What could be better than relaxing in the peace and quiet of the French countryside, watching the sun go down with a glass of local wine in your hand? For wine lovers, camping in France is about more than finding a good campsite to relax in – it s also about discovering the local vineyards to try the wines right at the source.

If you can tell your Beaujolais from your Burgundy, the destination of your camping holiday in France will depend just as much on your taste in wine as your appetite for the local attractions. For the perfect combination, here is a guide to the sights and wines of some of France s premier wine producing regions…

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400 years ago the Spanish came to Argentina and brought with them their love of wine. Catholic monks and priests began to grown produce wine for serving at communion and so the Argentine wine industry was born.  It was in the 1800s, though, that European settlers arrived with wine expertise, more grape strains and, importantly, the railway.  One of the arrivals was a seemingly insignificant dark grape from the south of France.  This grape, called Malbec,  found its true home in the foothills of the Andes and flourished.

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Chile Travel Advice For Wine Aficionados Let’s get this Chile travel advice train for wine aficionados rolling with a geography lesson. The entire country is one very long and narrow strip of land (4000 miles) wedged in between the waters of the Pacific and the Andes mountain ranges. This provides mineral rich and well irrigated soil at a high elevation, which is why Chilean wine is heavily exported to the US and all over the world.

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France is the most visited country in the world. Each wine producing region has its own distinctive soil, landscape, climate, culture and history. France travel advice is about tours in the regions of Champagne, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rhone region and Loire Valley.

A tour will take you along wine routes, touring vineyards and some magnificent buildings of a grand past. Many areas date their history back to the Roman era. You will become familiar with the French concept of Terroir. This concept designates a product according to the natural soil, climate, culture and tradition of a region.

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Whether an aficionado of wine or not, few experiences can match the Napa Valley country wine tours that are conducted in the northern California region. With a variety of places to see and experience, the tours create a great opportunity for those that want a little get away time from the hustle and bustle of their everyday routines.

These wonderful wine tours carry a great schedule of events that is included in the tour package. One of the best tours lasts for about nine hours and includes a ferry boat cruise.

It begins at the Ferry Building with a shuttle trip across the Golden Gate Bridge to the Napa Valley. There will be stops at four different Napa Valley vineyards so that tour guests can get a taste of the many different wine choices available.

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