UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL WINE TOURS FOR WINE PROFESSIONALS AND SERIOUS STUDENTS OF WINE!
Our amazing study trips offer intensive, professional-level educational wine tours within wine regions of France, Italy, and Spain. Led by top wine industry professionals, our itineraries take you into some of the best cellars and vineyards for hands-on learning and unparalleled tasting opportunities. What is a better way to connect theory than with practice!
The wine tours to Champagne, Bourgogne, Loire, and Bordeaux incorporate curriculum from the WSG Master-Level programs, allowing you to continue your studies in person in the wine region of study. This is a unique and powerful way to gain a thorough, working knowledge of the area.
For the last ten years, hundreds of participants, many repeat guests, have trusted Wine Scholar Travels to take them on wine tours that have given them core knowledge, insider views, and surreal perspectives of the wine world.
2023 Wine Tour Destinations & Dates
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SWS Intensive in Malaga
Apr 16 - Apr 21, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Piedmont
May 07 - May 12, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Rioja
May 14 - May 19, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Tuscany
May 21 - May 26, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Languedoc-Roussillon
May 21 - May 26, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Rhône Valley
Jun 11 - Jun 16, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Champagne
Jun 20 - Jun 24, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Loire Valley
Jun 25 - Jun 30, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Bourgogne
Oct 08 - Oct 13, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Catalunya
Oct 08 - Oct 13, 2023With Ferran Centelles
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Alsace
Oct 15 - Oct 20, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Bordeaux
Oct 22 - Oct 27, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Sicily
Oct 22 - Oct 27, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Bourgogne Intensive in Beaune
Nov 05 - Nov 10, 2023 -
Champagne Intensive in Reims
Nov 05 - Nov 10, 2023SOLD-OUT
Five great reasons you should join our wine tours:
1. TASTINGS TAILORED FOR PROFESSIONALS
We do an extensive tasting on the study trips. You will sample allocated wines only poured at the winery, barrel samples, and tutored tastings with targeted, professional learning objectives.
Here are some examples from previous Wine Scholar Travels wine tours:
- A Champagne producer in the Aube organized a tasting of the same base champagne with different dosage levels to demonstrate the sugar's effect on flavor.
- A winemaker in Beaujolais poured wines from the ten crus alongside rock samples from the vineyards where the grapes were grown.
2. RETURN TO THE ROOTS
There is no doubt that the best way to understand wine or a wine region is to go there and immerse yourself in everything that makes it unique. This real hands-on experience is something you cannot obtain from books alone.
3. MEET THE WINEMAKERS
Meeting the winemakers is a real highlight for our wine tour participants. On previous wine trips, groups have met the winemakers at renowned estates such as Louis Roederer in Champagne, Chateau Cheval Blanc in Bordeaux, Clos de Tart in Burgundy, and Zind-Humbrecht in Alsace (among others). These are unique and enriching opportunities!
4. VISIT BOTH ICONIC AND UP-AND-COMING ESTATES
We visit long-established, well-known wineries and lesser-known, top-quality estates to allow you to see the icons and discover hidden gems and upcoming stars.
5. LEARN FROM WORLD-RENOWNED WINE INSTRUCTORS
Our top-notch wine tour instructors, all experts in their fields, include award-winning sommeliers, Masters of Wine, wine writers, and WSG's program directors. They provide professional-level instruction and help you stay abreast of what is happening in the different wine regions by covering current trends and changes that are occurring there.
Pascaline Lepeltier
2018 Best French Sommelier
Andrew Jefford
Award-winning wine journalist for Decanter
Kerin O'Keefe
Former Italian Editor for Wine Enthusiast
Rick Fisher
WSG Spanish Programs Director
Essi Avellan MW
Master of Wine specialized in Champagne
Jonas Tofterup MW
Master of Wine specialized in Spanish Wines
Jane Hunt MW
Master of Wine specialized in Italian Wines
Matthew Stubbs MW
Master of Wines specialized in Languedoc-Roussillon
Matt Walls
Decanter's Rhône Valley correspondent
Robin Kick MW
Master of Wine specialized in Bourgogne
Ferran Centelles
Spanish Sommellier and Wine Writer
2023 Destinations & Dates
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SWS Intensive in Malaga
Apr 16 - Apr 21, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Piedmont
May 07 - May 12, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Rioja
May 14 - May 19, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Tuscany
May 21 - May 26, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Languedoc-Roussillon
May 21 - May 26, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Rhône Valley
Jun 11 - Jun 16, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Champagne
Jun 20 - Jun 24, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Loire Valley
Jun 25 - Jun 30, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Bourgogne
Oct 08 - Oct 13, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Catalunya
Oct 08 - Oct 13, 2023With Ferran Centelles
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Alsace
Oct 15 - Oct 20, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Bordeaux
Oct 22 - Oct 27, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Sicily
Oct 22 - Oct 27, 2023SOLD-OUT
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Bourgogne Intensive in Beaune
Nov 05 - Nov 10, 2023 -
Champagne Intensive in Reims
Nov 05 - Nov 10, 2023SOLD-OUT
Why Embark on a Wine Scholar Travels Wine Tour?
AMAZING ACCESS
Wine Scholar Travels Wine Tours provide rare access to some of the region's most prestigious estates, not always open to the public, inspiring exchanges with their owners and winemakers. You'll experience extensive tastings at their cellars, all under the priceless tutelage of your expert, internationally-renowned instructor. Gastronomic meals paired with some of the region's top wines, 4*star hotels, and deluxe motor coach transportation complete this experience.
GROUP EXPERIENCE
Traveling with a group of like-minded committed students of wine only enriches the experience. Sharing passion, knowledge, and lively wine discussions galvanizes the group and will build a culminating moment in your wine education journey. There's always a combination of levels of wine experience on the wine tours, and professionals and wine students interact and enjoy learning together. Participants discover new, lasting friendships that continue along their wine journey. There is some magic happening on these wine tours!
EDUCATIONAL FOCUS
Wine education with WSG is tremendous fun! We know you may be taking some precious vacation time for these wine tours. The combination of the group camaraderie and the well-balanced itinerary will provide learning opportunities and exciting cultural and culinary experiences. In addition, our wine tour manager will be on hand at all times to provide exceptional customer service and make your wine trip relaxing and enjoyable.
HASSLE-FREE PLANNING
With immense experience organizing educational wine tours, we think it impossible to create a better itinerary. WSG will maximize your time with smooth transitions from one extraordinary experience to another. You can also choose whether you stay a little longer or arrive before the trip and make the most of the wine travel experience.
The advancement of knowledge, the camaraderie, and the epicurean delights on Wine Scholar Travels wine tours are immeasurable and unforgettable. Most who have been on one trip have been returning for more ever since!
You can also find answers to many of your questions on our extensive FAQs page.
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· They are intensive, professional-level educational wine study trips coupled with certification (the FWS's industry-endorsed, Masters-Level program for each region) upon successful completion of the final exam
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