The Ultimate Valentine

Tens of millions of tourists see Venice each year. But hardly anyone knows about the heaven-on-Earth Prosecco Road less than one hour North.

And yet this may be the most beautiful wine country in the world, with a fantastic and wildly underappreciated culture.

While everyone is familiar with the City of Venice, the islands and lagoon, the culture of medieval Venice responsible for that city was part of the larger "Serenìsima Repùblega Vèneta," which means "Most Serene Republic of Venice" in the Venetian language. The "country" of Venice extended all the way up to the Prosecco Road to the mountains beyond.

During our incredible Prosecco Experience, we explore the wonders of Venetian culture — the incredible food, wine, architecture and history — which lasted for a thousand years.

The Prosecco Road itself connects the beautiful towns of Conegliano and Valdobbidene and all the charming villages between, winding over brilliant green vineyards and forests. The landscape is breathtaking and picture-perfect.

The castles, abbeys, historic towns and incredible beauty of the Prosecco Hills should be well known to every Europe-loving traveler. But the tourist masses haven't found this idyllic spot yet, and so the Prosecco Road is one of the last undiscovered wine countries.

Which is just how we like it. We don't do tourism. The Prosecco Experience is not a tour. It's an immersive exploration of an incredible place and wonderful culture with our brilliant and visionary local food and wine friends. (We can’t give you the details; every exclusive gathering, meal, activity and location is a secret.)

But if you guess we’ll be drinking some incredible wine — well, that’s a very good guess. The Prosecco Hills is a wine country without equal — you're always surrounded by vineyards on rolling hills. We'll wake up and go to bed surrounded by vineyards.

And while everyone is familiar with the kind of prosecco this region exports abroad, the best prosecco can be tasted only in the Prosecco Hills. This Experience will transform your relationship with prosecco. We'll also enjoy a wide range of other incredible, astonishing red and white wines made only in the region. We’ll enjoy this wine with the winemakers themselves.

And the food — the food!! — so amazing. We can’t wait to show you this magical, undiscovered gastronomic paradise.

We have just one room available for our next Prosecco Experience, which happens May 23 through 28, 2022. Book now and make it yours. You deserve this!

Our favorite country is wine country

Wherever we go in this world, we always seek out the places where the small, old wineries and vineyards are.

Wine countries, whether they're in Europe, Asia, Australia or the Americas, are always beautiful, and they also tend to have great food.

Because wine is big business, agri-giants are growing grapes on vast, industrial vineyards where grapes really shouldn't be grown. You see them springing up in California in the Central Valley, and in the vast agricultural space between the Napa/Sonoma wine country and the Santa Barbara/Santa Ynez wine country. Not beautiful.

But in the places where vineyards are small, and exist among with homes, small towns and other kinds of agriculture, they're always beautiful.

(This vineyard happens to be on the Prosecco Road north of Venice in Italy, where we do our Prosecco Experience. )

Creating the Cava Barcelona Gastronomad Experience is an act of joy and love

We’re hard at work planning our upcoming Cava Barcelona Gastronomad Experience! It looks like a lot of fun, but in fact it’s really a lot of fun. The planning is an act of joy, because of the beautiful, brilliant people we get to be with. And it’s an act of love, because we love the culture of Catalonia.

We’re meeting with old friends and new, and Amira is working with our food visionary friends to hand-craft magical gatherings and delicious experiences. We’re tasting everything, scouting locations and planning the deepest, most authentic and most life-changing exploration of Catalonia’s mind-blowing food and wine culture.

During this adventure, our small gang of gastronomads will learn how to cook, drink and party Catalonian style. We’ll explore the amazing foodie city of Barcelona with the both deep traditionalists and new-school innovators who make Barcelona’s food scene unlike any other in the world.

Join us!