A different kind of holiday.

A month is long enough to burn out on tasting, so the planning problem inverts: the question is not how much you can fit in, but how much you deliberately leave empty.

Routes that fit 30 days

The great European traverse

England to Hungary, largely by train, through six regions that between them cover most of what northern Europe does with a grape.

Sussex & KentEngland
460 kmChampagneFrance
421 kmAlsaceFrance
302 kmMoselGermany
801 kmWachauAustria
555 kmTokajHungary

2,539 km between first and last base by road.

Moving between: Rail the whole way, with the Channel crossing at one end. Roughly five moving days across the month.
When it works: Start in early September and finish in early October, which walks you into harvest as you go east.
The catch: A month is long enough to burn out on tasting. Plan at least four days with no appointment at all.

Southern-hemisphere summer

Three regions that are harvesting while Europe is dormant — the Cape, the Andes and the far south of New Zealand.

StellenboschSouth Africa
7,859 km ✈MendozaArgentina
9,560 km ✈Central OtagoNew Zealand

17,419 km between first and last base, including legs that can only be flown.

Moving between: Long-haul flights between all three, with a driver or hire car in each. Two of the three legs are a lost day.
When it works: February into April, which catches harvest in all three.
The catch: This is a serious amount of flying for three wine regions. It only makes sense if the countries themselves are the reason.

Suggested shapes, not sold itineraries. Sequence and transport are our editorial judgement, and connections change — check them before booking. Distances are between the regions’ base towns: road routes where one exists, straight-line where the leg can only be flown. Computed from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and OSRM.

Not the length you have?

Try the other lengths, or start from the place instead with the region guides.