Organic Wine Tours Just Outside of Portland, Oregon
What comes to mind when you hear the words organic wine? A dollar sign? A better quality product? Something exclusive? A new trend? More please? In my case I thought of the adjectives ‘sustainable’ and...
View ArticleUnique Day Trips in San Francisco
San Francisco has a lot to offer to both tourists and locals. Take a ride on a cable car, be awe inspired by the ingenuity of the Golden Gate Bridge, eat a noodle bowl in Chinatown- there are so many...
View ArticleTouring the Wines of New Zealand
New Zealand is a surprising wine destination, to say the least. Given that cold, rainy islands aren’t usually known for producing great wines (let’s face it, have you ever heard of a British...
View ArticleAruba’s Fabulous Flurry of Festivals
Though best known for their colorful Carnival, Aruba has all kinds of cool festivals, annual events, and visitor-inclusive celebrations happening all year round! Though Carnival lasts for three months,...
View ArticleFive Wineries to Visit in Argentina
Argentina is a county of unparalleled beauty, from lush pampas, filled with grazing beef (or cows, depending on your view), to the crisp beauty of the lakes, mountains and glaciers of Patagonia, to the...
View ArticleDrinking it up in Piedmont
In northwest Italy, Piedmont (Piemonte in Italian) is home to some of the country’s best wines. And truffles. And food. Some might say this area bordered on three sides by the Alps is a little slice of...
View ArticleOrganic Wine Tours in Penedès, Spain
Almost everyone agrees: some very tasty wine comes from Spain. As a Barcelona resident with “localvore” tendencies, I mostly buy bottles from nearby Emporda, Priorat and Penedès. Of the three, Penedès...
View ArticleWake Up to Wine in the La Rioja Region of Spain
I’m not advocating necessarily waking up with a glass of “vino tinto” (red wine) with your scrambled eggs and jamon…Although that isn’t out of the question in this area where wine flows often more...
View ArticleGourmet Secrets from the South of France – a 100km/3-day culinary tour of the...
Toulouse is the birthplace of Concorde, the Ariane Rocket and home to Airbus. It also boasts sixteen-hundred boutiques, a thousand restaurants and a myriad other gourmet finds which demand further...
View ArticleA Tuscan Dream
Driving from Parma, navigating a winding mountain road to Tuscany, I came across Castello di Compiano, a medieval castle embraced by fortified walls and built atop a rocky outcrop of a mountain...
View ArticleVictoria Falls Safari Club, Zimbabwe
The Victoria Falls Safari Club is the ultimate in lodge accommodations. Each of their sixteen club rooms and four spectacular suites have private patios and uninterrupted views across the bushveld....
View ArticleGetting a taste for Mendoza
This one looks delicious, I thought as I swirled the wine around in my glass and took an indelicately large slurp. “Ah yes, a definite aroma of diesel and a lingering taste of salami. Is that normal...
View ArticleBypass Border Hassles With a Quick Getaway to Baja California via Tecate
Baja California’s raw beauty and stunning contrasts draws visitors year-round. Most common is the entry point at Tijuana, just south of San Diego. While convenient to accessing the area’s coastal towns...
View ArticleSouthwestern Michigan’s Wine Country Delights the Senses
Napa Valley in California; Tuscany in Italy; The Rioja region in Spain; and….Michigan? While the aforementioned destinations are top of mind as a wine lovers paradise, don’t overlook this lesser known...
View ArticleCatch the Spirit in Los Cabos, Mexico
From Cabo San Lucas to San Jose del Cabo, hotels and restaurants are showcasing wine and spirit experiences. If your liquid memories of Baja, Mexico are limited to cheap tequila shots or six-packs of...
View ArticleExploring Whidbey Island’s Natural Charm
Visitors in the Seattle area looking for a quick getaway might want to check out Whidbey Island, one of the most scenic and accessible destinations in the Pacific Northwest. Within an hour of leaving...
View ArticleA Walk Through Sussex, England’s Wine Country
Now is the time for wine and nature lovers to rejoice; not only do Sussex vineyards produce beautiful wines, they also provide opportunities to sample, tour the vineyards and meet the Vintners. Fizz On...
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