Your Guide to the World's Best Brand Experiences

DISCOVER WHERE BRANDS COME TO LIFE

Why would anyone travel halfway around the world to visit a toilet factory, a glassworks, a horse ranch, a Braille printing house or a museum dedicated to Cup Noodles? I would.

I visit brands: their visitor centres, factory tours, flagship stores, brand museums, archives and hotels.

Behind the products, companies, organisations and industries that shape our everyday lives are remarkable people, pioneering ideas, engineering breakthroughs, forgotten stories and surprising connections that continue to influence the world around us.

Whether it's a global household name, a family business, a sporting institution or a hidden gem, every place has a story worth discovering.

My guides and itineraries will help you plan unforgettable visits, uncover remarkable places and discover histories that will make you see familiar names and unexpected ones in a completely new light.

Recent exploring

I Visit Rosewood Winery

From bees to bottles: How Rosewood blends generations of beekeeping with ambitious wines and mead on Ontario’s Beamsville Bench.

SPIRITS & ALCOHOL

Wooden chess pieces on a checkered board in warm sunlight, with letters C to G visible on the edge and a calm, focused mood

Checkmate - Chess is trending

How chess, the game that was once seen as just for nerds, has exploded in popularity, and how celebrities and brands are getting in on the act.

INSIGHT

Brick Spirit of York Distillery Co. building with flowered patio, string lights, and city towers under a cloudy sky.

I Visit Spirit Of York Distillery

From grain to glass: Why Toronto’s Spirit of York Distillery is a masterclass in mixing transparency, superb spirits and living industrial heritage.

SPIRITS & ALCOHOL

Luxury Lumiere winery visitor centre main building with solar panels and a Lumière sign beside a red path under a bright blue sky.

I Visit Lumière Winery, Japan

From Samurai to Sommeliers. We visit Lumière, the pioneering winery that helped transform a humble table grape into one of Japan's most celebrated wines.

SPIRITS & ALCOHOL

Modern gray building with FIFA MUSEUM sign and 48 banner on a city street under a hazy sun, with autumn trees and parked cars.

I Visit FIFA Museum

The FIFA Museum in Zurich has an ambitious brief: to tell the story of a sport that unites more than four billion people. We went along to see how close it gets.

SPORT

Large historic mansion, the George Eastman museum, with columns and many windows, framed by green trees under a bright blue sky.

I Visit George Eastman Museum

If the Kodak Visitor Centre tells the story of the brand, the George Eastman Museum tells the story of the man. And it is a fascinating story indeed.

TECHNOLOGY

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