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…
Category: Wine Travel
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,…
Luigi Bosca, Argentina’s Oldest Family-Run Winery
It may seem as though I write quite frequently about Argentina and Argentine wine, and that is true. I did spend six weeks in the country back in 2017, which is the longest I’ve spent consecutively living and traveling around a country outside of the U.S., so needless to say, Argentina has a place in…
On Coravin: Domaine Bousquet: Pioneering Sustainability in Argentina’s Mendoza Wine Region
Paul Mabray, a wine professional I follow on Twitter, recently tweeted that “Winery sustainability is NOT just about the environmental impact. It’s about living wages, work/life balance, healthy vendors, social contracts, community contributions, R&D investments and esp. making profit.” I retweeted the comment because I thought it was poignant, but I didn’t realize at the…
4 Fantastic Bellevue Wine Bars to Visit in Washington on Winetraveler.com
Just a few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to travel out to the Seattle area for a little break from the Miami heat. This wasn’t my first time visiting. I was lucky enough to be paired with a roommate during my freshman year in college who is from Tacoma, so I’ve gone out to…
“The Tasting Room” in Seattle: Visit and Discover Washington’s Wines on Winetraveler.com
This past week as we explored Seattle, we got to know a little tasting room serving up some boutique Washington Wines right in the heart of downtown Seattle at Pike Place Market. After the first visit and tasting through the “The Hunt for the Reds of October” flight, we knew we’d be back. And we…
History & Technology Converge at Joe Wagner’s Copper Cane Wines on Winetraveler
There are few American winemaking families who have made a name for themselves as the Wagner family of Caymus Vineyards has. A multi-generational winemaking family, the Wagners have successfully passed the art of winemaking from father to son and daughter. Though Caymus was founded in 1972, the family has been in Napa Valley since the…
