Wine Regions Series:
Would it be fair to say that the Brits are known better as wine drinkers than wine makers? However, things have changed; local wine no longer tastes like rain. In this post-Brexit era, the passion to buy British is made easier by the production and proliferation of...
Wine, Dine, and Discover Sacramento
Best known as California’s capital city, Sacramento is not necessarily considered a destination for wine lovers. However, wineries and wine-tasting rooms have proliferated over the past several years in the downtown corridor and surrounding regions. More than 90...
Solvang Deserves More Than a Sideways Glance
Twenty years ago, a small-budget film greatly impacted the world of wine. The wine-tasting road trip adventures of Miles and Jack in “Sideways” were filmed almost entirely on-location in the small town of Solvang and neighboring spots around the Santa Ynez Valley. As...
The New Puglia
A striking image has defined Italy’s Puglia region for decades—the white conical stone houses called Trulli. Built by layering stones without mortar, legend has it that the Trulli were designed to avoid taxation since they could be quickly dismantled when the tax man...
Spend a Day in American Canyon
Those from outside Napa Valley may not be familiar with American Canyon, but it is part of Napa County, and for those who live and work here, it’s an important place — it’s where we go for cheap eats, ethnic cuisine of every kind, and to take care of many of our basic...
