Archive for the Travel Category

  • Wine ‘n Lemon - August 6th, 2010

    Foods and flavors can alter one’s experience of a wine, sometimes dramatically. Last week I posted a video with fellow wine lover all-star Beverly McKenzie, who runs the wine department at Ashland, OR’s Chateaulin Restaurant. We tasted bread with goat cheese and later in the video, olives, … and noticed how it changed our experience [...]
  • A Bloggin’ Slideshow - August 1st, 2010

    Images from the Wine Blogger’s Conference 2010, a 3 day extravaganza, from June 24-26, that included 300 Wine Blogger’s tasting, talking, writing, blogging, tweeting, eating… and occasionally sleeping. This occurred all in one building, with the exception of several outings in and around Walla Walla, Washington. Images of wineries and vineyards visited in this video [...]
  • Ciel du Cheval, s’il vous plait - July 27th, 2010

    Three days of running around with 300 passionate, witty, wild and crazy wine bloggers (at the 2010 Wine Blogger’s Conference in Walla Walla, WA) with hardly an exhale …and I was cooked! Honoring a pre-conference enthusiasm that didn’t know the definition of enough, I had signed up for a post-conference excursion. In the moment, thoughts [...]
  • 300 in Walla Walla - June 24th, 2010

    The Marcus Whitman Hotel in Walla Walla, Washington is the gathering spot for 300 wine bloggers from… pretty much everywhere. The event is sold out every year as I can speak to not getting in to this sold out event last year.  The lineup of events looks great and I’ll be posting straight throughout! Here’s [...]
  • At Cowhorn Vineyards… - September 1st, 2009

    Chatting with Bill Steele from Cowhorn Vineyards in Southern Oregon’s Applegate Valley…
  • A Farmers Market Story - August 14th, 2009

    I was visiting Hollywood Beach, Florida. Walking on the boardwalk, I discovered Josh’s Organic Market and Juice Bar. After a totally refreshing mostly green vegetable juice, I started to look around at the vegetables themselves. They were glowing in colorful delight and something seemed a little strange. The washed out shades of veggie colors from my supermarket shopping habits were nowhere to be found. I noticed a sign said, …
  • A Panel of Grape Growers - August 5th, 2009

    I attended a conference called, Growing Even Greener: Ecowinegrowing in California’s North Coast in Hopland, CA. The whole experience was an awe-filled mouthful. I’m excited to see the word sustainability taking on a bigger picture meaning that has lots of soul.

    Here’s a little punch line storytelling…
  • Touring Wine Country - July 9th, 2009

    Willamette Valley was the destination for three days of experiencing seven ConsciousWineries. Each winery offered unique stories, places and people. Here’s a nugget from each visit:
  • Eco-Hotel Experience - June 30th, 2009

    After a nice weekend in sunny California it was time for a quick drive north via I-5 back to Oregon. On previous trips up and down the mega-lane Canada to Mexico expressway, I had passed signs for the Gaia Hotel.