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Cruise vacation choices for food and wine lovers.

If you have a passion for fine food and wine, a Mediterranean cruise may be your perfect vacation choice.

Celebrity Cruise Line offers wine immersive cruises with stops in France, Spain and Portugal. Bordeaux Chateau tours let you get up close and personal with exclusive access to the vintners at local wineries during the highly anticipated fall harvest time. While onboard, passengers enjoy Rioja tastings, champagne brunches, and wine and food pairing dinners.

Holland America hosts celebrity guest chefs as part of their Culinary Arts Center program.  Guiliano Hazan, author of Cooking Italian With Giuliano, is one of many chefs who perform cooking demonstrations for guests in the ship's state-of-the-art show kitchen, where you enjoy tasting the amazing food they prepare and get your cooking questions answered. With overnight stays in Seville, Spain; Istanbul, Turkey; Piraeus (Athens), Greece; Venice, Italy; Barcelona, Spain, and Lisbon, Portugal, guests have plenty of time for exploring of some of the world's classic destinations.

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For those who crave luxury, Regent Seven Seas Cruises has a special fall sailing in 2012 from Monte Carlo to Venice with Californian guest chef Tommaso
Barletta, Executive Chef and Owner of Tuscany Restaurant in Westlake Village,
Rustico Restaurant  in Oak Park and Riviera Restaurant & Lounge in Calabasas. 
He’ll prepare signature dishes and share secret cooking techniques. 

San Juan Capistrano chefs and wine experts can even put together their own cruise groups – sharing their passion and knowledge while sailing at very little cost.  With our SJC ties to Italy (Saint John of Capistrano) and Spain (Father Serra) a Med cruise would be a perfect destination to highlight their talents.

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