Cruises

Wine cruises offer the wine-lover the best value in the world.

Our wine-cruises are hosted by some of the most famous wine-makers in the American wine industry, and many include free-airfare from your home city as well as prepaid gratuities.

Starting as low as $350 per day, a Food & Wine Trails cruise includes all the normal trappings of a deluxe-cruise vacation (gourmet meals, deluxe accommodations, great nightlife and the advantage of visiting many of Europe’s most exciting cities without having to pack-and-unpack) . But unlike any other cruise, we include fun, onboard wine education, private wine-maker dinners, optional tastings and lunches at nearby top-rated wineries (click here for some examples - SHORE TOURS), AND the comradeship of traveling with a small group of like-minded people.

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, Oceania, Princess and more to come soon.

Click here for a slideshow of pictures from some of our past Wine Cruises.

Food & Wine Trails 2009 Wine Cruise Series


	Franciscan & Simi Winery's 2009 Mediterranean Wine Cruise Oceania Cruises 07/04/2009 -07/14/2009 Sail the Med with Franciscan's Winemaker Michael Eckstein & Simi Winery July 4 - 14, 2009. Wine Club members and friends of the winery sail aboard Oceania Cruises' Insignia from Barcelona to Rome. Discover the "Pearls of the Riviera" while visiting ports of call such as Saint-tropez, Monte Carlo, Portofino, Sorrento and Amalfi, just to name a few.
	Silenus Vintners 2009 Mediterranean Wine Cruise Oceania Cruises 07/14/2009 -07/26/2009 Join Silenus Vintners' Bob & Joni Williamson on their second annual Food & Wine Trails Mediterranean wine cruise. Enjoy staying in a 'floating hotel' sailing from Rome to Venice with visits to spectacular ports of call including Portofino, Florence, Amalfi / Positano, Sorrento / Capri, Monte Carlo, Taormina, Corfu, Kotor and Dubrovnik.
	Paul Hobbs Wines 2009 Mediterranean Wine Cruise Regent Seven Seas Cruises 07/24/2009 -07/31/2009 Join internationally renowned winemaker Paul Hobbs as he sails from Istanbul to Venice aboard the luxury cruiseline Regent Seven Seas Cruises. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to discover the food and wine of the region with the man James Laube of the Wine Spectator describes as"one of the hottest winemakers in California."
	Food and Wine at Sea with Paul Arenstam 07/25/2009 -08/01/2009 Paul Arenstam brings his Culinary Institute of America training and James Beard award-winning experience as a celebrated chef. The Massachusetts native relocated to California after his graduation from New York’s prestigious CIA, and started his career at Joachim Splichal’s famed Patina in Los Angeles, where he learned to incorporate whimsical elements into classic French cooking. In 1994 Paul joined Master Sommelier Larry Stone and restaurateur Drew Nieporent at San Francisco’s iconic Rubicon restaurant, where, as Chef de Cuisine, Paul won the coveted James Beard award. On this HAL Amsterdam sailing, Paul shares secrets of his unique cuisine, and leads our group in exclusive hands-on demonstrations, preparing some of the popular dishes he creates at Americano. He also gives tips on how to shop for the freshest ingredients at your local farmers markets, and hosts private discussions about current cuisine trends.
	2009 Jacques Pepin's Roman Revelations 08/09/2009 -08/23/2009 World famous host of cooking shows on national public television and author of more than 20 cookbooks, will be sailing on Oceania Cruises' Roman Revelations Mediterranean cruise from August 9 - 23, 2009. Take this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go on vacation with one of the masters of the culinary world. During the cruise you will have the opportunity to sit in on cooking demonstrations Jacques will be conducting, dine on meals he designed especially for this cruise and even get a chance to have him sign his latest cookbook you will receive as gift, just for booking this cruise. (Coyprighted photo provided by Egyptian Tourist Authority. GARDEL; Bertrand/hemis.fr)
	Robert Mondavi Winery's 2009 Mediterranean Wine Cruise Oceania Cruises 09/04/2009 -09/16/2009 Robert Mondavi Winery sets sails again on their 4th Food & Wine Trails Wine Cruise. September 4th 2009 we'll board Oceania Cruises' Insignia in Athens, Greece for a 12-Day Mediterranean cruise. Robert Mondavi Winery will host our seminars, wine tastings and winemaker's dinner. We'll visit exciting ports of call including Delos, Mykonos, Rhodes,Santorini, Taormina, Sorrento, Amalfi, Florence, Valletta, Monte Carlo and Rome. So don't miss this once in a lifetime wine & food adventure.
	Food and Wine at Sea with Eric Zwiebel, MS 09/07/2009 -09/18/2009 Master Sommelier Eric Zwiebel will bring his passion for wine to this Food and Wine at Sea cruise. Eric's unique ability to share his expertise during exclusive private tastings will make your Spotlight on Food & Wine experience as unforgettable as the itinerary, especially as Eric imparts his vast knowledge of the rich wine-growing regions en route.
	Food and Wine at Sea with Film Critic Jan Wahl 09/19/2009 -09/27/2009 In addition to Uniworld's Epicurean Adventurer Program which includes private wine tastings, culinary demonstrations, and a special food and wine pairing, Personal Enrichment guests will enjoy PRIVATE events with our own Personal Enrichment Series Film Historian and Critic, Jan Wahl - onboard just for our group. Jan Wahl will bring her passion for food and film to our Food & Wine At Sea Cruise. Through her lecture, Tres Delicious: Food and Wine in Film, she will share trivia and insight into the many movie classics that have been filmed in the ports visited throughout the cruise.
	White Oak Vineyards & Winery 2009 Wine Cruise Oceania Cruises 10/05/2009 -10/17/2009 The harvest-time is the best time of year for wine lovers to travel, but the hardest for winery owners. That is what makes this trip so special. Join White Oak Winery owners Bill Meyer, and Dick and Erleen Ludwig on this Harvest-time Mediterranean cruise to some of the most renowned wine regions of Europe. The cruise begins in Rome and ends in Venice, and will visit such wine-destinations as the Super-Tuscan region of Bolgheri Italy, the Campania wine region of the Amalfi Coast, Sicily, and Croatia - the ancestral home of Zinfandel. Stops will also be made in Portofino, La Spezia (Cinque Terra), Monte Carlo and Corfu. Get ready to taste, and smell the Mediterranean harvest with White Oak Winery! You will sail with Oceania Cruises, a 684-passenger cruise line regularly voted as one of the top cruise lines of the world by readers of Conde Nast Traveler. Oceania is famous for their "no tie" country club ambiance, and their gourmet cuisine overseen by legendary Chef Jacques Pepin. While onboard you will be treated to many events exclusive to White Oak, including a winemaker's dinner, wine seminars and tastings of some of their current and rare wines. In port, you will have the option to lunch and taste at such wineries as Ornellaia, one of the few wineries in the world to receive a perfect "100" score from Wine Spectator Magazine.
	CruZin with ZAP 2010 Celebrity Cruises 02/26/2010 -03/08/2010 Follow the “Masters of Zin” on this sun-splashed 10-day Caribbean adventure. Grab your favorite Jimmy Buffet shirt and join this passionate group of travelers who share their common zeal for great wine, food and camaraderie. The ZAP program offers a unique opportunity to visit the lesser-known and less-visited islands of the Caribbean on a newly-launched floating resort, while mixing and mingling with leading Zinfandel winemakers. Plus the thrill of sailing on the inaugural year of one of the world’s most innovative and awaited cruise ships.
	2010 Best of the Sonoma Valley Wine Cruise with Matanzas Creek & Arrowood Oceania Cruises 05/14/2010 -05/24/2010 Return to the Mediterranean with Matanzas Creek Winery and Arrowood Vineyards & Winery on the Second Best of the Somona Valley Wine Cruise. In 2010 we'll explore the Eastern Med on a fantastic 10-day cruise that begins in Athens and ends in Barcelona, with visits to the Greek Islands, Turkey (to see one of the great ruins of the world) Italy and France - the homeland of Matanzas Creek's winemaker Francois Cordesse. As before, we are sailing with Oceania Cruises, rated one of the top cruise lines in the world by readers of Travel & Leisure. Our ship is the 684-passenger Nautica which features the cuisine of Jacques Pepin in four restaurants, with hot tubs, a casino, many lounges and a fantastic spa and gym. Throughout our cruise, you will be treated to a series of private wine seminars and tastings and a winemaker’s dinner hosted by both Matanzas Creek and Arrowood wineries, plus have the option of joining small group excursions to some of the region’s best wine estates.
	RRVW's 2010 Pinot Passion Riviera Wine Cruise Oceania Cruises 06/17/2010 -06/27/2010 Join the winemakers and winery owners of the Russian River Valley Winegrowers Association as they take their passion for Pinot to the French & Italian Rivieras. Experience private RRVW group parties, tastings, seminars and a winemaker’s dinner; all celebrating this fabled varietal. Your home-away-from-home will be the 684-passenger cruise ship Oceania Insignia; a cruise line rated third best in the world. Your ship is country-club casual (no ties or gowns) and features four restaurants (with no added fees), a full gym and health spa, swimming pool, show room and boutique shops. And when you are not on the ship, you can choose one of our optional private-shore trips to local wineries, or spend the day on your own, shopping, golfing, swimming or sailing, or just exploring the French and Italian Riviera. Russian River Pinot goes to the Riviera! What could be better?