Everyone approaches travel differently. I use time on the road to pursue my varied interests – a morning of birding, maybe several hours paddling a kayak, a wine tasting here and there. That’s just how I roll. At wineries, I prefer to drop in and casually sidle up to a tasting bar rather than be […]
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A winery road trip can be anything you want it to be – short or long, relaxed or intense. Some travelers take a deep dive into a wine region. They visit three or more tasting rooms a day for four or five days. Others pick only a few stops. For World Wine Travel this month,
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Planning a trip to Champagne? Lucky you! What an opportunity to explore one of the world’s most prestigious and storied wine regions. No doubt you will book a hotel or rental in Reims or maybe Épernay to use as your base of operations for visiting Champagne’s five subregions: Montagne de Reims, the Marne Valley, Côte
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When I lived in Pennsylvania, I took spring road trips to one of my favorite U.S. wine regions – New York State’s Finger Lakes. I’d go in April when the region was just waking up from winter and tiny green buds were just starting to appear on trees. By going this early, I’d beat the
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Corvina and Rondinella. Let’s call them two gentle grapes of Verona. You may have met these indigenous Italian grapes in popular Valpolicella. Now I invite you to taste Bardolino, a red wine made southeast of Lake Garda in the Verona province of Veneto, Italy. Like Valpolicella, Bardolino is a blend of Corvina and Rondinella. Corvina
Pizza wine! Fresh, fruity and made from native Italian grapes (#ItalianFWT) Read More »