This week’s intimate wine tasting with a producer was one that was completely new to me. I’ve been labeled as someone who revels in all the weird little niche regions–like I started ringing the bell on Virginia wine years ago when everyone still thought nothing of it, and I recently had an eye-opening experience with…
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Tasting Texas Hill Country Wine at Fall Creek Vineyards on Winetraveler.com
Finally, some fresh winetasting content in 2020 from a new-to-me winery. We had the opportunity to visit Fall Creek Vineyards at their Driftwood, Texas location earlier this month. Wow, what a great little family-owned winery in Texas Hill Country. Ed & Susan Auler are just the sweetest owners, full of hospitality & stories. Tasting Texas…
Get To Know Portugal’s New World of Wine (WOW): Discover History, Culture & Wine in Portugal on Winetraveler.com
Remember overseas traveling? Wasn’t that grand? You just book a ticket, sometimes last minute, and hop on a plane to almost anywhere your heart desired. Well, those days are gone as of now, so it’s time to think about simply planning… for the next time we can move about freely around the world. Knowing myself,…
Top 10 Wine Regions to Visit When Travel Resumes in 2021 on Winetraveler.com
When we all look back at 2020, what will we remember? We’ve spent the year “sheltering in place” with those who live in our household, and many folks may not plan on leaving their homes until the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Day 2021. For most of the world, this has been a year…
Israel Wine Regional Profile on Winetraveler.com
There are some countries that we may not automatically think about when we think about wine-producing regions. Though wine has been made in this area for thousands of years, it was not until Baron Edmond de Rothschild founded the modern wine industry here that Israel started producing wine for mass consumption in the 1880s-90s. But…
Visiting Loudoun County Virginia: Wine, History, Attractions and More on Winetraveler.com
I have a story about Virginia and wine. If you’ve been following along through my wine adventures since the beginning (2012), then you know I started writing this blog while I was living in Arlington, VA and exploring Virginia wine country. It was truly my “start” in wine writing, and I consider Virginia wine my…
Discover Mendoza’s Wine Country on Winetraveler.com
Amazing Argentina: A beautiful country full of natural wonders and lots of wine. It’s the land of Malbec, which has a rich history and story to tell. Just last week, I had the pleasure of attending an event hosted by Bodega Catena Zapata, where we had the opportunity to taste through several lines of premium…
Discover Chile’s Wine Country on Winetraveler.com
Wine isn’t all fun and games and which bar are we going to next. Sometimes, we have to get down into the nitty-gritty about wine regions, grapes, soils, farming, etc… One of the great things about the website Winetraveler is that the site offers insights into all of these facets of wine. Discover Chile’s Wine…
On The Vintner Project: 5 Local Wine Bars That Will Please Any Wine Lover In Miami
Ah, Miami! The land of the Mojito and the Rum Runner. Not exactly the town you think of when you think of cool wine bars. As a wine writer based in Miami, my job is to help you challenge those perceptions of what kind of drinking town you think the Magic City is these days….
The Battle of Verdun: How To Visit the Battlefield Near Champagne, France on Winetraveler.com
I’ll admit that I was reluctant to visit the battlefields in Northeastern France that mark the place where the longest battle of World War I took place. The drive is slightly out of the way from the vineyards of Champagne, which was our intended destination from the start. After visiting the historic sites of Verdun,…
