Side Trip: Bodega Bay

Side Trip: Bodega Bay

by | Jul 8, 2024 | home featured, SIP, Travel

As the warm summer months begin to encompass the Bay area, a day or weekend reprieve to the cool, breezy temperatures and laid-back vibe of Bodega Bay is a popular choice for many who live inland. If it weren’t for the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock film, “The Birds,” Bodega...
There’s No Place Like Sicily

There’s No Place Like Sicily

by | Jul 7, 2024 | home featured, SIP, Travel

With its prime location in the Mediterranean Sea and sunny skies, Sicily has been a beacon of winemaking for thousands of years. Influences from Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Normans, Arabs, and Romans have each left their mark, creating a tapestry of cultures...
Champagne Tasting Stars

Champagne Tasting Stars

by | May 23, 2024 | SIP, Travel

Over 400 years ago, Pierre Pérignon joined the Benedictine Abbey of Hautvillers in the Champagne region of France. As a monk, he was given the honorary title of Dom and the prestigious position of cellar master. As the story goes, when Dom Pérignon created bubbly...
Jenner-By-The-Sea

Jenner-By-The-Sea

by | May 16, 2024 | home featured, SIP, Travel

Jenner, California, officially Jenner-by-the-Sea, is just that: by the sea. It hugs the hills of the dramatic Pacific coastline on its west side, has the iconic Pacific Coast Highway, Highway 1, running through its center, and climbs higher on its eastern side into...
Volcano to the Sea

Volcano to the Sea

by | Apr 2, 2024 | home featured, SIP, Travel

Romans sometimes call their city Caput Mundi—the capital of the world in Latin. And for centuries, it was just that. Romans famously moved, traveled, and conquered lands across the mundi, but there was nowhere more Roman outside the city than the Roman countryside. It...
Winter Wonderland: Lake Tahoe

Winter Wonderland: Lake Tahoe

by | Mar 27, 2024 | home featured, Travel

One of the country’s top recreation destinations, Lake Tahoe is a mere three-hour drive from Napa. From north to south, the region features innumerable activities to please every interest: miles of hiking and biking trails, marinas, sandy beaches, golf courses, and,...