Do you want to try some local liqueurs and other alcoholic drinks in the countries you’re visiting? Check out this category to find boozy tours and tastings available in the country you’re planning to visit! Here are a few links to get you started:
https://thirstyjourneys.com/day-trip-hunter-valley-wine-region/
https://thirstyjourneys.com/tour-tasting-wynand-fockink-proeflokaal/
Have you ever fallen in love with a liqueur or spirit and wished you could tour the distillery that made it? Well, my husband Mark and I had this very opportunity when we received an invitation to tour De Kuyper Royal Distillers in the Netherlands! It all started while we were planning our most recent vacation…
If you’re a fan of gin, a visit to the House of Bols Cocktail & Genever Experience in Amsterdam should be on your must-see list. And even if you’re one of those folks who thinks gin tastes like tree sap, the Bols company probably still makes a liqueur or two that you’ll find appealing. Gin…
Australia is, of course world-famous for its amazing wines. But did you know they also have some wonderful distilleries? My husband and I got the opportunity to visit one of them in November – the Tamborine Mountain Distillery. Tamborine Mountain is located in South East Queensland in the Gold Coast Hinterland region. It’s about a…
What better way to spend a birthday than to take in a winery tour in a foreign country? That’s what my husband and I did this November for our respective birthdays. We just *happened* to be in Australia for our birthdays, which, of course is a fabulous place for wineries and picturesque vineyards. We were staying…
Rothenburg ob der Tauber is easily one of the prettiest, most picturesque little towns in Germany. In fact, this was one of the many reasons we wanted to spend some time here. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. At no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you decide to make a…
There’s no better way to experience Portugal than to take a Douro Valley wine tour. My husband Mark and I spent four wonderful days in Porto and earmarked one of those days for finding a day trip on a Douro Valley wine tour. This is the heart of Portugal’s grape growing region. We really wanted to…
If you haven’t caught on already, I love Amsterdam. The museums, the shopping, the food, the architecture, the weather, the tulips….it’s all amazing. But the one thing that had been missing from all of our adventures in this great European city, was to drink genever in a proper genever bar. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate…
Porto, Portugal is the birthplace of port wine. This means that there is a mind-boggling array of port wine cellars in Porto you can visit. Port is a type of fortified wine. Fortified wines are made by adding neutral grape spirit (aquardente) to stop the fermentation process and secure the remaining sugar in the wine….