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Wine Tasting in the Finger Lakes – Part 3

If you have stumbled upon this post and are interested in checking out the first two, follow this link to learn more about Finger Lakes wineries.

The Sun Emerging from the Clouds in the Finger Lakes

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Wine Tasting In the Finger Lakes at Lakewood Vineyards

As you can tell, we are finally back to wine blogging and have a lot to catch up. With Covid going through its ebbs and flows, we’ve finally had a chance to get out and visit a few places and we’ve also been doing a lot of behind the scenes work on the site which we will be rolling out in 2022 so stay tuned. Now…back to the actual wine blog…

Several years ago, a friend sent us a few bottles of Riesling from the Finger Lakes area in upstate New York.

Stunning View from Finger Lakes Wineries

Stunning View from Standing Stone Winery in the Finger Lakes

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Wine Tasting in Mexico’s Valle de Guadalupe (Part 2)

Valle Girl Vino Tasting Room

El Corcho Rosa: the Valle Girl Vino Tasting Room

The next morning we all started out surprisingly refreshed considering the late night street tacos followed by a considerable amount of tequila.   Some evenings are filled with bad decisions.  Late night tacos in Mexico however, are never a bad decision! Read More

Wine Tasting in Mexico’s Valle de Guadalupe (Part 1)

The Tasting Room at Sol y Barro

Wine Tasting in Mexico’s Valle de Guadalupe

There are some destinations that just seem to hang out on your bucket list for years. Mexico’s Valle de Guadalupe was one of those destinations for me. Read More

Tasting at Wargin Wines

 

We’re back after a lengthy absence which we’ll get into at some future date and we finally have had time to start exploring new wineries again. The first on our list was Wargin Wines in Santa Cruz County.

Wine Tastign Room - Wargin Wines in Soquel

Wargin Wines Tasting Room in the Quaint Village of Soquel

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Rome – Our Last Days In Italy

Piazza Navona is a Great Place To Stay In Rome

The Stunning Piazza Navona At Night

Rome…if it’s not on your bucket list, it should be. Of course, we were hitting it at the end of our trip which meant we had been travelling for the better part of three weeks out of just a couple of carry-ons, and walking 15 to 20 thousand steps per day on uneven cobblestone streets. Couple that with drinking aperitifs before dinner, Italian wine with almost every meal and of course enjoying the hell out of most meals, so we were getting pretty tired. Read More