Last year, I escaped the December holiday shopping chaos by flying to Europe. If you’d like to follow my lead, check out the Christmas Shopping Package at the highly-rated Hotel Principe de Savoia in Milan, Italy.
While I love traveling to big cities with teeming nightlife and culture, a rest in the country is sometimes the cure for what ails you. Briol is that type of destination. It’s been family-owned for more than 100 years and is located in Italy’s Isarco Valley north of Barbiano. The owner’s grandmother imposed some rules…
Prosecco, the food-friendly, easy-drinking sparkling wine from Northern Italy, has become increasingly popular in the U.S. Many wine shops and restaurants now carry Prosecco, but quality can vary especially when dealing with lower priced offerings. One way to ensure that you’re getting the highest quality Prosecco is to look for producers from Conegliano—Valdobbiadene, Italy’s official…
Another Hip Hotel from The Cool Hunter: From the street, its glass and metallic facade looks like a space-age slot machine. But the new boutique Una Hotel Bologna is anything but a gamble. Located in front of the central station, near the historic and trade fair centres of this people-friendly town in north-central Italy, Una…
Italy seems to be on a roll, and prediction for the 2005 vintage could not be rosier. It appears (if everything goes smoothly) that this year could be a very good year for Italian Wines. Sounds like a great opportunity to plan a wine-tasting trip, does it not? via [ANSA ]
In the hot summer months, Maureen and I enjoy refreshing wines from the Veneto region of Italy. We discovered many of them on our first trip to Venice.
I wonder if the fact that Italian exports are on the rise have anything to do with French wine going through a bit of a rough spot but there it is. Americans drank the same amount of French wine as last year but more Italian and Australian wine. Let’s get some balance next and crack…
Springtime in Sicily. Everything is in bloom and fragrant, love is in the air. Romantic as they come. Before summer chokes us with heat, springtime in Sicily makes me think of al fresco dinners in cobbled square with a street musician playing in the distance….and a good red wine! via [TheCorkdork.com]
This may be one of the world’s most beautiful spas. Just 90 minutes from Florence and 125 miles from Rome, Fonteverde Spa Resort is the perfect alternative to renting a vacation villa in the Tuscany area of Italy. Situated in the majestic rolling hills just south of Siena, people have been enjoying this venue since…