France is best known for it’s top 5 wine producing regions; Burgundy, Bordeaux, the Rhone Valley, Provence, and Champagne. There are a multitude of other regions producing amazing wines that don’t always get the same...

Battle of the Noirs Champagne is primarily made from three grapes: Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay - and generally in that order.  Pinot Noir is the most widely planted varietal in the region -...

Summer is in full swing, although it certainly doesn’t feel like it in foggy San Francisco!  We dream of vacationing in the south of France, frolicking on the beaches of St- Tropez, visiting the museums...

We’ve been traveling around the world of beer for much of this year, and recent forays into Sardinia, Denmark, Mexico, and the Pacific Northwest have been good fun. For midsummer we are back in The...

Calabria In June we landed in Lombardy, at the north most edge of Italy’s massive Apennine Mountains. This month we are following the range’s progress some 870 miles south, down the spine of the entire...