Wine/Beer Travel

Winos - er, oenophiles - and beer lovers unite! Here we go galavanting after the grape and the hop, and there are of course scores of fetching - and sometimes surprising - countries & regions to choose from. Cheers!

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The wine country around Solvang, southern California

Fess Parker Winery And speaking of vineyards, Solvang is also surrounded by more than 125 wineries producing some of the world's best vintages and many accepting visitors for tours and tasting; among of the most popular are half-century-old Firestone Vineyard, Fess Parker Winery (above, founded in 1988 by the actor famous for playing Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone on TV in the 1950s and 60s), and Sunstone Winery, in business since 1990 and with an enphasis on environmental sustainability. read…

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Discovering wine and more in New York State's Finger Lakes region

Luke Petrinec/Steuban County CVB As a member of the International Food, Wine, and Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA), I was fortunate to attend a webinar on the Corning and the Southern Finger Lakes presented by Kevin Costello, president and CEO of the Steuben County Conference and Visitors Bureau, and Dave DeGolye, the bureau’s communications manager. I was only somewhat familiar with this wine region, so was pleased to learn more about its wineries as well as to be introduced to all its…

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Saying 'G’Day' to some fine Australian wines

Some weeks ago, our Southern California Wine Council greeted 2022 with a tasting of five wines from the Land Down Under which are exported to the United States. Four of these wines are produced by Eight at the Gate in the Wrattonbully wine country located along the country's southeastern coast, about 280 miles from Melbourne and stretching throughout the hill country of the Stewarts and Naracoorte mountain ranges. This area has a temperate climate, long growing season, and significant…

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Prost! Munich's beery Oktoberfest is back!

Holzijue/Pixabay From September 17 to October 3, the legendary celebration of German beer, cuisine, and culture in Bavaria's capital is returning after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unsprprisingly, it's necessary to make your arrangements months in advance, so if you've always wanted to experience Wies'n (as it's known in Bavarian), take note here for 2023! read post

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Wink Lorch July 28, 2011 at 10:59am

Just wanted to share with you our new guest post on the Bucelas wine region which is only half an hour away from Lisbon, perfect for a day out of the city, if you are visiting the Portuguese capital. They focus on fresh, dry white wines from the Arinto grape variety.
John Lamkin July 11, 2011 at 7:14pm

toast of taos art & wine festival - August 18-21, 2011
David Paul Appell June 22, 2011 at 1:18am

Anybody know anything about wines from Majorca (Mallorca), in Spain's Balearic Islands? They're not the country's best known wines (I don't even know if any are exported), but has anyone heard anything about them or tasted any?
Jennifer Vander Lind June 21, 2011 at 10:51pm

Ladies join us for a wine tour through Napa Valley in Oct. We also will be visiting San Fancisco to complete a full tour of the area.

Napa Valley tour
Wink Lorch May 24, 2011 at 10:46am

Following up on my award, I've written a post about what the travel industry and wine industry can learn from each other about wine tourism. Comments on the post welcome.

Also, a chance to win a sub to jancisrobinson.com subscription site as it was part of my prize that I am going to pass onto someone else (as I have one!).
Wink Lorch May 21, 2011 at 12:58pm

Thanks very much Andrea, Doug and David ... and David, I'm sorry I don't do much on here for now, but hoping to devote more time to wine travel blogging and my own Wine Travel Guides website again from this summer - have had to devote some time to other things recently.

Wine Travel Guides
Authentic Seacoast Resorts May 19, 2011 at 9:58pm

Wonderful post with great photos.Looks inviting! Congratulations on your award. Doug
Andrea Spirov May 19, 2011 at 9:45pm

Congrats, Wink!! That's fantastic =)
David Paul Appell May 19, 2011 at 4:43pm

Congratulations, Wink! And of course we'd love to see a bit of your work here on our blog every so often, too.
Wink Lorch May 19, 2011 at 10:23am

Born Digital Wine Awards Winners

Yesterday I was proud to be the first recipient of the Wine Tourism Award for a blog post I submitted.

I think it's particularly interesting that this is the first time that I've seen a "Wine Tourism" category in any awards.

Here is my winning post: Wine Days out in the French Alps.