{"id":2037,"date":"2014-09-20T17:20:04","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T17:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/?p=2037"},"modified":"2014-09-20T17:20:04","modified_gmt":"2014-09-20T17:20:04","slug":"say-cheers-with-msc-cruises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/say-cheers-with-msc-cruises\/","title":{"rendered":"Say cheers with MSC Cruises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msccruises.co.uk\/uk_en\/homepage.aspx\">MSC Cruises <\/a>is offering a limited series of tantalising journeys through flavours and cultures with three wine-themed cruises. Guests can delight their palates and hone their knowledge through expert-led tastings and talks, and captivating excursions to wine estates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/MSC-Cruis-ship.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2039\" title=\"MSC Cruis ship\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/MSC-Cruis-ship.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whether in charming Provence, buzzing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/barcelona\/\">Barcelona<\/a> or the historic Roman port of Civitavecchia,\u00a0\u2018On The Wine Routes\u2019\u00a0will immerse guests in the fascinating and ancient world of Mediterranean wine production, trade and tradition.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-day \/ seven-night cruises on MSC Splendida will depart from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/genoa\/\">Genoa<\/a>, Italy, on 2 and<\/strong> <strong>9 November<\/strong>, and <strong>14 December<\/strong>, making stops in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/country\/italy\/\">Italy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/country\/tunisia\/\">Tunisia<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/country\/spain\/\">Spain<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/country\/france\/\">France<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The November cruises are scheduled to call at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/naples\/\">Naples<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/messina\/\">Messina <\/a>(Italy); Tunis (Tunisia); Barcelona (Spain) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/marseille\/\">Marseille<\/a> (France), while the December departure\u2019s Italian stops will be in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/civitavecchia_it\/\">Civitavecchia<\/a>, near <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/rome\/\">Rome<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/palermo\/\">Palermo<\/a>, in<a href=\"http:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/sicily\/\"> Sicily<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The cruise package includes one excursion to a wine producer or cellar in France, Spain or Italy, and a high quality beverage package, comprising superior wines served with onboard meals* plus a bottle of fine sparkling wine on Gala Night. Enlightening talks, tastings of a wide range of fine local wines and qualified insights by Masters of Wine, leading experts on the art, science and business of wine are also included.<\/p>\n<p>MSC Cruises CEO Gianni Onorato said:\u00a0\u201cWine is an unbroken thread linking past to present in the Mediterranean, a region whose rich wine culture and history are admired the world over. As the region\u2019s top cruise line it makes absolute sense for MSC Cruises to offer our guests a special wine-themed experience that celebrates this heritage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cMany people enjoy a glass of good wine, but some want to take this a step further and learn more about wine, its production, history and so on. On The Wine Routes is a unique chance to discover more about wine in different countries under expert guidance, in an unhurried and enjoyable way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>*Wines will vary between departures but will always reflect the itinerary.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 MSC Cruises<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSC Cruises is offering a limited series of tantalising journeys through flavours and cultures with three wine-themed cruises. Guests can delight their palates and hone their knowledge through expert-led tastings and talks, and captivating excursions to wine estates. Whether in charming Provence, buzzing Barcelona or the historic Roman port of Civitavecchia,\u00a0\u2018On The Wine Routes\u2019\u00a0will immerse [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"post_views_count":1102,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2037"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2042,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions\/2042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holiday-weather.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}