It may seem incongruous to place the word “Chateau” before the words “Changyu Baron Balboa Xinjiang,” but this European-inspired winery in China’s resort city of Yantai is poised to become much more than just a wine estate. It’s being transformed…
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Wine City: An Amusement Park for Adults
Tagged with: travel, China, wine tasting, Chinese wine, Wine City, Changyu, theme parks
Posted in Our Wine Travel Log
Posted in Our Wine Travel Log
What the Start of Summer Means for Your Wine Plans
There is no part of the year that is unimportant in the vineyard. That said, some seasons are more important than others, and summer is when the grapes on the vines receive most of the nourishing sunshine they need to…
Tagged with: Cayuga Wine Trail, Chateau Ste Michelle, Summer, summer wine travel, summer wines, The Mountain Winery, Thornton Winery
Posted in Editor's Journal, Our Wine Travel Log
Posted in Editor's Journal, Our Wine Travel Log
A Little Taste of Vienna in Mammoth Lakes
In early August, Michelle and I met up with a couple of friends at a wonderful restaurant in San Diego, Calif., called 100 Wines. Only on that night, a better name would have been 99 Wines, because the one wine…
Tagged with: Austria Hof, Gruner Veltliner, Mammoth Lakes, wiener schnitzel
Posted in Editor's Journal, Our Wine Travel Log
Posted in Editor's Journal, Our Wine Travel Log
A Lesson That All Wine-Focused Restaurants Should Heed
So we were having this wonderful dinner at 100 Wines Kitchen in San Diego. It was the ideal setting for a fabulous evening: a table shared with good friends, delicious starter dishes shared with those friends, and some nice wine-by-the-glass…
Tagged with: 100 Wines Kitchen, Domane Wachau, Gruner Veltliner, San Diego Restaurants, Vienna Restaurants, wiener schnitzel, Zum Figlmuller
Posted in Editor's Journal, Our Wine Travel Log
Posted in Editor's Journal, Our Wine Travel Log
How a Fabulous Evening Turned Into a Culinary Disappointment
Spending a couple weekends in San Diego recently made it abundantly clear that California’s border city is home to a vibrant wine scene. We picked up a copy of the San Diego Reader, and it provided capsule looks at two…
Tagged with: 100 Wines Kitchen, Proprietors Reserve, San Diego, Small Plates, travel, Wine Vault & Bistro
Posted in Editor's Journal, Our Wine Travel Log
Posted in Editor's Journal, Our Wine Travel Log
A Tasty Alternative to ‘Wining’ at Sea World
While the younger members of our group were waiting in line for 60 minutes to board a tube-style raft for a ride on Shipwreck Rapids, Michelle and I stood in a not-quite-so-long line to dine at Sea World’s Shipwreck Rapids…
Tagged with: ¡Latin Food Fest!, Campanile Foundation, Culinary Events, San Diego, Sea World, travel
Posted in Our Wine Travel Log, Wine Buzz
Posted in Our Wine Travel Log, Wine Buzz
New ‘Life’ for a 150-Year-Old Las Vegas Vine
As we pulled up to the entrance of the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park, it quickly became apparent that we weren’t the only wine geeks who had come to gawk at a 150-year-old grapevine, as we described…
In Search of a 150-Year-Old Grapevine
We all know that you can’t stop progress, but sometimes I think we need to have a clearer consensus about what progress is… and what it isn’t… when decisions are being made. In Southern California, “progress” destroyed some of the…
Tagged with: 150-Year-Old Grapevine, Las Vegas, Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historic Park, Project Neon, St. George, Toquerville
Posted in Editor's Journal, Our Wine Travel Log
Posted in Editor's Journal, Our Wine Travel Log
Midwest Wine Country: More Ideas for a Fun Vacation
Rarely do we get to do everything we’d like to do while on vacation. Eating is a good example. If we ate at every good breakfast spot, every good lunch spot and every good dinner spot suggested by friends or…
