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France’s Historic Burgundy Wine Region

February 2, 2023 Leave a Comment

Burgundy is one of France’s and the world’s premier wine regions. It is the primary home to France’s Chardonnay and Pinot Noir production. It also has one of the world’s most confusing and highly regulated classification systems. It designates everything from the quality grapes grown on tiny plots of land and in distinct microclimates …

Filed Under: Burgundy, Dining, France, Hotels, Hotels, Restaurants, Wine Region, Wine Tasting Tagged With: ActiveTravelExperiences, ActiveWineExperiences, Chablis, Côte de Beaune, Côte de Nuits, Joseph Drouhin, Moillard-Grivot

Exploring Paso Robles California Wine Country

January 18, 2023 Leave a Comment

Paso Robles is located in California’s Central Coast Wine Region in San Luis Obispo county. It is halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles on Route 101. The area has wineries, breweries, distilleries, and eateries set in its quaint historic town. But we go there mostly to focus on the wine. The AVA is mostly […]

Filed Under: Dining, Paso Robles, Restaurants, Wine Region, Wine Tasting Tagged With: ActiveTravelExperiences, ActiveWineExperiences, BL Brasserie, Booker Vineyards, Broken Earth Winery, Daou Vineyards, Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Giornata Winery, Halter Ranch Vineyard, Il Cortile Ristorante, Jeffry's Wien Country BBQ, Justin Winery, La Cosecha, MacPhee’s Canteen, Robert Hall Winery, Sans Liege Winery, Sculpterra Winery, Tablas Creek Vineyard

Exploring the French Beaujolais Wine Region

January 23, 2023 Leave a Comment

The Beaujolais France wine region is located between the Rhone Valley and Burgundy. The region has multiple Crus or wine-growing areas. Unfortunately, Beaujolais wines have suffered a bad reputation. Why? Many people associate Beaujolais with light, fruity, low-tannin reds made from Gamay Noir grapes. Or from its ultra-young Beaujolais Nouveau which is released within three […]

Filed Under: Beaujolais, Destinations, Dining, Highlighted Food and Wine, Restaurants, Wine Region, Wine Tasting Tagged With: ActiveTravelExperiences, ActiveWineExperiences, Beaujolais-Village, Domaine de Colonat, Domaine de la Chapelle, Gamay, Juliénas, Macon, Mâconnais, Morgon Beaujolais, Morgon Wine, Pascal Granger, Pascal Rollet, Pouilly-Fuissé

The Hills of France’s Hermitage Wine Region

December 20, 2022 Leave a Comment

Hermitage is a French wine appellation on the east bank of France’s northern Rhone wine region (south of Lyon). The region is deservedly noted for its Syrah-based reds (the only red grape permitted in Hermitage wines). Many of these grapes are planted on the minerally rocky granite and clay soils of the impossibly steep, …

Filed Under: Destinations, Dining, Hotels, Hotels, Restaurants, Wine Region, Wine Tasting Tagged With: ActiveTravelExperiences, ActiveWineExperiences, Côte-Rôtie, Gigandos, Michel Chapoutier, Paul Jaboulet Aîné

Visiting Chateauneuf du Pape Wine Region

January 20, 2023 Leave a Comment

Chateauneuf du Pape is one of the most famous wine subregions in the southern part of France’s Rhone Valley.  But it wasn’t always that way. In fact, it barely existed until Pope Clement V relocated the papacy to the town of Avignon in 1309. Clement and subsequent Popes were so taken by the region’s wines that […]

Filed Under: Chateauneuf du Pape, Destinations, France, Rhone Valley, Wine Region, Wine Tasting Tagged With: ActiveTravelExperiences, ActiveWineExperiences, Chateau Beaucastel, Château de Beaucastel, Chateau Fortia, Chateau Mont-Redon, Domaine Saint Seffrein, La Nerthe, Les hauts de Barville, Musee du Vin

The World of Georgian Ghvino, Saperavi and Qvevri Wine

December 13, 2022 Leave a Comment

The region that is now the country of Georgia claims a number of firsts: It was the first place in Europe to be settled by great apes or hominids (as evidenced by remains dated to 1.8 million years ago); It was one of the first areas to formally adopt Christianity (227 AD); and most importantly […]

Filed Under: Europe, Georgia, Wine Events, Wine Region, Wine Tasting Tagged With: Abkhazia, ActiveTravelExperiences, ActiveWineExperiences, Kakketi, Kvemo Svaneti, Qvevri, Racha-Lechhumi, Rkatsiteli, Saperavi

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