Sauternes is a spectacularly complex wine with multiple layers of honey and exotic fruits. It’s often bold and always sweet. And we’d bet it’s a wine most people have never heard of, despite a bottle of Château d’Yquem 1811 fetching $117,000 in an auction in 2016 and setting the new Guinness World Record for the most expensive […]
How to Pack Wine in Luggage
We’re oenophiles. Not only do we love tasting and learning about wine around the world, wine is one of our favorite souvenirs to bring home from a trip. Wine can be delicate to travel with and you never want to arrive home to your clothes stained burgundy from a broken bottle of red. Traveling with […]
Château Fombrauge: Be a Winemaker at a Blending Workshop
Ever dreamed of running away to France, buying a vineyard and becoming a winemaker? At Château Fombrauge, a Grand Cru Classé winery in Saint-Émilion, you can do just that. At least for a day, anyway. With their B Winemaker blending workshop, you create your very own unique bottle of Bordeaux wine to take home with […]
The Perfect 3-Day Weekend in Bordeaux
We might be a little biased since we do call Bordeaux home, but we think it’s one of the best places to visit in France. There’s no where else in France like it. You can combine a vibrant city, beautiful vineyards making some of the world’s most famous wine, a charming medieval UNESCO listed village […]
Best Power Banks for Charging Up Your Phone on the Go
These days our smartphones are practically an extension of us. And when it comes to traveling, they serve as mobile boarding passes, guidebooks, GPS navigation systems and cameras. There’s almost nothing worse than watching your smartphone hit the dreaded 20% battery indicator and then drain down as you pray it guides you to your next […]
Château La Dominique: Saint-Émilion’s Architectural Wonder
On the border of the Pomerol and Saint-Émilion appellations, Château La Dominique quite literally stands out among some of Bordeaux’s most famous châteaux. It’s the shiny red contemporary building that immediately catches the eye and draws you in. With a storied past, the château was brought back to life by a new owner with an […]
The Perfect 3-Day Weekend in North Wales
North Wales is a weirdly wonderful area encompassing both dramatic coastline and soaring mountains stretching from Angelsey to Gwynedd. It’s got its own language and culture, a plethora of quirky attractions from the smallest house in Great Britain to the world’s largest underground zip-line, a lengthy list of outdoor adventure activities (when the weather cooperates) […]
How to Sample Iceland’s Most Famous Food: The Hot Dog
The hot dog is to Iceland what pizza is to Italy. If your mind jumped to the ballpark frank fished out of steamy water and slapped on a bun with some ketchup and mustard, think again. The Icelandic hot dog, officially called a pylsa, is – dare I say – the world’s best hot dog. […]
Château Guiraud: A Gastronomic Sauternes Experience
At the end of a long tree-lined lane stands a magnificent château. It’s been called one of the most romantic places in the Bordeaux wine region. It’s Château Guiraud, an 1855 Premier Cru Classé estate in the Sauternes appellation and it’s the very first châteaux among the 1855 first growths to be certified organic. The […]
How to Pack for a Summer Trip to Bordeaux, France
Thank you Columbia for sponsoring this post. While this was a sponsored opportunity from Columbia, all content and opinions expressed here are my own. It’s well known that the French are some of the most stylishly-dressed people in the world. The French just have this je ne sais quoi; this ability to seemingly just throw on […]
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