Maribor Wine Route

MARIBOR WINE ROUTE

“At the table with good friends and family you do not become old. “ (Italy) Maribor is not only a place of the oldest Vine in the world, it is also a capital of the largest Slovenian wine region of Štajerska (Styria) which is famous for elegant and registered white wines. Centuries of the regional …

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Hecks Cider Farm and Shop

Hecks Cider Farm and Shop

“At the table with good friends and family you do not become old. “ (Italy) The Hecks family have been making traditional farmhouse cider in Somerset for seven generations since 1841, initially in Chard but they moved to Street in 1896.  The Employee total is 3, yet they make between 130,000 and 180,000 litres per …

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Oleofor

Oleofer

“At the table with good friends and family you do not become old. “ (Italy) The Hernandez Hidaglo family, inherited the passion for olive oil from their grandparents who started buying leftover olive trees after the Spanish civil war and exchanged the olive their produced with other foodstuffs like flour, wine etc. In the 50s …

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Finca Fuentillezjos

Finca Fuentillezjos

“To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.” (François de la Rochefoucauld) Finca Fuentillezjos The farm begun as a leisure time activity of family of doctors who loved spending time in the countryside among pastures and cattle and enjoyed making ecological cheese for self-consumption. They transmitted the love for the land …

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Brewery Hops

Brewery Hops

“To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.” (François de la Rochefoucauld) Brewery Hops is a bespoke guided tour company, designed around tours of breweries and distilleries in Ireland. It was set up by Mia Tobin, an accredited National tour guide with 10 years experience. Mia is the owner, bus driver …

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The Rungis Market

The Rungis Market

“To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.” (François de la Rochefoucauld) The Rungis International Market is the principal market of Paris, mainly for food and horticultural products, located in the commune of Rungis, in the southern suburbs. It is the largest wholesale food market in the world. Covering an area …

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Markthalle IX (Berlin)

Markthalle IX (Berlin)

“Laughter is brightest where food is best.” (Irish Proverb) Markthalle IX is one of the three surviving fourteen historical Berlin market halls built in the late nineteenth century that serve as food markets today. The others fell prey to the economic crises of the 1920s, wartime bombing and urban reconstruction or competition from department stores …

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Peipsi Onion Route

Peipsi Onion Route

“Laughter is brightest where food is best.” (Irish Proverb) The route of the small villages on the shores of Lake Peipsi is called “Onion Road” not so far from Tartu. It is an area where ancient traditions are preserved and valued, so the communities have remained unchanged over time. Although people sometimes wonder what is …

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Douro Wine Route

Douro Wine Route

“Laughter is brightest where food is best.” (Irish Proverb) The Douro Wine Route is inspired on a project to promote national tourism, known as Portugal Routes (Rotas de Portugal) which aims to be a showcase of the charms Portugal, and organizes national tourist offers in structural themes of regional and local scope. Douro Wine Routes, …

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