The Taste Trails Calendar
Month by month: what is ripe, what is in season and which Taste Trail to book, across Europe, Canada and Upstate New York.
| Month | Ireland & UK | Portugal & Spain | Italy & France | More of Europe | North America | Lead trail |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Dark-sky seafood suppers in Kerry | Valencia and Sóller oranges, Costa Tropical cherimoya | Black truffle in Italy | Lofoten skrei season begins | Niagara Icewine Festival | Orchards of Valencia |
| February | Dark skies and oyster season | Algarve oranges; almond blossom in the Algarve and Mallorca | Black truffle | Lofoten cod and stockfish racks | Winter in the sugar bush, before the sap runs | Flavours of Faro |
| March | Wild garlic starts | Oranges; Mallorca cycling opens | Spring cycling in the south | Lofoten skrei season | Sugar shacks open in Quebec; New York Maple Weekend | Sóller Orange Valley |
| April | Wild garlic and spring shoreline foraging | Douro and Vinho Verde walks; the Basque coast opens | Tuscany walks; Burgundy opens | Lofoten skrei season ends; Kaštela vineyards open | Sugaring-off ends in Quebec | |
| May | Armagh apple blossom, Burren flowers | Camino season, Rías Baixas | Normandy blossom, Burgundy | Hardanger blossom and the Siderslepp cider festival; Undredal fjord safaris start | Bay of Fundy ocean-floor walks begin | The Albariño Camino |
| June | Strawberries in Fingal and Kent, elderflower | Surf & Turf, Costa Brava | Cherries; lavender begins | Chios mastic fields prepared | Île d'Orléans strawberries | Fingal Berry Morning |
| July | Raspberries, Kent cherries, sea foraging | The Basque coast at its peak | Provence lavender, Burgundy cycling | Ston salt harvest begins | Okanagan cherries; PEI oysters | Garden of England: Cherries to Oysters |
| August | Blackberries and bilberries | Grape harvest begins in the south | Early grape harvest | Chios mastic harvest; Ston salt harvest | Fundy tides; Île d'Orléans in full summer | |
| September | Hedgerow fruit, Herefordshire cider | Douro and Vinho Verde harvest | Grape stomp, Normandy cider harvest | Second mastic harvest; last of the Ston salt; Istria's white truffle season starts | Hudson Valley apples; Finger Lakes harvest | Douro Harvest Day |
| OctoberNow | Armagh and Herefordshire harvest, fungi | Douro harvest ends; olive harvest begins | White truffle, chestnuts | Hardanger Fruktslepp harvest festival; Cretan raki season begins | Hudson Valley apples and cider; Catskills mushrooms | Truffle Hunt & Chianti Lunch |
| November | Dark skies return to Kerry | Alentejo olive harvest; Valencia oranges begin | Puglia olive harvest, white truffle fair | Messinia olive harvest; raki and white truffles | Stone Barns in late autumn | Puglia Olive Press Day |
| December | Winter skies and oysters | Olive harvest ends; oranges | Truffle season | Olive harvest and raki season end | Planning month: icewine and sugar-shack trips | Alentejo Olive Morning |