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What to Do Around Moab Utah

June 26, 2022 Leave a Comment

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. […]

Filed Under: Dining, Featured-City, Hiking, Hotels, Hotels, Moab, Nature & Hiking, Restaurants, Utah, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Arches National Park, Spanish Valley Vineyards

Get to Know Walla Walla Valley Wine Region

June 19, 2022 Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Destinations, Dining, Featured-City, Restaurants, Walla Walla, Wine Region, Wine Tastings, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Canoe Ridge Vineyard, Heritage by L’Ecole Wine Bar, L'Ecole #41, Seven Hills Vineyard, Spring Valley Vineyard, The Walls Vineyard, Woodware Canyon Winery

Exploring the Long Island Wine Region

June 11, 2022 Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Destinations, Featured-City, Highlighted Wine Travel, Long Island, Wine Region, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Beddle Cellars, Channing Daughters Winery, channingDaughters Winery, Harbes Family, Lenz Winery, Lieb Cellars, Long Island Wine, MAcari Vineyards, Martha Clara, North Fork Wineries, Osprey Dominion, Palmer Vineyards, Paumanomk Vineyards, Peconic Bay, Pelligrini Vineyards, Pindar Vineyards, South Fork Wineries, Wolffer Estate Vineyards

Our Favorite Monterey Bay Area Wineries

May 30, 2022 Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Carmel, Featured-City, Monterey, Monterey Peninsula, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach, Wine Region, Wine Region, Wine Tastings, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Albatross Ridge, Bernardus Winery and Vineyard, Blair Wines, Boekenoogan Wines, Hahn Estate, Holman Ranch, Joullian Wineyards, Joyce Wine Company, Morgan Winery, Novitiate Winery, Odette Vineyard, Odonata Wines, pessagno Winery, Scheid Vineyards, Talbott Vineyards, Testarossa, Wrath Wines

Verde Valley AVA: Arizona’s New Wine Destination

May 30, 2022 Leave a Comment

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, […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Clarkdale, Cornville, Cottonwood, Dining, Featured-City, Jerome, Restaurants, Sedona, Wine Region, Wine Region, Wine Tastings, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: 89Agave, Arizona Stronghold Vineyards, Burning Tree Cellars, Cabal Cellars, Creekside American Bistro, Elote Cafe, Four Eight Wineworks, Mariposa Latin Inspired Grill, Nic’s Italian Steak and Crab House, Passion Cellars, Pillsbury Winery, SaltRock Southwest Kitchen, The Clinkscale, The Hudson

Tucson Arizona Wine Country

April 22, 2022 Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Destinations, Featured-City, Tucson, Wine Region, Wine Region, Wine Tastings, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Dos Cabezas, Flying Leap, Hops and Vines, Lightning Ridge, Rune Wines, Sonoita Vineyards, Sonoita-Elgin, Twisted Union Wine Company

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