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A Passion for Life, Art and Wine: Thomas T. Thomas is Living His Dream

September 19, 2024September 23, 2024 California, California, Destinations, WineTasting

Story by Judith Horstman. Feature image: Winemaker Thomas T. Thomas (Photo: The Global Food and Drink Initiative) At age 18, Thomas T. Thomas was

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Mendocino Coast Adventures: Wine, Food and So Much More

May 21, 2023May 22, 2023 California, Destinations, Mendocino County, WineTasting

Story and Photos by Deborah Grossman. Mendocino is 1.4 times larger than my home state of Delaware. This may explain why I am always

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Ironstone Vineyards, Calaveras County, Gold Country, Sierra Nevada Mountain foothills, California

Calaveras County for Mining, Hiking, Biking, Wining, Dining, Fishing, Camping and Jumping with Mark Twain’s Frogs.

May 10, 2022April 14, 2023 California, California, Destinations, Winery News, WineTasting 2

Story and Photos by John Sundsmo. Gold country in the Sierra mountain foothills is just a two-and-a-half-hour drive from San Francisco. For my wife

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Monferrato region route, UNESCO heritage site, Monferrato area, Piedmont, Italy

Monferrato— A unique wine landscape of Piedmont, Italy

July 27, 2020 Destinations, Food and Wine, Italy, Winery News, WineTasting 1

Story and Photos by Deborah Grossman. When friends ask me to choose my favorite region of Italy, I never hesitate. It is always Piedmont.

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Chicago: A Dining and Cultural Gem

March 7, 2020March 8, 2020 Chicago, Destinations, Food and Wine, Hotel Reviews 1

Story and Photos by Deborah Grossman. My first visit to Chicago years ago was spent in crowded meeting rooms representing my company at an

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View of Sonoma Coast AVA, Russian River, from Thomas George vineyard in Guerenville

Russian River Rendezvous

July 20, 2019March 11, 2020 California, California, Destinations, Food and Wine, John, Russian River, Winery News, WineTasting 2

Story and Photos by John Sundsmo. “Hurry up and drop your bags. We’ve been waiting for you”, urged Jersey Tom from the door of

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Colchagua Valley in Chile: not only for wine-sipping

February 13, 2019March 11, 2020 Chile, Destinations, Winery News, WineTasting 6

Story and Photos by Libor Pospisil. When I stepped onto the wooden viewing platform on Cerro Chaman, I could see the deep, wide valley

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Blueberry Memories

November 26, 2018December 30, 2019 Destinations, Food and Wine

Story by Judith Horstman. All year long the color of blueberries sleeps in the mind’s eye, elusive. A few days each year, I go

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Midnight Truffle Hunt

November 21, 2018January 10, 2020 Destinations, Food and Wine, Italy

Story and Photos by Jacqueline Harmon Butler. Somewhere in the distance a church bell chimed the midnight hour. A heavy mist made visibility along

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Slow and Easy for a Barge Cruise in Burgundy

October 17, 2018March 19, 2019 Barge Tours, Cruises, Destinations, France, WineTasting 1

Story and Photos by Jacqueline Harmon Butler. Taking things slow and easy was Tina Turner’s advice in her song “Proud Mary.” Well, I’m taking

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An Appetite for Lisbon

September 6, 2018October 22, 2018 Destinations, Food and Wine, Lisbon

Story and Photos by Wanda Hennig. A gastronomic walking tour takes us on a devouring orgy as we taste our way through ten of

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Stepping out Solo in Paris

August 13, 2018October 29, 2018 Destinations, Food and Wine, France, Stephanie 2

Story and Photos by Stephanie Levin. Traveling alone for a woman affords multiple advantages: she meets people she would never mingle with when traveling

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Croatian Wine Tasting in the Dalmatian Islands

June 11, 2018March 11, 2020 Croatia, Destinations, Food and Wine, John, Winery News, WineTasting

Story and Photos by John Sundsmo. On a recent Katarina Line cruise of Croatian discovery, we learned that wine makers in the Dalmatian Islands

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Find Your Happy in Mendocino County

April 13, 2018April 14, 2023 Destinations, Food and Wine, John, Mendocino County 1

By John Sundsmo. The catchy logo of Mendocino County, “Find Your Happy,” was on display at the recent Taste of Mendocino held at San

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Taste of Travel, Bay Area Travel Writers Taste of Travel Fall 2017

Bay Area Travel Writers publishes Taste of Travel Fall 2017

January 18, 2018May 28, 2018 Food and Wine, John, Lee, Reviews

By Lee Daley and John Sundsmo Taste of Travel News: Reading the Fall 2017, second publication, by the Bay Area Travel Writers Taste of

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Georgos greek wine captures the spirit of wines produced on the island of Santorini, Greece

Greek Wines from Sonoma

January 11, 2018March 11, 2020 Destinations, Europe, Food and Wine, Greece, Greece, John, Santorini, Santorini, WineTasting

Story and Photos by John Sundsmo. A memorable few years ago my wife and I visited the Greek islands of Santorini and Paros. There

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dinner at Chez Didier, Moule au fou, Eclade, a specialty of the Charente region of France,French dining with friendship on mussels, La Rochelle, France

My Dinner at Chez Didier

November 22, 2017December 4, 2018 Destinations, Food and Wine, France, La Rochelle, Stephanie 2

Photos and story by Stephanie Levin. It’s never about food. It’s about the people who share your table, who invite you into the beautiful

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European Train Travel, Why I love Train Travel in Europe. TGV train, Riding the Rails in Europe from Paris to Dijon

Why I love European Train Travel

August 30, 2017June 8, 2018 Destinations, Europe, Food and Wine, Hotel Reviews, Jacqueline 2

Story by Jacqueline Harmon Butler. On my first trip to Europe many years ago, my sister Patty and I traveled around Ireland, England, Scotland,

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A slice of Tuscany, Sunset in Pogiacolle agriturisn, Tuscany, Italy

In Italy, a Slice of Tuscany

August 7, 2017January 10, 2020 Food and Wine, Italy, Stephanie, Tuscany 2

Photos and story by Stephanie Levin. When Frances Mayes’ book, Under the Tuscan Sun, became an overnight success, traveling to Tuscany became De rigueur.

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Burgundy Canal aboard European Waterways’ La Belle Epoque

June 24, 2017March 19, 2019 Barge Tours, Carol, Europe, Food and Wine 3

Story by Carol Canter Photos by Carol Canter and Jack Heyman. La Belle Epoque, European Waterways’ six-room floating boutique barge hotel, cruises the Burgundy

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Rancho La Puerta, Mexico, Patio off the dining room where many choose to relax during lunch at Rancho La Puerta in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico

Rancho La Puerta to Enrich, Relax and Renew

May 25, 2017March 19, 2019 Desert, Food and Wine, Hotel Reviews, Mexico, Reviews, Stephanie 3

Story and Photos by Stephanie Levin. Located at the base of mystical Mount Kuchumaa range, Rancho La Puerta defies definition. Some hail it a

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Lisbon. The ubiquitous pastéis de nata, Portugal’s most famous pastry, a love affair tart, Lisbon, Portugal's very best where people stand in line.

A Lisbon Love Affair with a Famous Tart

April 26, 2017May 28, 2018 Destinations, Food and Wine, Lisbon 2

Story and Photos by Wanda Hennig. Pastéis de nata: Portugal’s sweetest and most replicated tartlets. Versions of them tempt fans in cafés, tea rooms,

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Scottish Highllands, Dazzling Achmelvich Beach, Scottish Highlands

Road tripping in the Scottish Highlands

March 24, 2017May 28, 2018 Destinations, Food and Wine, Scotland

Story and Photos by Monique Burns. Road tripping through the Scottish Highlands. Framed by lofty mountains and etched by trickling burns and rushing rivers,

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Bay Area Travel Writers 2017 publication Taste of Travel, Cover Photo by Rhonda Gutenberg.

Bay Area Travel Writers publishes Taste of Travel

February 27, 2017May 28, 2018 Food and Wine, Lee, News 1

By Lee Daley Taste of Travel News: Reading the latest publication by the Bay Area Travel Writers put me in the mood for a

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Pozole Thursdays at El Profe, Coacoyul, Mexico

January 26, 2017March 19, 2019 Carol, Destinations, Food and Wine, Mexico 4

Story and photos by Carol Canter. El Profe puts the hamlet of Coacoyul on the map every Thursday afternoon from 2 p.m. when the

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Culinary Poland in the time of Chopin

January 20, 2017May 28, 2018 Destinations, Food and Wine, Poland 4

Story and photos by Wanda Hennig. When Fryderyk Chopin was born March of 1810, 29 miles west of Warsaw in Żelazowa Wola, in the

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Paris Progressive Supper and Moveable Feast

December 14, 2016May 28, 2018 Destinations, Food and Wine, Jacqueline, Paris 1

By Jacqueline Harmon Butler. Ernest Hemingway called Paris a “movable feast,” and I have always agreed with him. On my last night in Paris,

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2017 Cuisine and Culture Tours Foodies Alert

November 18, 2016May 28, 2018 Food and Wine, Reviews

By Karen Misuraca. My first food-focused vacation was with Kandra Kitchen Crete, when the queen of Greek cuisine, Rosemary Barron, held forth in her

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Napa Valley’s Liana Estates Opens

September 28, 2016March 11, 2020 Food and Wine, Lee, Napa, News, WineTasting 1

By Lee Daley. Napa Valley’s Carneros AVA adds another winery to its map with the opening of Liana Estates. The winery fulfills a long

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Taste of Travel, Cruising France's Canal du Midi, Canal barge tours, Canal barge Anjodi, Canal du Midi, Toulouse, France

Cruising France’s Canal du Midi aboard European Waterways’ Barge Anjodi.

August 31, 2016March 19, 2019 Barge Tours, Carol, Destinations, Europe, Food and Wine, France 1

By Carol Canter. Floating by barge through France’s canal-laced countryside underscores the pleasures of dining on meals prepared from fresh locally-sourced ingredients. Our first

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Burma’s Best: The Strand Hotel

July 17, 2016March 11, 2020 Burma, Destinations, Food and Wine, Hotel Reviews, Lee 1

By Lee Daley. Strand Hotel, Rangoon, Burma Rangoon, Burma’s bustling metropolis is like a living museum where traditional teahouses, pagodas and temples sit side

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