2026 WINE ESCAPES - NOW OPEN

The world’s most celebrated wine regions hold centuries of history in every glass. Cork+Compass Travel offers rare access to those stories and the landscapes, tables, and cellars that surround them.

BURGUNDY

Burgundy is an education in specificity. Here, a few meters of soil separate a village wine from a grand cru. The concept of terroir, of place expressing itself entirely through what grows in it, was born in these vineyards. It is still best understood here, glass in hand, standing between the vines.

Anna-Christina Cabrales, Wine Enthusiast’s Tasting Director and one of the foremost authorities on Burgundy in the United States, leads this journey personally. From the medieval cellars of Beaune to intimate domaine visits across the Côte d’Or, she travels to the region quarterly and the relationships she brings open doors that would otherwise remain closed.

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Anna-Christina Cabrales, Wine Enthusiast

TRIP DATES

October 5-11, 2026

TUSCANY

In Tuscany, wine is not a product. It is a way of life. A glass of Brunello di Montalcino carries within it the iron-rich soil of the landscape, centuries of tradition, and a countryside that has barely changed since the Renaissance painters immortalized it.

Each tasting is led by Danielle Callegari, Wine Enthusiast’s Italian wine reviewer and Dartmouth professor of Italian studies. She understands Tuscany not just through the glass, but through its language, literature, and history. Dinners unfold in vaulted cantinas. Mornings begin among cypress-lined roads. This is not sightseeing, it’s immersion.

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Danielle Callegari, Wine Enthusiast

TRIP DATES

October 22-27, 2026

BORDEAUX

Bordeaux is synonymous with prestige, and for good reason. The châteaux of Médoc and the ancient limestone plateau of Saint-Émilion have been producing wines of incomparable complexity for centuries. But the true Bordeaux reveals itself slowly, to those willing to linger.

Guests are guided by Jeff Porter, Wine Enthusiast writer-at-large and reviewer, whose deep relationships across the region shape an experience that no independent traveler could replicate. Beyond the cellar, the elegant architecture of the city, the quiet grandeur or riverine estates at golden hour, and the unhurried pace of a long lunch in Saint-Émilion are the moments that make the wine taste different.

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Jeff Porter, Wine Enthusiast

TRIP DATES

November 2-7, 2026

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Each trip is led by a Wine Enthusiast expert.

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