Turns out you’re not supposed to strawpedo wine, you're meant to sip it! Lucky we've learned this just in time for English Wine Week, which starts on 23 May. If you're feeling fruity, here are our top vineyard touring breaks. Wine weekend away, anyone?
Hotel Marqués de Riscal, Spain
If your thirst is for adventure as well as wine, then take a trip to Spain's Basque Country. This hotel is a trippy modern masterpiece from Frank Gehry, all zigzag windows and wonky walls. The property's wine cellar is a tad older, housing vintages from 1862, while the vineyards are the oldest in the region. Explore them on two wheels. hotel-marquesderiscal.com
Kmetija Štekar Farm, Slovenia
The Štekar farm is a family-run hotel in the village of Snežatno in the east of the Goriška Brda wine-growing region. Now we've got all the words we can't pronounce out the way, here's the rest: Slovenian white wine is destined to be the next big thing, so immerse yourself in the rolling countryside of this organic farm. thinkslovenia.com
The Milk House, England
Kent? Vineyards? Keep up; English wine's a big deal, and the Kent vineyards have some grapes to be reckoned with. Even better, they've teamed up with the local village pub to offer 'Cheery Days' – learn how to care for and make wine, dine at the award-winning Milk House and glug (sorry, sip) bottles of the vineyard's first wine, the Rampant Horse (snigger). themilkhouse.co.uk; kentvineyard.co.uk
