The Best of Alsace: The Route des Vins d'Alsace

Although there is a designated Route des Vins d'Alsace, our multiple trips exploring the Route des Vins d'Alsace leads us to thinking of the Route des Vins d'Alsace as starting before it begins...

Wine Tasting Willamette Valley Oregon

The Willamette Valley is in Oregon, running from The Columbia River in Portland south through Salem. It contains more than 19,000 acres of vineyards and more than 500 wineries. We visited...

Lunch with a view in Châteauneuf-du-Pape

If you’re in Châteauneuf-du-Pape to taste some award-winning wines, you’re in the perfect place. If you’re there to have your award-winning wines accompanied by a delicious lunch with a...

Bordeaux - the best bits

If you’re heading to Bordeaux then all we can say is, lucky you. It is an an unbelievable city, not just for its plethora of bars, shops and cafés but because it is so beautiful as well...

Bolgheri: land of wines, art and history

Ingredients to make this small medieval village enchanting and magical are all there: the long “viale dei Cipressi” celebrated by the famous poet Carducci, the magnificent fortress, rebuilt...

Wine Tasting & Fine Dining in Franschhoek, South Africa

Franschhoek is a word in Afrikaans; one of the eleven languages spoken in South Africa, which means French Corner. It’s a beautiful old small town in the Western Cape Province, with a lot of French...