Cruise News - Oceania Cruises and FOOD & WINE Magazine's 4th Annual Wine Voyage
January 15- 2013 : Oceania Cruises' new cruise ship Riviera features FOOD & WINE Magazine's 4th Annual Wine Voyage
Tenuta dell'Ornellaia, one of Italy's most lauded wineries is to host the fourth annual FOOD & WINE Wine Voyage aboard Oceania Cruises' newest cruise ship Riviera, which leaves from Monte Carlo on October 11th and arrives into Civitavecchia, the port of Rome on October 18th.The Riviera is a mid-sized cruise ship specifically designed for the food and wine lover, with Executive Culinary Director Jacques Pepin overseeing seven no-extra-charge restaurants, the cruise industry's first restaurant collaboration with Wine Spectator magazine and the first at-sea hands-on cooking classroom.
Onboard will be Leonardi Raspini, Ornellaia's general manager, who along with FOOD & WINE's long-time wine expert Anthony Giglio, will preside over a series of private events that include a vertical tasting of multiple Ornellaia vintages and a five course gourmet, wine-paired dinner.
As Ornellaia is one of Italy's highest-rated and most expensive wines, the cruise is a unique opportunity to cruise the French and Italian Riviera in luxury, while tasting multiple vintages back-to-back and mingling with fellow wine enthusiasts and top wine experts.
Ornellaia's hospitality will also be extended when the ship visits Livorno, the port of call for Tuscany. Here, the estate normally closed to the public, will open for an optional and opulent private group luncheon and tour.
The Fourth FOOD & WINE Wine Voyage includes other opportunities for the food and wine lover to experience the culinary terroir of the regions they visit. From the French port of Marseille, an optional tour of Chateauneuf-du-Pape is offered, with a wine-paired luncheon cooked by a Michelin-starred chef and a private tasting Domaine de la Janasse, another highly rated winery. In Sorrento, the group has the option of visiting the Stabiae Villas, thought to be the home of the regions governor which, like Pompeii, was buried by Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79. Following a tour led by a local archeologist, the group drives up the volcanos slopes for a private tasting and lunch at Azienda Sorrentino Winery, featuring varieties of grapes and wines not found anywhere else in the world.
The price of the fourth FOOD & WINE Wine Voyage begins at $2,624 per person double occupancy and includes Oceania Cruises' free airfare* from 26 major US airports. All bookings are to be made through Food & Wine Trails, one of the nations oldest and largest wine-travel companies. Bookings made before March 31, 2013, will receive a complimentary $100 shipboard credit and prepaid gratuities.
For reservations or to order a brochure, contact a travel agent, visit OceaniaCruises.com or call toll-free at 800-531-5658.
About Oceania Cruises
Oceania Cruises® offers unrivaled cuisine, luxurious accommodations, exceptional personalized service and extraordinary value. Award-winning itineraries visit more than 330 ports in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and the Americas aboard the 684-guest Regatta, Insignia and Nautica and the line’s 1,250-guest Marina and sister ship Riviera.
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