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Food and Wine

A Delectable Experience to Savor

Do you savor a rare vintage wine? Imagine sipping it in France. Are you excited by delectable entrées and desserts? Embark on a cruise where you can delve into wonderful culinary creations, master and celebrity chefs, fine wines and wine specialists. Your taste buds will be delighted by a symphony of flavors as you savor your way through some of the world’s greatest food and wine regions.

A world of wonderful culinary creations, great chefs, splendid vintages and wine experts is yours to discover, whether you are a chef, self-proclaimed or professional, or you just enjoy the pleasure of good food and wine.

Join master chefs as they share their secrets in preparing that perfect dish. Wine specialists are on hand to make sure your wine choice is the ideal match to go with your chosen entrée and to teach you the art of drinking glass of wine.

Theme cruises like these offer unique opportunities to sail with fellow passengers who share your affinity for a certain activity or interest. Sometimes it is the cruise line itself that offers a specific departure date geared towards a particular cruise theme. Other times, it is UncommonCruises.com that organizes and promotes our very own cruise theme departures. Either way, you can join in the fun with other like-minded passengers who share your particular passion or pursuit – whether food and wine or any other interest or theme.

From time to time, we showcase specific kinds of food and wine cruises in our Featured Cruise Themes section. If you want to automatically receive a monthly e-postcard that will feature a particular food and wine cruise or for that matter other theme cruises, click on the Cruise Theme of the Month box on the right. Or simply come back to our website to see which cruise theme is being showcased as this month’s pick.

Savor your way through some of the world’s greatest food and wine regions. Whether you enjoy cooking or just eating, this is a cruise not to be missed. Your taste buds will thank you!

Learn the Secrets

From appetizers to desserts, from wines to champagnes, and everything in between. This is a cooking class like no other! Take home the incredible secrets that will “Wow!” your friends at your next dinner party.

Cook like a Celebrated Chef


The world's finest chefs and wine experts converge on your ship to prepare signature dishes for your dinner menus, demonstrate cooking techniques and share the secrets of their culinary artistry.
Participate in intensive cooking demonstrations detailing the preparation and presentation and discover the secrets and techniques of world-renowned chefs. Watch as prominent chefs prepare their signature dishes. Learn the secret cooking techniques from the celebrated chefs. You might even get a chance to practice your own cooking skills! Disembark in ports and travel with the chef to markets to see how the best local delicacies are chosen. Later watch as they are used in preparation for a delicious meal.

Become a Wine Connoisseur


Distinguished wine authorities provide insight and education in the endlessly fascinating world of wine offering unique opportunities to experience side-by-side tastings of select vintages. Vinters will be on hand to show you that as well as how to develop the palate of a wine connoisseur. Explore the connections between wine and other elements in the world. Learn the art of pairing fine wines to signature dishes. By the end of your cruise, you will be a wine connoisseur!

Delectable Experiences

From your cruise ship to the enticing ports of call, you will delve into everything food and wine! Embark the ship for a tour of delectable tastes. Sample fine wines from around the world or learn to make a new gourmet dish in a hands-on cooking class taught by master chefs.
Immerse yourself in the unique traditions and tastes of the ports of call you will visit. Venture into various regions and visit highly acclaimed restaurants. Partake in exclusive tastings highlighting prized local dishes and regional wines.

Northern Burgundy

Lezinnes to Auxerre | April to October | 6 Nights

On the Nenuphar (Barge (European)) | Operated by French Country Waterways

You are greeted at our meeting point hotel by our guide. He will escort you via private motorcoach or high-speed train to the mooring where your luxury hotel barge awaits. Once aboard, you are welcomed by our cordial, English-speaking crew, and ushered to your comfortably appointed stateroom, complete with private bath.…

Alsace-Lorraine

Nancy to Strasbourg | April to October | 6 Nights

On the Princess (Barge (European)) | Operated by French Country Waterways

Glide down a mountainside on the Incline Plane, tour Strasbourg with its majestic Cathedral, and Nancy, home of the Art Nouveau movement, dinner ashore at Le Cerf.

These two historic regions are linked by one of France's most scenic waterways, which rises over the summit of the Vosges Mountains. The contrasts between…

Mediterranean Interlude: A Celebration of Music, Culture & Cuisine

Civitavecchia to Barcelona | June to June | 9 Nights

On the Corinthian II (Mega Yacht) | Operated by Travel Dynamics International

Western civilization was born in the Mediterranean, and for this voyage we have custom-designed a remarkable itinerary that combines three hallmarks of a great civilization: grand art and architecture, sublime music, and fine cuisine prepared by master chefs. In Naples you’ll explore the haunting remains of Pompeii…

European Odyssey

Copenhagen to Lisbon | September to October | 16 Nights

On the National Geographic Endeavour (Expedition Vessel) | Operated by Lindblad Expeditions

Far from the madding crowds, our noble expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour noses into quaint ports and calls at island communities that regular cruise ships simply cannot visit. We anchor in remote places like St.-Jean-de-Luz, Ile d’Aix and Islas Cies, which are the envy of large ships.” This fragment from…

European Odyssey

Copenhagen to Lisbon | September to October | 16 Nights

On the National Geographic Explorer (Expedition Vessel) | Operated by Lindblad Expeditions

Far from the madding crowds, our noble expedition ship National Geographic Endeavour noses into quaint ports and calls at island communities that regular cruise ships simply cannot visit. We anchor in remote places like St.-Jean-de-Luz, Ile d’Aix and Islas Cies, which are the envy of large ships.” This fragment from…

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