[click for larger view] We're off for two wonderful weeks in Southern Italy...Positano on the Amalfi Coast and across to Puglia! Lots of exploration to be done, wine to be drank, and spas to be enjoyed. Check back 10 June for lots of great insights and stories from our journey! Cheers! :)[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]
Virginia now has an official state wine grape... Viognier! The Virginia Wine Board recently voted it so. Viognier, a grape and wine variety that originates in the French region of Condrieu in Northern Rhône, grows very well in Virginia's climate and soil. Typically a dry or slightly off dry white wine with a lovely bouquet [...]
This weekend George Washington's home in Alexandria, Virginia hosted the Mount Vernon Spring Wine Festival & Sunset Tour. You can enjoy candlelit tours of the Mansion including a peek into the rarely seen cellar where Washington stored his wine, live jazz music and the main feature of the evening... samplings from Virginia wineries. Under the [...]
The land of Southern Tuscany is one of quintessential hilltowns, grape vines, olive trees and big Tuscan red wines. Montepulciano is my favorite town to explore! The walled town on a high ridge thrived in the 16th century and is full of Renaissance palazzo like Piazza Grande lined with the town's unfinished Duomo. We arrived [...]
In addition to the Pol Roger NV Brut Reserve Champagne featured at the Buckingham Palace Royal Wedding Receptions Friday, The Daily Mail reported English white wine from Chapel Down would also be served. Keeping up the theme of showcasing the best of Britain. Chapel Down is the biggest winery of the UK's 109 wineries and [...]