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10 honeymoon hotspots with a vineyard setting

Imagine toasting the future with a vintage that's grown within sight of your honeymoon suite - here are some of our favourite grape havens

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New Zealand
New Zealand – Anywhere tucked away in the Tuki Tuki Hills in New Zealand’s North Island sounds too sweet to miss. Millar Road at Hawke’s Bay overlooks its own 20 hectare vineyard and the Hawke’s Bay coast, where you can bed down in one of two cute contemporary, self-contained cottages with top views of land and sea. Go there Turquoise Holidays (01494 678 400) offers a two-night stay from £200pp based on two sharing a two-bedroom villa incl. breakfast provisions on first day and a bottle of wine from the vineyard. Sale time! The Turquoise Annual Honeymoon is now on until Friday 21 February, so discover details of this and other great value resorts at turquoiseholdays.co.uk
Bordeaux, France
Bordeaux, France – Just 20 minutes from buzzing Bordeaux the secluded vineyard at Les Sources de Caudalie takes the business of wine to a whole new level. Not only can you sip the award-winning wines over dinner in the michelin-starred restaurant, but you can enjoy a soak in a huge wine barrel Jacuzzi, have a facial using spa products created from the estate’s grapes and take a tour of one of the largest and smartest wine cellars we’ve ever seen. Santé to that! Go there From €250 per room per night, based on two sharing on a B&B basis, sources-caudalie.com
Australia
Australia – Who couldn’t love a country-house style hotel in a village called Pokolbin, deep in Australlia’s Hunter Valley wine country. This is the lovely location of Peppers Guest House where the wine has won awards and the sunsets come very close.   Go there: From £86pp per night on room only basis (010306 747008, kuoni.co.uk)
United Kingdom
United Kingdom – With its very own 500-year-old vineyard (now that’s what we call a vintage) Thornbury Castle is the perfect place to do some wine research for your big day. Head down to the well-stocked cellars or let the hotel staff do the hard work for you as they pick the perfect wines to go with your fresh-from-the-garden dinner. After all that wine head up to the tower suite, which is fit for a Disney princess with its ornate four-poster and stunning Gloucestershire views.  Go there: Midweek break incl. one night’s accommodation, two-course à la carte dinner and a full English breakfast from £230 per couple, per night (thornburycastle.co.uk).
Argentina
Argentina – In the middle of the Mendoza wine country of Argentina, you’ll find the too-cute boutique Cavas Wine Lodge with just 14 villas and a stunning spa with wine-inspired therapies. Go there Doubles from £228 per night, incl. breakfast with i-escape.com
Spain
Spain – Style seekers with a penchant for good wine will be in heaven at Hotel Marqués de Riscal. Set in the hills of Rioja, this design haven is surrounded by the oldest vines in the region, so you’re guaranteed a fine vintage. Take in the views of the vine-clad hills and soak up the sun on the terrace of your ultra-modern room before diving head-first into the Vinothéraphie Spa. Go there Double rooms start from €300 excluding VAT, incl.: Breakfast Winery tour with two tastings Access to Vinothérapie® Spa by Caudalie (indoor swimming pool, Jacuzzi, hamman, relaxing area and fitness)
Tuscany, Italy
Tuscany, Italy – In the heart of the Chianti region, Borgo San Felice is a stylish collection of rooms and suites peppered around the medieval village of the same name. Once you’ve tried the cellar tour and tasting in the winery next door, the concierge is happy to point you in the direction of other vineyards and local producers of Tuscan delights like olive oil. And at less than 10 miles from Siena, you can base yourselves at Borgo San Felice, hire a car and see the sights (providing one of you sticks to succo di frutta, that is!) Go there Doubles from €329 on a B&B basis, incl. taxes and service borgosanfelice.it
The Algarve, Portugal
The Algarve, Portugal – If you’ve ever fancied treading grapes like they do in the old films (known as ‘pisa-uva’) you can roll up your trousers at the five-star Vila Vita Parc, with its hotel vineyard Herdade dos Grous.  Even better is tasting the results on one of the cellar wine tours. Go there Three nights from £579 (in April) £672 (in May) £776 (in June), incl. return flights from London Gatwick (other UK departure airports available) to Faro plus private transfers on a B&B basis. Classic Collection Holidays (0800 294 9315, classic-collection.co.uk)
South Africa
South Africa – Babylonstoren is an historic Cape Dutch working wine farm in South Africa at the heart of the Cape winelands between Paarl and Franschhoek where you can really appreciate the fruits of the land. As well as the wine, obviously, they grow all their own fruit and veg and you can join in the harvesting by picking grapes or collecting eggs. The accommodation is set in traditional Cape farm cottages and the restaurant is set in a converted cowshed. Rural Romance with capital Rs. Go there Turquoise honeymooners can enjoy seven nights (for the price of six) in May 2014 from just £1545pp (based on two sharing a one-bedroom suite) incl. breakfast, car hire from Cape Town and international flights with BA in economy class from Heathrow to Cape Town. Sale time! The Turquoise Annual Honeymoon is now on until Friday 21 February, so discover details of this and other great value resorts at turquoiseholdays.co.uk
Chile
Chile – With the background of the snow-capped Andes, Santiago and Chile’s winelands are perfect for honing your bouquet sniffing skills. Stay three nights at W Santiago hotel before being whisked away to the Casablanca region for three more at the five-star La Casona at Matetic Vineyards, then finish with three nights at the Lapostolle Residence (pictured) where they know a thing or two about alcohol. (The driving force behind the hotel is the great-granddaughter of the guy who created Grand Marnier!) Here you can have lunch at the winery itself, or ride through the Apalta vineyard on horseback. Go there DialAFlight offers this nine-night Chile trip from £3349pp (saving £200pp) for September departures. Board basis varies. Incl. flights from London with British Airways and transfers (0844 556 6060, dialaflight.com)
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