Portugal Diary: The Action Begins in the Douro Valley The Douro Valley is the heart of the Port region and is so spectacular that I think every wine lover should…
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Day 4 Galicia: Salnès Rias Baixas There are 5 zones in the Rias Baixas wine region and Salnès is considered the birthplace of Albariño. Today we transfer from one parador…
Santiago de Compostela is a marvelous place to visit, even if you’re not a pilgrim. It is world famous for the pilgrimages people make to venerate the Apostle Saint James,…
Whenever I’m in South Florida, I always try to attend at least one tasting at The Best Cellar in Wilton Manor. Richard Stetler has been organizing these wonderful events in his…
At the Simply Italian Americas Tour in Ft. Lauderdale, I attended a food and wine pairing seminar moderated by local wine critic and judge, Lyn Farmer. He led a panel…
Eric Asimov’s recent article in the NY Times on the topic of Retsina inspired me to do a revisit of the wines we tasted on our Greece tours in 2018….
By all accounts, 2016 was a fabulous year in Bordeaux. Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate gushed with praise:”…2016 is an incredible vintage that produced a lot of outstanding and some extraordinary…
Wine Lovers’ Annual Best of the Best – Top 10 Wines from our Travels in 2018 It’s always fun to reflect on one’s best wine experiences for the year. In…
At our December wine dinner event, we featured a tasting of 8 sparkling wines served blind during the course of dinner. At the end I asked people to select their…
Yannick Heude lives in St. Malo, about as far away from a wine region in France as you can get. But he’s a serious wine lover who also owns a wine…
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