You’ve heard of people going on a Cougar Cruise, right? Well, here’s a Cougar Cruise that will probably be news to you.
Six days. Next May 28, starting in Nice and ending in Rome, with stops in Portofino, Cinque Terre, Livorno and Portoferraio.
It gets better.
Private charter of food and wine lovers. Gourmet wine-tasting dinners. Seminars on food, wine and ports (not the drink, the places). Featured wines throughout the day and evening.
Yes, it’s a wine cruise.
The price starts at $2,450, steep until you consider it’s Windstar, an exclusive cruise line that has three “yachts” with a capacity of about 300. For this cruise, which you won’t find on Windstar’s website because it’s chartered only for Cougars, the yacht is the Wind Surf — billed as the largest sailing ship in the world.
Proceeds from this special cruise go to benefit the Viticulture and Enology Program at Washington State University, where sports teams and alumni (and friends) are all known as Cougars.
Yes, those Cougars.
DAILY DEAL:
Norwegian Dawn
10 nights
April 8, 2012
Miami (return): Caribbean
Inside $719
www.ncl.com