Wine detox: Day five and finding comfort in alluring Japanese tea
Strolling all afternoon around Geneva on a hot day makes you think about ice cream and water and not about alcohol.
Strolling all afternoon around Geneva on a hot day makes you think about ice cream and water and not about alcohol.
My tea strategy seemed to work so far. On one hand I am substituting wine by tea, but on the other hand I am constantly seeking other pleasures to satisfy […]
The name Tokay is used by French for wines made from Pinot Gris, so it is often being misused for the sweet wines from the region of Tokaj in Hungary.
How one gets there (new winery above) from here (piece of untamed land below)? Philippe and Cherie Melka have perhaps the most challenging work in their entire career in the […]
Viñátigo enchants you. Naturally and architecturally. Lush terraces wind upwards around a sunlight-hued chapel to the heavens. Today, like a scarf the frame is caped and wrapped with soft clouds […]
Puddle Duck winery is set for a relaxed family outing with a reversed BYO picnic following the purchase of a bottle or two in the cellar.
Last week I was filming in the Napa Valley, California, and interviewed owners of four outstanding family vineyards: Gargiulo, Martin Estate, Quixote and Palmaz (check videos). As wonderful as their wines […]
Art in Napa Valley thrives. In their excellent book The Art & Science of Wine James Halliday & Hugh Johnson, renowned Masters of Wine, propagate winemaking as an art form. […]
The 600 acre ranch that Joe Phelps bought near to a charming town of St. Helena breaths a verdant carpet of vines as …
At Isidora they want to please you without any molecular or gastronomic fuss. The food is genuine and tasty.