Find your holiday to Chianti

They say: "Our passion is to offer holidays to get to know the region through the wines and the people who make them. Wine is all about ‘joie-de-vivre’ and we believe our tours should be too."

We say: "The 2009 brochure has tours to over 20 wine producing countries worldwide, from France and Italy, to Chile and New Zealand. You can even combine wine and opera to make a culturally sublime holiday!"

They say: "The success of CV Travel’s Italy continues, and we have carefully expanded our portfolio with a few exceptional new properties around the country, including Mulino del Pita, a converted watermill with golf near Lucca, Ripa Bianca, a smart villa in glorious pastoral countryside in Southern Umbria. Old favourites include our quirky towers for two, converted trulli houses, the private hamlet of Borgo San Biagio and even aristocratic residences and palaces."