Category: Wine bars

Bobal, Cava, Spain, Valencia, Wine bars, Wine travel

My Favorite places to drink wine in Valencia

Valencia, Spain’s third largest city after Madrid and Barcelona, is a charming, vibrant place with understated elegance and a more manageable feel and slower pace than its larger cousins, yet it has everything you need in a large city. This is the home of paella – the quintessential Spanish rice dish -, Valencia oranges, and a burgeoning wine industry from nearby Utiel-Requena and Alicante. After … Continue reading My Favorite places to drink wine in Valencia

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2022 Resolutions, Etna, Italy, Wine bars, Wine education, Wine travel

My New Year Wine Resolutions for 2022

Let’s admit it, 2021 wasn’t really the best of years.  Earlier in the pandemic many of us, myself included, believed that we’d be back to normal sometime in 2021 and were disappointed and fatigued by end of the year. Personally, I mostly missed the social and professional gatherings – formal and informal – that I enjoyed before 2020: wine dinners with friends, tasting groups, trade … Continue reading My New Year Wine Resolutions for 2022

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Bordeaux, Food, France, Travel, Wine bars

Bordeaux and Saint-Émilion: 2 UNESCO World Heritage sites

Grand Boulevards, beautiful architecture, stunning settings on the banks of the Garonne river, and above all world-class wines.  We arrived in Bordeaux on a Friday morning after a short 2-hour TGV ride from Paris Gare Montparnasse and fell instantly in love.  It was hard to believe that for the longest time it was considered a backwater – “La Belle Endormie” or Sleeping beauty – who … Continue reading Bordeaux and Saint-Émilion: 2 UNESCO World Heritage sites

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Barcelona, Catalonia, Cava, Food, Travel, Wine bars

My Favorite Places to Drink Wine in Barcelona

Barcelona is one of the most visited cities in Europe and well-known as a place where one can eat and drink very, very well.  It is also the gateway to Catalonia’s wine country, with famous regions like Priorat and Penedes as well as up and coming D.O.s like Emporda, Alella, Conca de Barbera, Terra Alta, and Montsant. In the last few years I’ve been on … Continue reading My Favorite Places to Drink Wine in Barcelona

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Austria, Berlin, Germany, Travel, Wine bars

Exploring German and Austrian Wines

“A German wine label is one of the things life’s too short for, a daunting testimony to that peculiar nation’s love of detail and organization”.  Kingsley Amis I was in Berlin last December on a business trip and took the opportunity to visit a few of the most representative wine bars in the city.  I’d heard a lot about the new Berlin wine scene and … Continue reading Exploring German and Austrian Wines

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Food, France, Paris, Wine bars, Wine travel

My Favorite Places to Drink Wine in Paris

I was quite excited to be in Paris in the spring and looking forward to get a taste of the culinary and oenological adventures the City of Light has to offer.  We strategically booked our Airbnb in the 11th arrondissement, known for having one of the most dynamic restaurant and bar scenes in the right bank. The 11th is situated in the northeast part of … Continue reading My Favorite Places to Drink Wine in Paris

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