{"id":40,"date":"2019-02-06T02:11:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T02:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.toursandwine.com\/montelena-ship\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2026-02-13T23:27:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T23:27:58","slug":"hosts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/toursandwine.com\/ficklin26\/hosts\/","title":{"rendered":"Hosts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_2008893895\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1911031722\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-801775660\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2>Your Hosts<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"color: #c4a15e;\">Northwest Spain<br \/>August 10-15, 2026<\/h3>\n<h4>Professor Matt Redman<br \/>Head of Physics Department<br \/>University of Galway, Ireland<\/h4>\n<p>Professor Matt Redman is an astrophysicist at the University of Galway, Ireland. He is currently the Head of Physics with responsibility for leading the teaching of degrees in Physics and related subjects. Matt moved to Galway in 2004 having previously worked and studied at the University of Manchester, University College London and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.<\/p>\n<p>His research in astrophysics examines how stars form from cold clouds of gas and dust, and also how the destruction of planets at the end of a star\u2019s life can shape the spectacular nebulae that arise. He has used the world\u2019s finest telescopes in Australia, Hawaii and Chile to carry out his research, and has mentored many PhD students and research staff.<\/p>\n<p>During Professor Matt\u2019s 2016-2020 tenure as Chair of the Astronomical Society of Ireland, he oversaw Ireland\u2019s membership and participation in the European Southern Observatory, providing direct access to the most powerful ground-based telescopes in the world. He is currently the Ireland representative to the European Astronomical Society.<\/p>\n<p>Matt lives with his partner Raina on a small farm in the Irish countryside outside Galway city where they grow vegetables, both soft and tree fruits, keep bees and raise chickens.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"gap-795881786\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-795881786 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<h3 style=\"color: #c4a15e;\">DOURO RIVER CRUISE<br \/>August 15-22, 2026<\/h3>\n<h4>Vega de Terron to Porto Portugal<br \/>Escorted by Kieron Keady &#8211; Vice President, Expanding Horizons<\/h4>\n<p>Kieron Keady\u2019s career in international travel has spanned 4 decades. Since 2015 he has created and operated over 200 trips for U.S. wineries, focused largely on the rivers of Europe. He will lead our Bacchus group cruising down one of Europe\u2019s most historic wine regions. For 2,000 years the steep slopes along the Douro River have produced delightful world-class table wines, and the renowned port wines synonymous with this region. We\u2019ll explore the Alta Douro Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage region, protected for its unique landscape and two millennia history of extraordinary viticulture.<\/p>\n<p>Kieron resides in Huntington Beach in southern California.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1556859885\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/toursandwine.com\/ficklin26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2025\/08\/PHOTO2-Professor-Matt-Raina-Redman.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"Professor Matt Redman\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toursandwine.com\/ficklin26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2025\/08\/PHOTO2-Professor-Matt-Raina-Redman.jpg 450w, https:\/\/toursandwine.com\/ficklin26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2025\/08\/PHOTO2-Professor-Matt-Raina-Redman-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h4>Professor Matt Redman<\/h4>\n<p>Hosting Northwest Spain Tour<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-585394790\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-585394790 {\n  padding-top: 44px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"469\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/toursandwine.com\/ficklin26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2025\/08\/Kieron-Keady-Tarcal-Hungary.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toursandwine.com\/ficklin26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2025\/08\/Kieron-Keady-Tarcal-Hungary.jpg 469w, https:\/\/toursandwine.com\/ficklin26\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/214\/2025\/08\/Kieron-Keady-Tarcal-Hungary-313x400.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<h4>Kieron Keady<\/h4>\n<p>Hosting Douro River Cruise<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_2008893895 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-cruise-with-header.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toursandwine.com\/ficklin26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toursandwine.com\/ficklin26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toursandwine.com\/ficklin26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toursandwine.com\/ficklin26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toursandwine.com\/ficklin26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/toursandwine.com\/ficklin26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2321,"href":"https:\/\/toursandwine.com\/ficklin26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions\/2321"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toursandwine.com\/ficklin26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toursandwine.com\/ficklin26\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}