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Wine and Walla Walla Valley In the 1840s French fur trappers began settling around a Hudson Bay Company’s trading post. Italian and German settlers followed in the 1850s. Drawing on their home country’s heritage, settlers planted grapes (mostly concord and island belle, rather than vinifera) to make sweet wine for personal consumption. The wine industry […]
Yakima Valley is a large agricultural region in Washington State that has been growing a wide range of fruit for almost two centuries. One fruit has increasingly been wine grapes. Yakima Valley was Washington State’s first wine AVA and today is its largest one. Although wine grapes have been grown here since 1869, they only […]
The Long Island wine region is not generally on the must-do list of wine regions to explore. While it is not at the top of our list, we were in the area plus we had previously enjoyed some Long Island wines. We decided it was time to get reacquainted. The Long Island wine region consists […]
We don’t claim to have in-depth knowledge of the best Long Island restaurants as we’ve only been there a few times and each time were only there for a few days. But we always try to research and seek out the best places to eat. Here is what we found. Dining Options on Long Island […]
The Monterey Bay area is a few hours drive south of San Francisco. When we take a wine tasting trip to the area, we focus primarily on the Monterey Peninsula (Carmel-By-The-Sea or Carmel, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Carmel Valley, and Pebble Beach) as well as the Santa Lucia Highlands (SLH) area. While Spanish missionaries planted some […]
Boston is a great restaurant town. Every time we return, we try to visit old favorites as well as seek out the newest hot spots. While seafood (especially lobster and clams) prevails at many restaurants, you can find almost any type of food here. Restaurants come and go. And menus change frequently. But here are […]