Italy cooking, wine

Orientarsi offers a 7-day/6-night course on wine appreciation in Italy and another on cooking, both in the Piemonte region bordering France. Each provides five days’ instruction for three hours a day; a gala dinner in Acqui, and free admission to a spa.

Each course costs €480 (near $637) per person, double, with a single supplement of €48 and an extra lunch at €24. Contact Orientarsi (T.O. Via Bari 17/a, Turin, Italy; phone +39 011 19508393).