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Discover the world’s finest winery tourism regions, the members of the Great Wine Capitals Global Network!
We share industry insights from the leading winery tourism regions around the globe and promote the most innovative wineries that welcome local and international visitors. Our annual Best Of Wine Tourism awards are recognized as benchmarks of excellence.
Whether you are looking for advice on visiting our cities and wine regions or are in the wine business, looking for expertise to develop winery tourism, our site is full of information about our destinations as well as academic and professional resources.
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Botanico: From the Orchard to your table, an Ode to Nature
At Botanico, the garden restaurant of Viña Casas del Bosque, the day’s harvest decides the menu. Deep in Chile’s Casablanca Valley, a family winery has turned cool-climate conviction into one of the country’s most quietly captivating tables.
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Creating a Home Away from Home: How Hotelier Stefanie Wild Crafts Meaningful Moments of Belonging in Rheinhessen
On its website, the wine hotel Weinzuhause (“wine home”) describes itself as “Your home in Rheinhessen.” For German speakers, the name is also a play on words: Weinzuhause echoes “mein Zuhause” (“my home”). Located about a 20-minute drive from Mainz, this wine hotel, recipient of the Best of Wine Tourism award 2024, combines hospitality, wine, and the region’s unique way of life. That is precisely the goal of Stefanie Wild, managing director of the hotel: She wants to create a place where guests not only feel welcome but are truly at home.
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Napa Valley Is Rewriting the Wine and Hospitality Career Story
Napa Valley’s hospitality sector supports more than 15,000 jobs and pumps more than $2.8 billion into local businesses annually, but the opportunity lies in changing the perception of a service-industry career path.
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