Wine Touring on the Mosel River. Part I
There is wine touring by car with a disgruntled designated driver, wine touring by bus with a load of strangers who all need to be poured off the bus after […]
5 Top Reasons to take a Wine Tour
Treat yourself to a real wine tour this year – the kind with a bus, a guide and an itinerary. It’s worth the cost in terms of information, safety and […]
South African “braai” wines
It’s South Africa’s National Braai Day today Sept 24. Braai means Barbecue. You might ask why we are celebrating Barbecue Day now when winter is just over the horizon, but […]
A Year of Canadian Wines – #TGCWC
In 2014, I participated n the Great Canadian Wine Challenge. The rules of the Challenge were simple: you could only drink Canadian wines for a full year. There were some […]
Why did I hate this wine?
Melnik Castle, a thousand years of history, the largest vineyard in Bohemia, impressive barrel cellars that may once have been dungeons, and massive oak wine barrels built on site emblazoned […]
Wine & Chocolate – South African Style
There are perks for being a wine blogger. Recently a South African Wine Cooperative, Durbanville Hills, contacted me about doing a wine and chocolate tasting with their Sauvignon Blanc and […]
Raise a glass of Pinotage to Nelson Mandela
My first wine tour ever was in South Africa, in 2005. I was born in South Africa, the same year that Apartheid became law. My British parents left 18 months later. […]
The Finger Lakes wine region, so much to enjoy!
By Veronica Leonard Only half a day’s drive from the Ontario / US border, the Finger Lakes region of New York state has so much to offer the fall traveler. There […]
The Wine Tourist 