Discover exceptional value wines in Oregon's Willamette Valley and beyond. Expert tips for finding quality Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and more at accessible prices.
Discover Houston wine tours visiting Chappell Hill, Bryan, and Gulf Coast wineries. Guide to Texas Bluebonnet Wine Trail, tour companies, and top tasting rooms.
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Jacksonville wine bars and day trips to nearby Florida wineries. Explore St. Augustine, Flagler Beach, and more within 90 minutes of downtown.
Explore Virginia's 196 wineries across 8 AVAs. From Monticello to Middleburg, discover exceptional Viognier, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot wines.
The beautiful city of Miami, Florida, has long attracted people from all over the world with its rep
Explore Denver's thriving urban winery scene with 7 tasting rooms in RiNo and nearby neighborhoods. Natural wines, Western Slope grapes, and local craft.
Paso Robles wine tourists have a wide range of lodging options, but for those looking for a true win
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Finding a free wine tasting in Napa, the land of the $125 tasting fee, is a bit like finding a four
In theory, what's not to love about discount wine tasting passes? You buy a pass, visit wineries, a
Whether used as a marketing plan or an expression of terroir, single vineyard releases have become s
Tucked away on a little plot of soil in the borough of Avondale, PA sits Va La Vineyards. Driving south on Route 41 in Chester County, you need a sharp eye to spot the winery sign and a quick foot to avoid missing the entrance to this 6.73-acre vineyard. That’s right, 6.73-acres of various soil...
Welcome to Santa Barbara, just under two hours north from Los Angeles. The seat of the eponymous wine valley, university, and beach, Santa Barbara's seaside surfer culture and Mediterranean climate will woo you into forgetting the stop-and-go traffic of the 405 or the trauma of incessant smog....
Carr Vineyards & Winery is unique in Santa Barbara. It literally stands apart from the other main wine tasting areas in the city, and it figuratively separates itself as a midpoint between the casual atmosphere of the Funk Zone and the old-world refined style of El Paseo. Set inside a World War...
The Grassini tasting room in El Paseo, just off the beaten path of State Street in downtown Santa Barbara, should be on your map if you are serious about tasting what the Central Coast can do with Bordeaux grapes. I almost skipped Grassini, honestly, because I was short on time; and generally...
There are many places in the town of Santa Barbara to taste better than average vino and generally enjoy an hour or two. Then there is Au Bon Climat (ABC). Welcoming you to the historic El Paseo - next door to tasting rooms for Grassini and Margerum - this tasting room is a vinophile stop, not...
If you're a wayward foodie or a wandering wine guru and you've found yourself in Santa Barbara by some strange twist of fortune, your salvation may be The Wine Cask and the adjacent tasting rooms in El Paseo, just off the beaten path of State Street. This is where you'll find the premium...
The pace of Santa Barbara is about what you imagine from a surfer-friendly, wine-cultured seaside town with a year-round Mediterranean climate... it's relaxed. Things open (more or less) right on time, no rush. Walking along the beach, it might strike you to make lower Anacapa street your...
The center of Los Olivos is an old town, not much more than an intersection, with the longest section about the length of a football field. Packed into this tiny town are about a dozen tasting rooms, a smattering of small inns, and a few restaurants worth visiting. You can easily stay here, eat...
Situated among the rolling hills of Santa Maria Valley, I walk in to the enormous wood-and-stone building prepared with a sense of adventure and the melody of an old tune I used to love as a kid playing in my head, Davy... Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier. Yes, I'm about to taste the...
Often the word fine precedes the word wine during dinner conversation. I don't know exactly where and when in our history we began associating these words together; but I will say that the most natural word I can come up with in order to describe the wines of Core is exactly this: Fine. The...
I love wine. I love wine tasting. There's something beautiful in the act of both giving and receiving the gift of a few ounces of the meticulously crafted art and applied science that we call wine. It is a humbling thing to consider the amount of time and passion that is put into each drop of...
On a recent trip to the San Diego area one of the items on our must do list was a revisit to our beloved Cordiano Winery in California's San Pasqual Valley. With a beautiful, cloudless southern sky above us and the winding road before us, we headed east from Rancho Bernardo into the hills of the...