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Can you bring wine on a plane? Carry-on vs checked-bag rules, how many bottles you can fly with, packing that survives the hold, and duty-free allowances.
Read MoreThe hands-on guide to shipping wine — who can legally do it, how to pack bottles so they survive, which carrier to use, and what it actually costs.
Read MoreSending wine as a gift, at home and abroad — who can legally ship it, who pays the duty, and the easiest way to get a bottle to someone.
Read MoreCan wine be shipped to your state? An interactive 2026 lookup of direct-to-consumer wine shipping rules for all 50 states plus DC.
Read MoreCanada’s two great wine regions — Niagara-on-the-Lake and the Okanagan Valley — both let you sleep on the vineyard. Our pick of estate inns and winery resorts across Ontario and British Columbia.
Read MoreLong Island’s North Fork is a maritime wine region two hours from Manhattan, with a rare cluster of properties that let you sleep on or beside a working vineyard. Our pick of where to stay.
Read MorePaso Robles has an unusually high concentration of small, family-owned estates with on-site inns — so you can sleep among working vines, then tour and taste without driving. Our pick of 8 vineyard stays.
Read MoreEngland’s sparkling-wine estates grow Chardonnay and Pinot on the same chalk as Champagne — and a growing number let you stay on the vineyard. Our pick of 10 UK wine-estate stays, England and Wales.
Read MoreStay on a Spanish wine estate — Marqués de Riscal in Elciego (Frank Gehry's titanium-ribbon hotel on the 1858 estate, One MICHELIN Key), Hotel Viura in Villabuena de Álava (stacked-cubes design in the heart of Rioja Alavesa), Eguren Ugarte in Laguardia (rooms above a 2,000-metre underground cellar), Mastinell in Vilafranca del Penedès (working cava estate with bottle-mimicking architecture), and Castilla Termal Monasterio de Valbuena (a 12th-century Cistercian monastery in Ribera del Duero). Our guide to 8 vineyard hotels across Rioja, Penedès and Ribera del Duero.
Read MoreStay on a working Australian wine estate — The Louise in the Barossa (Baillie Lodges, Appellation restaurant), Kingsford the Barossa heritage homestead, Cape Lodge in the heart of Margaret River's Wilyabrup, Beresford Estate's vineyard-edge suites in McLaren Vale, and the design-led Yala Yallingup (formerly Empire Retreat). Our guide to 8 vineyard hotels across Australia's three flagship wine regions.
Read MoreStay on a working French wine estate — Provence's Château La Coste with Tadao Ando architecture, Royal Champagne above Épernay, Hostellerie de Levernois in Burgundy, Château d'Isenbourg in Alsace, and Domaine des Hauts de Loire. Our guide to 10 vineyard hotels across the five French wine regions outside Bordeaux.
Read MoreStay in German Riesling country — Schloss Lieser on the Mosel (Marriott Autograph Collection in an 1880s castle), Weinromantikhotel Richtershof (Mülheim, 300-year-old winery with a 1,700 m² cellar), Moselschlösschen in Traben-Trarbach (adults-only spa on a 1754 pillar cellar), Burg Schwarzenstein in the Rheingau (Relais & Châteaux, MICHELIN-starred restaurant), Kronenschlösschen in Hattenheim (Gault & Millau Best Wine List in Germany), Schloss Reinhartshausen (Erbach — 680-year wine estate, IHG Vignette Collection from January 2026), Ketschauer Hof and Deidesheimer Hof in the Pfalz. Our guide to 8 vineyard hotels across the three core Riesling regions.
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