Mention Tuscany and women around the world go all googly-eyed picturing impossibly handsome Italian men, fields of yellow sunflowers, and romance a la Diane Lane in Under the Tuscan Sun. Or maybe Tuscany conjures up visions of sipping a perfect Chianti at a tiny cafe in an old Medieval town. Our visit to Tuscany couldn’t […]
Ballooning Over Napa Valley
I’ve been fascinated with hot air balloons for as long as I can remember. My dad used to take me to a field just down the road from our house where balloonists would land and I always wanted a ride. When I moved to Las Vegas, balloons would lift off near our apartment in Summerlin […]
Wine Wednesday: Spritz Aperol
Just a few weeks after we moved to Italy, Tim and I were having a seaside lunch and I saw a table full of Italians laughing and talking with brightly colored orange drinks in hand. “Scusi!” I called to the waiter and then asked what the drink was in my broken Italian. “Spritz Aperol,” he […]
Wine Wednesday: Südtirol Wine
Known as “the other side of Italy,” Südtirol is Italy’s northernmost province and Südtirol’s vineyards account for less than 1% of Italy’s total vineyards. Yet, a whopping twenty different varieties of grapes are grown in Südtirol’s steep vineyards. Wine has been produced in Südtirol for centuries and has distinct German and Austrian influences from the region’s […]
Swiss Wine is Europe’s Best Kept Secret
There are over 40 varieties of indigenous grapes that grow in Switzerland. Despite several previous visits to Switzerland, we had no idea about Swiss wine until our recent visit to Zermatt. It was the wonderful Fabiene of Zermatt Tourimus that told us Valais, the region where Zermatt is situated, is Switzerland’s largest growing wine region […]
Riding the Napa Valley Wine Train
“All aboard!” I boarded the 1915-1917 Pullman Le Petite Gourmet dining car and took my seat at the picture window on the Napa Valley Wine Train. The Napa Valley Wine Train runs runs for 36 miles from McKinstry Street Station in Napa all the way to St. Helena through the heart of the world famous wine […]
Wine Wednesday: Cantina Rauscedo
Welcome to the first Wine Wednesday on our blog! Tim and I have developed oenophilia (a love of wine) over our last few years living in Italy and we’ve enjoyed discovering our palates. Wine has become more than just a beverage; we do a variety of activities related to wine, and while we’re certainly not […]
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