Nina Caplan is the Lifestyle and Travel columnist for Club Oenologique online and wine columnist for The New Statesman and The Times’s Luxx magazine. Her first book, The Wandering Vine: Wine, The Romans and Me, came out in 2018 and won several awards; she’s trying to stay in one place long enough to write a second one.
With an international reputation for Riesling, Clare Valley is already on the radars of many wine lovers and the region's restaurants only add to its appeal. Nina Caplan highlights six destinations serving great food with excellent local wines
From vineyard retreats and designer hotels to converted farmhouses, the Douro Valley’s finest accommodation offers relaxation, breathtaking scenery and a chance to sample some of Portugal's outstanding wines. Here are nine exceptional places to stay along the river
