In the most beautiful part of Sauternes where the most famous Sauternes châteaux lie, there’s a honey colored castle. It’s Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey, one of the oldest château in Sauternes, and now a luxury boutique hotel and a gastronomic restaurant as well. Thomas Jefferson even bought wines from the château on his travels to Bordeaux in […]
Bayonne: The Capital of Cocoa
Chocolate lovers round the world know some of the best chocolate in Europe comes from chocolate cities like Brussels and Perguia. But did you know that it was the modest Basque city of Bayonne in the south west of France that was pivotal in chocolate’s spread across Europe? Often overshadowed by its glitzier neighbor, Biarritz, […]
Bangkok’s Taling Chan Floating Market
Bangkok is said to be the Venice of Asia and one of the things we absolutely could not leave Bangkok without seeing was one of the floating markets. While Damnoen Saduak is the best known Bangkok floating market, it’s also the most touristy and we wanted a more authentic experience. We did our homework and […]
Château Vieux Mougnac
When visiting the Bordeaux wine region, most people know the most famous appellations like Margaux and Saint-Émilion. But you may not even realize that there are more than 60 different Bordeaux appellations, and that number is ever growing. When we first arrived in Bordeaux more than three years ago now, we did the same and […]
A Local’s Take on the Best Restaurants in Paris
Paris is considered the best food city in Europe, a title that they have worked hard to claim for the past ten years. Young chefs are coming in waves, entering new kitchens at an unprecedented speed, bringing new menus, revitalizing French cuisine, and welcoming, and even starting, new food trends. Not to mention, there are […]
5 Tips for Viewing the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
It’s been a tradition for my mom and me to meet in New York City during the holidays for over a decade now. We’d shop and sip eggnog lattes at Starbucks, see the Rockettes’ famous high kicks in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular and admire the massive glittering tree in Rockefeller Center as skaters glided […]
Staying Connected: Vision Global WiFi Mobile Hotspot
While the idea of running away from it all and being totally disconnected from our online lives sounds idyllic, the reality these days is that staying connected is important to most of us. For us, our entire business is online. And though it’s not life and death if we’re away from our phones and email […]
Château Sigalas Rabaud: A Gourmet Sauternes Pairing Picnic
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 […]
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