Australian Wine Door-to-Door
Here’s a wine merchant from Australia that takes advantage of globalization! They ship Australias finest wine directly to your door…warning…it ain’t cheap. via Spittoon
Here’s a wine merchant from Australia that takes advantage of globalization! They ship Australias finest wine directly to your door…warning…it ain’t cheap. via Spittoon
Walk into the Oxford Hotel in Denver’s Lower Downtown (“LoDo”) and take a step back in time. Settle into the legendary Cruise Room bar and be transported back about 70 years to the Art Deco era when architectural lines were clean and cocktails were classic. Leave the bar and cross into the grand lobby to…
This just in… Austria’s most important native grape and its own white variety –– Gruner Veltliner – is being harvested now in the Diamond Mountain District of Napa Valley. This experiment is courtesy of Herr Rudy Von Strasser, noted winemaker and relative of the notable Eric de Rothschild,. He’s going to try to cultivate about…
Meadowood Napa Valley’s The Restaurant is one of Esquire magazine’s 2007 Best New Restaurants. The 23rd annual awards selected by Esquire’s Food & Travel Editor John Mariani are featured in the November edition of the magazine, on newsstands now.
I just had a walk-through at the Holiday Inn on Fishermans’ Wharf, courtesy of my colleague Anita Hubbard. All I kept saying was, “For a Holiday Inn, this is very impressive.” It should be. The 585-room hotel at the foot of Columbus Street, a block from the Wharf, two blocks from Pier 39, Ghirardelli Square,…
So the French said no to the constitution, but they seem to be saying yes to some creative ideas in their vineyards. What to do if you are a wine grower in France faced with a glut in the market. All those grapes and nowhere to go… but a girl always has a need for…
This just in from our friend Tim Laughlin… Readers of Condé Nast Traveler Magazine voted Regent Seven Seas Cruises “#1 Small-Ship Cruise Lineâ€? in the publication’s landmark 20th annual Readers’ Choice Awards poll. Nearly 30,000 readers participated, ranking the world’s best cruise lines based on activities/facilities, cabins, crew/service, design/layout, food/dining and itineraries. The 2007 first-place…