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Santa Barbara, California is located about 150 kilometers north of the sprawling metropolis of Los Angeles along California’s central coast with the Pacific Ocean. Warm days and cool nights provide perfect growing conditions for wine grapes in the coastal hills that separate the beach communities from California’s massive central valley. This cool climate ...
The Santa Ynez Valley is located in Santa Barbara County, California, between the Santa Ynez Mountains to the south and the San Rafael Mountains to the north. The Santa Ynez River flows through the valley from east to west. The Santa Ynez Valley is separated from the Los Alamos Valley, to the northwest, by the Purisima Hills, and from the Santa Maria Valley by the Sol...
Soave is a dry white Italian wine from the Veneto region, in northeast Italy, principally around the city of Verona. Within the Soave region are both adenominazione di origine controllata(DOC) zone and, since 2001, adenominazione di origine controllata e garantita(DOCG) designation known asSoave Superiore, with both zones being further sub-divided into a general andCl...
Wine making in California is thought to have originated in Sonoma County with vineyards planted by Russian immigrants in 1812 and then as part of the Mission San Francisco Solano by Franciscan priests in 1825. Today Sonoma County boasts a multitude of wineries that produce high quality wines with some of the more recognizable appellations among California’s prod...
If visiting the country of Uruguay is on your bucket list and you are a wine lover understand that wine tasting in southern uruguay is growing in popularity among wine tourists looking for that next, great wine producing region. Primarily, production is from the local Tannat grapes that were introduced to Uruguay in the late 1800’s by a Basque immigrant. The vin...
Stellenbosch is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, situated about 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of Cape Town, along the banks of the Eerste River. It is the second oldest European settlement in the province, after Cape Town. The town became known as the City of Oaks orEikestadin Afrikaans and Dutch due to the large number of oak trees that were planted ...
The Temecula Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area in southwestern Riverside County, California.
The popularity of the Temecula Valley Wine Country and Pechanga Resort & Casino have been the driving forces in a fourfold increase in visitor spending in the valley from USD$131 million in 2000 to an estimated USD $538 million in 2006, according to a report rele...
Tramonti is a town in the Campania region of south-western Italy along the Amalfi Coast. Vineyards, lemon orchards and chestnut woodlands are in abundance in this town.
Cappella Rupestre (Chapel in the Rock) is in the village of Gete. Church dating from the late thirteenth century inserted in a slight hollow of the rock. Noteworthy are the tombs cut into the rocky sid...
Tuscany was at the center of the world’s renaissance of arts and science and home to historical figures such as Galileo, Dante, Michelangelo, Amerigo Vespucci and Puccini. This region in central Italy also boasts some of the greatest Italian wineries and is the largest wine grape growing area in Italy. You might consider a day tour from Florence to take in the C...
Valdobbiadene is a town in the province of Treviso, Veneto, Italy. Valdobbiadene is a wine growing area. Just below the Alpine-Dolomite areas of Veneto, it provides a climate for a cool variety of grape (Glera). The Conegliano Valdobbiadene area is the home of the best Prosecco, an extra dry sparkling white wine. Prosecco brands that derive from this area include Alta...
Valle de Guadalupe (Valley of Guadalupe), or Francisco Zarco is a village located in the municipio of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, 20 km (14 mi) north of the city of Ensenada. The community was founded in 1834 by Dominican missionary Félix Caballero as Misión de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe del Norte, making it the last mission established in...
While the popularity of Baja wine has just taken hold with the rest of the world in the past decade, wine has been made commercially in Baja California for over 125 years. The Valle de Guadalupe has been coined Baja’s “Ruta del Vino” and even those who have not yet visited, have heard of the region’s campestre restaurants and boutique wineries....
Explore wine and cheese route of the Ojos Negros Valley, located east of Ensenada. Taste artisan cheeses paired with quality wines at La Cava de Marcelo, where you’ll learn about Ramonetti cheesemaking on a guided tour of the cellar.
Eat at La Casa Marcelo whose menu features contemporary Mexican cuisine sourced with local ingredients from Ojos Negros and Val...
Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato is the official name of a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising "five distinct wine-growing areas with outstanding landscapes" as the Castle of Grinzane Cavour in the region of Piedmont, Italy.
The site, which extends of the hilly areas of the Langhe, Roero and Montferrat, is one of the most important wine-pr...
Waiheke Island has become known as New Zealand's "island of wine," home to a dedicated group of winegrowers who have successfully matched the maritime climate and ancient soil structures to the selection of classical grape varieties to produce red and white wines with distinctive varietal character.
Waiheke's climate are well suited to growing Bordeaux wine-type grape...