About Cork+Compass Travel
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The Cork+Compass Travel Story
Wine Enthusiast’s Cork+Compass Travel is the Magazine’s first endeavor into exceptional wine travel. Our philosophy is rooted in the mission of our parent company, Wine Enthusiast — to enhance the wine experience for all.
With a history that spans over 40 years, Wine Enthusiast is the premier source for all things wine. We create and deliver unique wine-lifestyle products and award-winning content that inspires and empowers everyone to enjoy wine to its fullest. The media division is home to the most prolific tasting panel in the world—held to the rarified ethical standard of blind tasting—maintaining Wine Enthusiast as one of the most trusted institutions in wine.
What started as a humble mission to make the wine experience accessible to everyone has grown into a dynamic commerce and media company regarded around the world for our unmatched passion and expertise. We’re carrying forward that simple yet profound ideology to Cork+Compass Travel adventures. We invite you to go beyond our written word and explore our curated world of great wines firsthand.
Our Expertise
Wine Enthusiast is driven by a passionate group of people who know and love wine.
Our team is composed of WSET-certified editors, tasters and product experts with over 140 years combined in the industry. Every trip will be joined by one of these renowned wine authorities from our team. And with over 25,000 wines and spirits blind tasted and reviewed annually, Wine Enthusiast is the single most authoritative source in the entire wine and spirits industry.
Wine Enthusiast has partnered with Academic Travel Abroad (ATA) to bring you Cork+Compass Travel. ATA is an educational travel provider founded on the principle that travel and learning go hand in hand. With 75 years of experience and an expansive network of experts worldwide, ATA curates travel experiences for intellectually curious adults and students that delve beneath the surface, access the authentic, and shun the touristic.
At a Glance
17
WIne Experts on Staff
25,000
Wines Reviewed Annually
87%
Percentage of Employees Who Rated WE a Great Place to Work
Why Travel with Wine Enthusiast’s Cork+Compass Travel?
Unparalleled expertise and network
Each trip will be led by a member of our renowned tasting panel, serving as your guide and personal curator. Your guide may be an expert such as our Tasting Director, Anna-Christina Cabrales, a Sommelier Diploma recipient and a recognized thought leader in the Champagne, Burgundy, and Rhône wine regions. If your journey takes you to Italy, you might be accompanied by our Italian Taster, Danielle Callegari, a Dartmouth professor of Italian studies and a published author of several books on Dante.
As the foremost authority on wine, you can trust Wine Enthusiast to give you unfettered access to the best of wine country. Our network is limitless and we welcome you to join us as we open doors for you to walk through with a glass in hand.
Top of the class experience
When the Wine Enthusiast team travels, our expectations are of the highest caliber. You can trust that our team will put together tastings, accommodations and meals we would only recommend to our dearest friends.
Insider access without the snobbery
Wine Enthusiast gives exclusive access through Cork+Compass Travel that only editors and journalists typically receive. When a Wine Enthusiast editor visits a winery, the experience is more than just memorable, it’s impossible to replicate. We want to share the “red carpet treatment” with you. Gain access to wineries and experiences that are rarely given to the public.
Our 2025 Trips
Three exceptional destinations, each led by a Wine Enthusiast expert who brings deep knowledge and insider access to your experience.
Let us take you there.
Wine Enthusiast’s Cork+Compass Travel is the magazine’s first endeavor into exceptional wine travel and tourism. Our philosophy is rooted in the mission of our parent company, Wine Enthusiast—to enhance the wine experience for all.