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Here are some of the best gourmet tours available. Many offer optional cooking classes. Sample cuisine from some of the best culinary traditions around the world. Wine tours offer the chance to sample some of the best wines of each country, with tours of local vineyards and wineries.

GOURMET TOURS:
CULINARY, COOKING & WINE TOURS

• CALIFORNIA
  · Food & Wine Trails - Napa & Sonoma Food and Wine Tours and Tastings

• LOUISIANA, New Orleans
  · Culinary History Tours - Walking tours of French Quarter restaurants and kitchens.

• NEW ENGLAND
  · Creative Culinary Tours - New England, Virginia, North Carolina

• NEW YORK CITY
  · Foods of New York Tours - Unique Food Tasting & Cultural Walking Tours in New York City.

• AUSTRALIA
  · Pembertons Food Tours - Food Tours & Classes
  · Food Trail Tours
  · Greekalicious - Greek Cooking Classes in Australia.

• AUSTRIA
  · Food & Wine Trails - Wide variety of wine and food tours and cruises.

• BELGIUM
  · Chocolate Lovers Paradise Tours - Chocolate tours.

• CANADA
  · Okanagan Wine Country Tours - Wine & Garden Tours.

• FRANCE
  · Active Gourmet Holidays - Gourmet Vacations, Food & Wine Tours, and Cooking Classes
  · CookinFrance - Relaxed hands on cooking holidays.
  · Food & Wine Trails - Wide variety of wine and food tours and cruises.
  · Gastronomicom - Wine Tours & Culinary Programs.
  · Ô Chateau - Paris Wine tastings and wine tours.
  · Paris Culinary Treasures Tours - Gourmet Culinary and Tea. Chocolate tours and Wine/Food tours.
  · Rhodes School of Cuisine - Gourmet cooking vacations.

• ITALY
  · Active Gourmet Holidays - Gourmet Vacations, Food & Wine Tours, and Cooking Classes
  · Casa Gregorio - Hands-on Cooking Program and Culinary Tours in the Roman Countryside
  · Cascina Bella Vista - Italian cooking school and Italian cultural experience at its best.
  · Culinary Institute of Bologna - Cooking Classes and Gourmet Adventures
  · Fontana del Papa - Italian family run Cooking Courses, Wine Tasting & Tours. About 70 kms north of Rome
  · Food & Wine Trails - Wide variety of wine and food tours and cruises.
  · Good Tastes of Tuscany - Food and Wine Tours, Cooking Classes, Wine Courses.
  · The Italian Cooking School - Tailor-made hands-on cooking classes
  · ICIF - Italian Culinary Institute for Foreigners - Cookery, bread, pastry and ice cream making, wine course & Italian lessons.
  · Italian Institute for Advanced Culinary & Pastry Arts - Culinary School, Recreational Programs & Excursions, etc.
  · Italy And Wine - Wine Tours & Tasting Classes · Truffle Hunting Experiences · Tuscan Cooking Classes
  · Maria’s Cookery Course - Cooking lessons, Wine tours
  · Organic Tuscany - Organic Cooking Classes, One Day and One Week Courses
  · O’Sole Mio Tours - Food & Wine Tours of Italy
  · Reggio Lingua - Language and Cooking Courses
  · Rhodes School of Cuisine - Gourmet cooking vacations
  · Toscana Mia - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 & 5 Day Cooking Classes; Family Program: Cooking course with children
  · Tuscan Way - Gourmet Cooking Vacations; Wine and Cheese Tours; Custom Tours
  · Tuscookany Cooking Vacations - Italian and Mediterranean Cooking Holidays
  · Villa Vallerosa - Italian Cooking Courses & Tours

• MEXICO
  · Oaxaca Culinary Tours - Provides a unique opportunity to indulge in the broadest diversity of Oaxacan culinary experiences imaginable.
  · Active Gourmet Holidays - Gourmet Vacations, Food & Wine Tours, and Cooking Classes

• MOROCCO
  · Active Gourmet Holidays - Gourmet Vacations, Food & Wine Tours, and Cooking Classes
  · Rhodes School of Cuisine - Gourmet cooking vacations

• NEW ZEALAND
  · Food & Wine Trails - Wide variety of wine and food tours and cruises.

• PERU
  · Active Gourmet Holidays - Gourmet Vacations, Food & Wine Tours, and Cooking Classes

• PORTUGAL
  · Active Gourmet Holidayss - Gourmet Vacations, Food & Wine Tours, and Cooking Classes
  · Food & Wine Trails - Wide variety of wine and food tours and cruises.

• SOUTH AFRICA
  Gourmet Wine Tours - Tours for individuals and small groups.
  Winelands Tours - South African Cape winelands tours.
  African Classic Encounters - Wine Tours, Gourmet Tours, etc.

• SPAIN
  · Active Gourmet Holidays - Gourmet Vacations, Food & Wine Tours, and Cooking Classes
  · Epicurean Ways - Culinary Destinations in Spain
  · Food & Wine Trails - Wide variety of wine and food tours and cruises.
  · Instituto Hemingway - Cooking Tours, Cooking Classes
  · Vintage Spain - Gourmet Wine Tours, Tastings & Vacations · Gastronomic Activities

• THAILAND
  Carving Institute - Art and Food Fusion

• CRUISES
  · Food & Wine Trails - Wide variety of wine and food tours and cruises.

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