Wine Bloggers Meet in Lodi California Wine Region for the 2016 Wine Bloggers Conference.

Wine tasting can be intimidating. I recall watching with both envy and disdain as some wine snob at a tasting swirled the wine around the glass (while holding not the…

“I figured Lodi didn’t need another replica of a Tuscan villa. In fact, I don’t think the world needs another Tuscan villa,” explained Layne Montgomery, as we (a carload of…

Alsace is one of France’s most interesting wine regions. Bordering both Germany and Switzerland, over the centuries it has been bartered back and forth between France and Germany.  Since WWII…

The Wine Road this year leads to the 2016 Wine Bloggers Conference in Lodi, California named one of the top wine producing regions by Wine Enthusiast Magazine.

In 2004, the movie Sideways brought notoriety to Santa Barbara wine country, but locals and wine enthusiasts have been drinking grape juice from this wine region for decades. The title…

If you’re traveling to San Francisco you’re likely planning to visit the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, Chinatown, Union Square, North Beach, all top tourist attractions in the City by the…

updated October 2025  I’ve made Santa Barbara an annual destination for over twenty years now. Located on California’s Central Coast, Santa Barbara is known for five star restaurants and a…