Wine Travel

Culinary Travels California Gold-From Napa to Monterey Napa Valley-Villa Mount Eden Winery/Monterey-Stoke’s Adobe Restaurant, Bernardus Lodge Organic Valley – click on the image below for more information. Organic Valley Culinary Travels California Gold-From Napa to Monterey Napa Valley-Villa Mount Eden Winery/Monterey-Stoke’s Adobe Restaurant, Bernardus Lodge Click on the button for more Organic Valley information and reviews. Sunflowers Image by Ms Midnight...Read Full Story

Breathtaking scenery at Pippin Hill. Photo courtesy of Aaron Watson Photography. By NANCY BAUER Fire pits, cigar bars, photo booths – each generation of starry-eyed lovers ties the knot a little differently, and the current crop goes for less pomp, more play. Bridal couples are opting out of churches and formal, seated dinners, and wineries have emerged as one of the new go-to spots for out-of-the-box weddings. Sunset ceremonies overlooking the vineyard are followed by Bridal couples are...Read Full Story

Nearly everywhere we turn we find another great area to tour, taste, and stay! Here are our seven top regions to watch — and visit — in the summer and fall of 2011. 1. California’s El Dorado Wine Country Beautiful El Dorado County has been producing excellent wines since the Gold Rush era. Today, it’s home to two appellations and the quaint gold mining towns of El Dorado, Fair Play, Coloma, and Placerville which all retain their historical charm. Placerville (formerly called Hangtown...Read Full Story

Whether you are British or a visitor, if ever there was a time to visit an English or Welsh vineyard, it should be now. English Wine Week runs from Saturday May 28 – Sunday June 5 2011, with a host of events and activities, but if you can’t make that there’s a long summer ahead and these vineyards aren’t going to disappear fast, for right now they are on a real roll. Ridgeview Estate on the South Downs ©Mick Rock, Cephas Any wine lover based in the UK should have noticed with a smile the...Read Full Story

Yet despite its ancient roots, La Rioja is undergoing the most modern of revolutions. The global popularity of its wines (and accompanying economic boom) has uncorked an architectural revolution that has turned ancestral wineries into avant-garde works of art dotting the pastoral landscape. Today, travelers come not only to venerate the region’s celebrated wines and cuisine, but to view some of the world’s most cutting-edge architecture. After leaving his postmodern mark on the Guggenheim...Read Full Story