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<\/a>when it comes to wine. A cruise leaves Southampton<\/a> on October 13, destined for some of the great wine regions of Europe during the harvest season.<\/p>\nCan you say Bordeaux, for starters?<\/p>\n
For people who are wine consumers \u2014 a word not to be confused with connoisseurs \u2014 it’s a dream cruise. A whole week of being immersed (hmm, wrong word?) in wine and the food that best enhances it, while visiting not only the most famous wine country in France, but also the best of Spain and Portugal.<\/p>\n
While Celebrity boasts the most extensive collection of sommeliers we’ve ever seen on a cruise, the experts for this one come from “telly” land (TV personality and wine connoisseur Oz Clarke)…and from Vinopolis.<\/p>\n
Ah, Vinopolis.<\/p>\n
Our experience there was less than extraordinary, through no fault of Vinopolis. The night before our afternoon appointment at the unique and unusual wine facility, we had stayed with friends named Charlie and Anne in North London. The two males in the foursome were a match when it came to laughter and wine consumption, and the next day, the last place the visiting male felt like visiting was a place connected to wine.<\/p>\n
Even after an extensive ride on the top of a double-decker bus.<\/p>\n
Ever since, he’s been blaming Charlie.<\/p>\n
DAILY DEAL:<\/strong><\/span> As consumers \u2014 a word not to be confused with connoisseurs \u2014 of wine, we are familiar with Vinopolis. In case you aren’t, this is an organization in the heart of London that specializes in wine and food pairings. In the fall, Vinopolis is pairing with Celebrity, the most progressive cruise line anywhere when it… Continue reading Dream Cruise for Wine Aficionados<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,25,19,15],"tags":[475,71,138,116,748,85],"class_list":["post-11362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-people","category-ships","category-stories","tag-bordeaux-wine","tag-celebrity","tag-celebrity-cruises","tag-wine","tag-wine-cruises","tag-wine-tasting","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNorwegian Epic<\/a>
\n7 nights
\nApril 7, 2012
\nMiami<\/a> (return): St. Maarten<\/a>, St. Thomas<\/a>, Nassau<\/a>
\nInside\u00a0 $599
\nCost per day: $86
\nwww.ncl.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"