2026 WINE ESCAPES

Where Wine Tells the Story

Cork+Compass Travel offers rare access to the landscapes, tables, and cellars of the world’s most celebrated wine regions.

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BURGUNDY

Where a single row of vines can change everything you believe about wine

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.

For those new to Burgundy, the experience is quietly transformative. For those who already love it, it is a revelation in a different key.

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

Explore Burgundy

TUSCANY

Rolling hills, ancient estates, and the world’s most romantic table

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.

Cork+Compass guests move through this region as welcomed guests, with access to private estates and cellars that are not open to the general public.

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

Explore Tuscany

BORDEAUX

The most storied wine country in the world, unhurried

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.

New to our 2026 season, this itinerary pairs stays at Château Cordeillan-Bages and Château Léognan with intimate access to some of Bordeaux’s most celebrated appellations.

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

Explore Bordeaux