Truffles, duck and wine

The specialist tour organiser BKWine has launched the spring program 2009 with two new wine and food tours. The destinations include Périgord (with truffles, duck and wine), and the wins and food of the Alentejo in Portugal. The detailed programs are available on Bkwine.com.

"The trend towards active holidays seems to continue" says Britt Karlsson, founder of BKWine, "so I think that the two spring tours will fill up quickly". Britt continues: "I am particularly happy that travellers have started to discover that springtime is also a good time for wine and food travel. There’s no harvest, of course, but there are plenty of things happening in the wine cellars. Plus summer is approaching with brighter evenings and warmer weather".

The two tours on the spring program are both classics:

Truffles, foie gras and wine in the Périgord (south-west France), including a real truffle hunt, a half day cooking workshop with duck and foie gras, and wine of course, February 11-15

The Alentejo in Portugal, a wine region that is on the forefront of the modern winemaking in Portugal, with gourmet specialities like the pata negra ham, March 25-29

The tours are organised by Britt Karlsson, founder of BKWine and one of Europe’s most active organisers of specialists wine and gastronomy tours. Each tours is scheduled around a long week-end, starting Wednesday evening and ending on Sunday morning, giving travellers the opportunity to combine it with other activities – golf, culture, shopping or other things. The three days with BKWine as filled with winery visits and food events. All tours are led by Britt herself.

Britt summarizes her philosophy with her tours: "I want the travellers to have a unique experience that will stay with them for a long time after coming home. At the same time I hope they come home knowing a bit more about the wines and food of the places we visit, so there’s definitely an educational part. But most importantly I want to share some of my enthusiasm for the wine, for the food and for the regions we visit".

BKWine is a tour organiser that focuses solely on wine and gastronomic travel. Over the years the company has organised more than two hundred wine tours to France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Hungary, Germany and Austria. BKWine also arranges custom designed tours.

For more information, log on to Bkwine.com.