Piedmont Essentials
Piedmont is special to our family on many levels. For one thing, it is home to Barolo and Barbaresco wines. These wines are made from Nebbiolo and the finer examples are simply outstanding…
California Essentials
My wife and are are both from the United States originally but we have been living outside of the US for roughly 15 years now. For us California (Napa Valley) wine is all about sentimentality….
New Zealand Essentials
New Zealand is stunningly beautiful and some of the vineyards are set in incredibly dramatic settings…
Germany Essentials
The Mosel wine region in Germany is one of the best known areas of the world for the production of Riesling wine…
Champagne Essentials
Champagne is a location that you can actually visit all year round as the most interesting sites are underground in the extensive caves where the winemaking takes place…
Burgundy Essentials
The city of Beaune in the heart of Burgundy is a 3 hour drive from our home in Zurich and for wine lovers this destination is a must…
Veneto Essentials
Venice is the capital of Veneto, as the name would suggest. When we went to Venice we stayed in an AirBnB property and enrolled our family in an Italian language immersion for a week…
Tuscany Essentials
Tuscany has a big reputation, but there’s a good reason for that. Tuscany is a food and wine paradise…
Alsace Essentials
We have been to Alsace a few times as it is only a short 2 hour drive from where we now live in Zurich, Switzerland…
Argentina Essentials
Argentina was a brilliant experience as we were there to explore the possibility of investing in a small vineyard project back in 2004…