wines Cruise. Your onboard host for the cruise is award-winning winemaker Dave Lattin from Napa Valley's Kuleto Estate. Dave will lead the onboard wine education program that will features some of the greatest wines from all seven cellars. Prices start at $4,049 per person with FREE AIR! CLICK HERE to see a slideshow from the 2010 Great Appellations Cruise
	Biale 'talia 2011 Oceania Cruises 05/16/2011 -05/26/2011 In 2011the Biale Family once again cruises the Mediterranean on their second family wine cruise. The Family will pair Biale wines with foods of the world on a 10-Night Mediterranean Cruise from May 16 to the 26th from Athens to Barcelona on the inaugural season of Oceania Cruises' newest ship - Marina. Prices start at $4,049 per person with FREE AIR!
	Ramey Wine Cellars Oceania Cruises 06/03/2011 -06/13/2011 Join one of California's most innovative winemaking pioneers, David Ramey, and a group of fellow wine lovers on a 10-Night Mediterranean wine cruise. Visit beautiful and historic port cities such as Venice, Florence, Rome and others on this odyssey of food and wine. Prices start at $4,049 per person with FREE AIR!
	Chateau Montelena Winery 2011 Alaskan Wine Cruise Regent Seven Seas 06/29/2011 -07/07/2011 When determining Napa Valley “Grand Cru”, one must include Chateau Montelena, the first California winery to surprise the world by beating the French at an international wine tasting. That event was the premise of the recent movie “Bottle Shock” and what held true in 1976 holds true now, as Montelena still receives top marks from contests, Wine Spectator and Robert Parker. Join their winemaker on a very unique wine-voyage down the spectacular inside-passage of Alaska. Your ship will be the deluxe Regent Navigator, rated as one of the top cruise ships in the world. Your price includes almost everything; a deluxe stateroom, private-to-the-group wine tastings and winemaker's dinner, round trip airfare from 20 US cities, beverages onboard including alcohol, and unlimited shore excursions; from nature hikes, to float planes to raft trips!
	Foxen & Martinelli's Two Pinot Pillars of California Wine Cruise Oceania Cruises 10/11/2011 -10/21/2011 We love great California Pinot Noir and Chardonnay so we're consequently excited to present a wine cruise hosted by two of California’s most iconic Pinot Noir and Chardonnay producers: Martinelli Winery from the Russian River appellation of Sonoma County, and FOXEN Winery, from the Santa Barbara region. Owners from both wineries will your host, on this 10-night Venice to Rome “cruise of a lifetime”. Once onboard, you will enjoy all the trapping of a deluxe cruise, PLUS a series of private parties, tastings and an exclusive five-course wine-maker dinner paired with some of the winery’s best Pinot’s and Chardonnays. Other wines will be served, including the much-lauded Martinelli Jackass Hill Zinfandel, made by famed winemaker Helen Turley. Prices start at $4,049 per person with FREE AIR!
	Cameron Hughes Wine Oceania Cruises 10/15/2011 -10/25/2011 Cameron Hughes has been receiving incredible ratings and reviews from the likes of Wine Enthusiast, Wine & Spirits, Wine Spectator, and the Wall Street Journal. Their focus is “Excellent wine should be available to every wine lover” and they do that by offering limited supplies of the “Best wines in the world at extraordinarily accessible prices.” Join owner and founder Cameron Hughes and his family on this 10-night Venice to Rome itinerary that features their great wines onboard and unique opportunities to taste and sip while onshore. Prices start at $4,049 per person with FREE AIR!
	V.Sattui Winery 2011 Wine Cruise Oceania Cruises 11/12/2011 -11/22/2011 V.Sattui Winery is one of the most successful direct-sellers of wine in the Napa Valley for a reason; Great wines at great prices served with lots of personal attention and passion. Join Tom Davis, their President and co-owner, on a late-harvest, Italian focused wine cruise that overnights in Venice, Florence and Rome. Like with their wines, this cruise offers great prices and great quality, with lots of personal attention. Prices start at $3,349 per person with FREE AIR!