Wine Tours & Holidays

Travelling with Arblaster and Clarke, the leading specialists, you'll enjoy superb tastings at famous châteaux and top flight wineries, many of which are not normally open to the public. You'll discover small unknown producers, meet top winemakers, owners of chateaux and be invited into vignerons’ homes. On vacation you'll enjoy lunches, dinners, informal picnics and large tastings as guests of the estates, the kind of thing that is not possible if you are travelling alone in the wine country, even if you visit the same cellars.

Founded in 1986 by husband and wife team Lynette Arblaster & Tim Clarke, Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours have long been recognised as the world leader in the field of Wine Travel. On our holidays you will discover beautiful parts of the world from a unique perspective - through the wines and through the people who create them. Wine tasting doesn’t take up all the time though, travel itineraries are well balanced with free time and visits to places of interest.

Arblaster & Clarke's expert Wine Guides include some of the most eminent members of the British Wine Trade. There are wine journalists, wine consultants, wine merchants, members of our in-house team plus some locally based colleagues around the world. They introduce the wine regions, bringing the wines and destinations alive with the background, the history and anecdotes. They know the people and the inside story, understand the science and have their own ideas and interpretations. Guides

For more than 21 years Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours have been organising special holidays, almost all around the theme of wine. On this site you'll find our escorted wine tours, wine cruises, vineyard walks, opera & wine tours, gourmet holidays and more. The passion for arranging great holidays continues, and our programme is more vibrant than ever.

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Bordeaux Wine & City

23 - 26 October 2008, 20 - 23 November 2008, 23 - 26 April 2009, 28 - 31 May 2009, 26 - 29 October 2009, 19 - 22 November 2009

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Our innovative programme of Wine & City breaks is aimed at the more independent traveller who would also like to spend a couple of days in a party being taken to wine visits in the company of a wine expert with the added advant...
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Chile, Argentina & Uruguay

15 - 27 February 2009

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This outstanding tour offers you the chance to visit three fascinating South American countries in one well planned trip! Chile, Argentina and Urugauay is an extremely popular tour that is a perfect excuse to escape the British...
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New Year in Amalfi

29 December 2008 - 2 January 2009

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The Arblaster & Clarke New Year tours are a great way to relax after the hard work of Christmas and to celebrate in a beautiful location. These holidays have long been an annual A&C tradition and are enjoyable, convivial breaks...
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Puccini Festival & Tuscan Wine

9 - 12 July 2009, 24 - 27 July 2009

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Arblaster and Clarke are very pleased to offer this Opera and Wine tour based in Lucca, Tuscany, featuring the Puccini festival at Torre del Lago. Most years since 1930, a stage has been set up by the Massaciuccoli Lake to h...
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South Africa Wine Tour

21 - 28 February 2009

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The Cape is one of the most spectacular vineyard areas in the world, and this tour is a great excuse to escape the depths of our winter. On our South Africa Wine Tour we'll discover the latest developments in the wine scene,...
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South Australia

1 - 8 March 2009

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In 2009 we are offering the choice of taking one, two or even three separate tours to different regions, taking in many of the star regions, most probably during harvest time - so there will be lots of excitement and the opport...
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The Sunday Times Wine Club Port Festival

1 - 3 May 2009

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Join Club President Hugh Johnson for this wonderful Festival in Oporto, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Discover the diversity of Portuguese wines and the full range of Port Styles! On our first evening, there is the option to...
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Tuscany

24 - 28 May 2009

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On this classic wine tour of Italy there is a great Italian spirit. A wonderful blend of respect for tradition and a determined attitude to increasing quality makes Italy one of the most exciting wine regions of the world, and...
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Ultimate Champagne

30 March - 3 April 2009, 15 - 19 March 2010

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We have been visiting the Champagne region with our champagne loving clients 15 times a year since 1987, so we can truly claim to know much about the region and have a very genuine personal passion for the wines. On this spe...
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Alsace by Train

26 - 30 October 2009

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Alsace must rank as one of the most beautiful and charming of all fine wine regions, it must also be the single most misunderstood! With its location on the German border and Germanic sounding grape varieties, it is easy to se...