Where in the world is the best wine hiding? There is really only one way to find out: go out and find out while taking a wine trip. Vintners and even those who think that they are interested in making their own wine at home can really benefit from going to a foreign country to tour their wine making areas.

It depends on how much time (and how much money) you have when you are planning your itinerary. If you only have one week, the best international destination for wine is Canada. Now, Canada isn't traditionally known as a wine powerhouse, but when you are discussing ice wines and dessert wines, there are very few countries that will come before Canada in variety and quality.

If you have three weeks, why not take a tour through Europe? Start in France, and spend a week each in France, Italy and Germany, enjoying the best winemaking regions in each of these countries. Because you only have one week, you are going to want to focus on some of the most important of the wine regions. In France, of course you are going to want to see how to make Champagne; in Italy, Tuscany can't be beat; in Germany, the Rhein area is excellent for both beautiful scenery and for their delicious white wine.

Maybe you have unlimited time for your wine tour. You could go around the whole world, traveling to nearly every region in the world and find vineyards and large wineries that are worthy of a visit. We've already talked about the European highlights, but what about the Asian highlights? China is being talked about as a future contender in the wine world, and although they aren't there yet, there are thousands of vineyards in this country.

Australia is one of the biggest wine producing areas in the world now, and is a fresh wine and a fresh country. After Australia, stay in the Southern Hemisphere and jet over to South America. Argentina has an established wine making industry, and Brazil is starting to get into the game as well.

Depending on how much time you have on your hands, you can definitely spend a whole lot of time or money touring wineries and vineyards around the world.