The drive from Nazaré to the Douro Valley was just over three hours and Coimbra – a beautiful city some describe as an Oxford type town – worked out to […]
Tag: Wineries
Évora and Reguengos de Monsaraz
From The Algarve we had our sights set on Nazaré on Portugal’s central coast, but none of us had the appetite to drive the almost five hours between the two […]
The Algarve
Our luck chasing the sun finally ran our after our days on the Alentejo and Vicentina Coasts: everywhere on the Iberian Peninsula had rain the forecast following what looked to […]
The Bordeaux Wine Region
Given how many Bordeaux wines I’ve made, I was very eager to learn more about the Bordeaux region itself. As I experienced in Chinon and Vouvray and Bourgogne and Chalon-sur-Saône, […]
Chinon and Vouvray
Chinon The vineyards of Chinon are primarily planted along the steep slopes of the River Vienne, with soils that are mostly gravel over Turonian limestone. Only 2-3% of the grapes […]
Bourgogne and Chalon-sur-Saône
A trip to Burgundy has always been on my bucket list, and while our timing wasn’t perfect – it was a later vintage than usual so all of the small […]
Moravian Wine Country
Whether we had the all clear to enter the Czech Republic was a bit of a gray area and something we scratched our heads over for a little while when […]
The Pelješac Peninsula
The Pelješac Peninsula is a finger of land extending north of Dubrovnik, from the isthmus that begins at Ston to the top of Lovišta. The landmass stretches across the mouth […]
Bassano del Grappa and the Dolomites
Bassano del Grappa and Surrounds Bassano del Grappa is one of the walled cities originally built by the Venetians and afforded us an excellent base for a week to explore […]