The Route to Heaven
Well, heaven for wine lovers at least. I recently took a trip with thewineremedy team to the ever picturesque Lake Garda in Northern Italy. Whilst ostensibly there on holiday, we never miss the...
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I was very fortunate to meet Serge Hochar at the Fine Wine 2010 conference in Ribera Del Duero in April. He truly is one of the wine world’s most remarkable men, not least because he produces fine wine...
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Mumbai, Bombay and Nashik: Part 3
Sunrises don’t come any more captivating than this. The power and force of the light as it rose over the Nashik Valley on Saturday morning was so inspiring that even I had to get up early to see it....
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An Earth Day Feast: Chive Creates a May Day Extravaganza
It’s just the beginning of a busy season. Chive Sustainable Event Design and Catering is doing parties with names like “The Pear Blossom Festival” and are sometimes twice and three times daily sending...
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Another Big Day: Part 2
It was a wine lover’s paradise: 6 hours of non-stop drinking with Champagne, Burgundy, Bordeaux, Spanish reds, and Rieslings galore. In fact, I had never seen so much intense sipping, sluicing,...
View ArticleBodegas de La Rioja: Part 2
The contrast between old-world-traditional winemaking and new-world-modern winemaking can be seen from neighboring bodegas in the Spanish wine region of La Rioja. Last month I visited Muga a Rioja wine...
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Wine Wonderland Austria: Part 1
Believe it or not, Austria provides the world with outstanding dry whites with a mineral intensity like no other, gorgeous sweet wines and a range of interesting, often very Burgundian style...
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A Floating Sauna and Dogtown: An Annisquam Escape
I had the good fortune of housesitting recently in Annisquam village, part of Gloucester, Massachusetts. This tiny village, part of the northeast coast of Cape Ann, sits on Lobster Cove, a tributary of...
View ArticleThe Greek Revival
Long gone are the days when Greek wine meant piney, sappy retsina. Greece, one of the world’s most historic wine producing regions, has managed to reinvent itself in the modern era and is now in the...
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Wine Wonderland Austria:Part 3
Another beautiful morning, another roll call from Christian, our AWMB group leader who rejoined us for the final part of the tour. This would be our last full day in Austria and the organisers had...
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Russia’s Wine Lake
Wine & Food Travel is proud to present another contender for the country least likely to be associated with wine production: Russia. As of July 2011, British wine drinkers can enjoy a bottle of...
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No Picnic Required: The Santa Barbara Urban Wine Trail
With harvest about to kick off, Santa Barbara County wine country is undoubtedly a gorgeous weekend destination for southern California residents and tourists alike, but the actual city of Santa...
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London’s bar scene – a snapshot of glamour in the capital
It’s time to celebrate, the end of summer has been postponed! Although London abandoned us to rain and wind in August, as fate would have it, as soon as the Children went back to school, the sun...
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Why Penedes? Part Two
Barely time for 20 minutes siesta, (Barcelona’s inhabitants aren’t big on this tradition) before heading out to experience the city’s supposedly top restaurant, Moo. It was the second day of what would...
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Why Penedes? Part Three
My last two days in Penedes were a whirlwind of top flight wines, some angry growers, sexually frustrated cellar staff (perhaps I’ll leave that one to my biography), and Catalan imitations of Bordeaux...
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Whatcom County, Wine, Food, & Hikes. Which is the Best?
Hike to Fragrance Lake, view of Bellingham Bay Remember the last ice sheet (Frazer Glaciation) that covered Washington state about 11,000 years ago? Probably not. During the peak of this Glaciation the...
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Raise your Glass to July’s featured Wine Festivals
Photo Credit - Andy Castro (Flickr) We are starting a new tradition here at Wine+Food Travel. It’s called “Raise your Glass” and on the first Monday of each month, we will feature a list of wine...
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California Wine, Bigger Than Bordeaux?
This infographic was sent to our team here at WAFT and we could not resist sharing given it’s incredible illustration of the evolution of wine making in California. It was brought to us by a great...
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Justin Winery’s New Tasting Room in Paso Robles, CA
Just a 30 minute breathtaking drive from the quaint town of Paso Robles into the rolling hills of the Santa Lucia Mountains, you’ll quietly stumble upon the Justin Winery Estates full of Cabernet...
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A Little Argentinian Passion
Why Not Try a Wine Tour of Chile and Argentina? Whether you have a taste for Uruguayan tannat, or Chilean carmenere, it’s fair to say that Latin American wines are on the up. Latin American countries...
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