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...

In the Mitten, Bike and Beerventures

The Holmes & Watson Beerventure quest continues. Admittedly after hitting the 100 mark, the next phase seemed daunting. Michigan craft breweries pop up like springtime morels and it seems improbable...

How to enjoy Napa Valley Wine Country with Kids!

Love wine-tasting but have kids? Don’t worry, Napa Valley is still the place for you. We have made several trips to Napa wine country with our preschooler and had tonnes of fun. Here’s how...

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...

Five to France

What’s been your determining factor in selecting a place for a vacation? Do you have a goal like me to take one big trip each year? …to unplug and step away from the routine of our lives. I...

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...