Best Wine Hotels

Travel is all about nodding at the architecture, trudging through world history, gazing somewhat cluelessly at modern art, and then washing it all down with some home-grown wine. There’s nothing better than hiking through a hillside vineyard before shaking off your boots and sampling a large glass. So if you’re a wine enthusiast, follow our judges’ footsteps and track down some of the world’s finest home-grown wine hotels. Each one has been certified for its delicious food and impeccable wine collection. Pull up a seat. You’ll be lavished with wonderfully massive reds, divinely sippable whites, and many grapes whose names you won’t be able to say – never mind – just say ‘yes’ and make sure it’s a large glass.