Wine
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A Weekend in Mendoza, Argentina
More Details: A Weekend in Mendoza, ArgentinaMy current business trip to Santiago is for 2 weeks so I had a weekend in between to either: walk around Santiago and re-discover parts of it, opt to go and visit southern Chile (Puerto Montt or Pucón, for example; both of which I had visited in 1991), or go to nearby Mendoza, Argentina (capital…
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Arriving in the Southern Island of Middle Earth: Christchurch, New Zealand
More Details: Arriving in the Southern Island of Middle Earth: Christchurch, New ZealandThere are so many awesome places in New Zealand but I feel Christchurch, though not one of the top 2 cities in NZ, may be the best place to hit first on a trip over (Dunedin is not far behind!). The arrival I arrived in Christchurch on the eastern coast of the southern island of…
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Of Mountains, Caves, and Wine – Leaving Sydney Is Hard to Do
More Details: Of Mountains, Caves, and Wine – Leaving Sydney Is Hard to DoSo today I leave Sydney. I have greatly enjoyed seeing friends and getting to know this awesome city. I am actually sad at leaving it and wish I can come back some day soon. But I am off to see other friends in Melbourne and that is helping me depart. I have packed all the…
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Switzerland: Lausanne and the Lavaux wine region
More Details: Switzerland: Lausanne and the Lavaux wine regionGuest post by friend and fellow traveler, Chris Sanders. After a few tortuous days on the Tour de Mont Blanc (see my related post), my wife and I were looking for a place in which to relax and recover…and we wanted to stay in the region…it didn’t take me long to decide on the perfect…
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Wine and Running DO Mix: The Festive Bordeaux Marathon in the Medoc, France
More Details: Wine and Running DO Mix: The Festive Bordeaux Marathon in the Medoc, FranceNo, this article is not about drinking lots of Bordeaux wine until you are exhausted from all the exercise of lifting the glass, pouring wine, lifting the glass again, uncorking another bottle, and pouring again. Nor is it about visiting 26 chateaux in one day for wine tasting. It is about the race that takes…
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Sampling South African Wine in Stellenbosch
More Details: Sampling South African Wine in StellenboschReady to hit a new wine region? How about Stellenbosch in South Africa, a short drive east of Cape Town? The Wineries So, we finally hit the road east from our hotel to get to Stellenbosch. We made a few stops in the wine region hitting some wineries pretty much randomly. We did apply enough…
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Lillet: Visiting a Favorite
More Details: Lillet: Visiting a FavoriteGuest post by Chris Sanders. His intro: On a trip to France a few years ago, I visited Lillet and wrote the article below in hopes of publishing it in a local wine magazine… I can’t remember if I ever sent it in for consideration though…anyway, enjoy! Lillet: Visiting a Favorite What do James Bond,…