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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 Tasting Tagged With: ActiveWineExperiences, 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

Georgia’s Dahlonega Wine Regions

February 20, 2022 Leave a Comment

Most people have heard about the California Gold Rush and the Alaska Gold Rush. But how about the Georgia Gold Rush? A surprise 1838 discovery of gold in Georgia’s Dahlonega region yielded more than $6 million worth of ore before mining was shut down at the beginning of the Civil War. It resumed after the […]

Filed Under: Dahlonega, Georgia, Highlighted Wine Travel, North America, United States, Wine Region, Wine Tasting Tagged With: Accent Cellars, ActiveTravelExperiences, ActiveWineExperiences, Blanc du Bois, Cavender Creek Vineyards, Chambourcin, Frogtown Cellars, Kaya Vineyards, Muscadine, Norton, Petit Verdot, Pierce’s Disease

Monticello Virginia AVA

January 9, 2022 Leave a Comment

Charlottesville Area Wineries Virginia has been producing wines since the 17th century when Thomas Jefferson funded and provided land to an Italian winemaker to grow grapes and produce wine in Albemarle County. While this and a subsequent Jefferson-funded effort failed, the dream persisted and finally succeeded when Dr. Norton successfully propagated a non-native, phylloxera-resistant grape […]

Filed Under: Charlottesville, Highlighted Wine Travel, Wine Region, Wine Tasting Tagged With: Barboursville Vineyards, Blenheim Vineyards, Burnley Vineyards, Chestnut Oak Vineyards, featured, Gabriele Rausse Winery, Jefferson Vineyards, Keswick Vineyards, King Family Vineyards, Pollack Vineyards, Reynard Florence

Favorite Sonoma Wineries (and Food)

August 24, 2022 Leave a Comment

Sonoma Wineries Sonoma Wine Region is about an hour’s drive north of San Francisco. Or, you can fly into the Sonoma County airport. Like Napa, Sonoma has loads of wineries, restaurants, and activities. But we think of it as more laid-back and a little more affordable than Napa. In terms of wine (after all this […]

Filed Under: Destinations, Highlighted Food and Wine, Highlighted Wine Travel, Restaurants, Sonoma, Wine Region, Wine Tasting Tagged With: ActiveTravelExperiences, ActiveWineExperiences, Bravas, Copain Wines, Freeman Vineyard and Winery, La Salette, Oakville Grocery, Quivera Vineyards, restaurants, Ridge Vineyards, Roche Winery, Rockpile Vineyards, Rootdown, Siduri Wines, The Farmhouse, Three Sticks Wines, Valette, Walt Wines, wineries