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Verde Valley AVA: Arizona’s New Wine Destination

May 13, 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, 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

Premiere Napa 2022

March 14, 2022 Leave a Comment

Premiere Napa Valley (PNV) is Napa Valley’s primary showcase for futures auction of barrels of its most recent vintage wines. The event attracts wine professionals and those from the wine trade and media from around the world. It also attracts us. It gives us a chance to taste and report on vintages that we will […]

Filed Under: California, Coombsville, Napa, Oakville, Pritchard Hill, Rutherford, St. Helena, Stags Leap, Wine Events, Wine Region, Wine Region, Wine Tastings, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Alpha Omega Winery, Amici Cellars, Beaulieu Vineyards, Bond, Chimney Rock, Continuum, Cornerstone Cellars, David Arthur, Davis Estates, Ghost Block, Groth, Harlan, Hudson Ranch & Vineyards, Inglenook, Kale, Mark Herold, Mondavi, Morisoli Vineyard, Newton Vineyard, Peji, Premiere Napa, Priest Ranch Winery, RD Vineyard, Rutherford Hill, Rutherford Hill Winery, Rutherford Ranch, Silver Oak Cellars, St Supery, Taub, The Prisoner, TOR Wines, Tres Sabores, Turnbull, Venn Estate, Vine Cliff, Young Inglewood Estate, ZD Wines

Tre Bicchieri: Tasting the “Best of the Best” Italian Wines

March 7, 2022 Leave a Comment

February 2022 saw the resumption of the traditionally annual North American Tre Bicchieri roadshow after the pandemic-mandated halt to large-scale, trade-only wine tastings. Tre Bicchieri, which translates into “three glass” is the designation that Gambero Rosso, home of the comprehensive Vini d’Italia wine guide gives to the fewer than one percent of the more than […]

Filed Under: Destinations, Events, Italy, San Francisco, Wine Events, Wine Region Tagged With: wine, Wine events, wineries

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, Featured-City, Georgia, Highlighted Wine Travel, North America, United States, Wine Events, Wine Region Tagged With: Accent Cellars, Blanc du Bois, Cavender Creek Vineyards, Chambourcin, Frogtown Cellars, Kaya Vineyards, Muscadine, Norton, Petit Verdot, Pierce’s Disease

Iconic and Ageworthy Australian Shiraz

February 15, 2022 Leave a Comment

Shiraz is Australia’s best-known and most widely planted wine grape. The country ranks second (behind France) in the production of this grape varietal. Some of its oldest vines date back to 1843. Shiraz is the same varietal that other countries call Syrah. It thrives in both warm and cool climates in Australia. This red grape […]

Filed Under: Australia, Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Destinations, McLaren Vale, South Australia, Wine Events, Wine Region Tagged With: D'Arenberg, Kay Brothers, Penfolds, Seppeltsfield, shiraz, Torbeck Winery, Wakefield

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