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Moab Utah is another part of eastern Utah known for its dramatic scenery. But that wasn’t always the case. Moab’s economy was originally based on agriculture but gradually shifted to mining, particularly uranium. As the cold war ended, the diminished need for uranium resulted in closed mines and empty houses. But then came the tourists. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Verde Valley was a sleepy part of Arizona, often overlooked by travelers on their way from Phoenix to Sedona. When we first visited this area in 2013, we put it on our radar as an area to watch develop. And develop it has. In 2021 it was designated as the Verde Valley Wine AVA, […]
Arizona may not be the first place that comes to one’s mind for wine but it has been in the industry since the Sonoita-Elgin wine region was started in the 1970s. It currently has over 30 wineries in 2 primary areas: the Verde Valley north of Phoenix and the southern Tucson area. The Tucson area […]