Italy is one giant vineyard, cuff to heel, but in France, wine regions are like fireflies in a midnight garden; they light up isolated corners. The brightest fireflies command most of the attention, of course, and as a result, the…
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Posted on 2023.01.31 in Savoie, France, Wine-Aid Packages  | Read more...
A true masterpiece is composed of many elements, and all the details must be in precise balance: The forearm musculature on Michelangelo’s ‘David’ for example—the intake of breath in the nostril of Sanmartino’s ‘Veiled Christ.’ This is as true for…
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Posted on 2022.11.11 in Beaujolais-Villages, Puligny-Montrachet, Montlouis-sur-Loire, Menetou-Salon, Crémant du Bourgogne, Savoie, Côte Chalonnaise, Givry, Moulin-à-Vent, France, Beaujolais, Spain DO, Penedes, Burgundy, Wine-Aid Packages, Loire, Sherry/Jerez, Cava, Alsace  | Read more...
People tend to shy away from tours where most of their time is spent getting from one destination to the next, but in the Tour de France, that’s the whole point. Over 24 days, the Tour de France makes a…
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Posted on 2022.07.07 in Savoie, France, Wine-Aid Packages  | Read more...
Exploring the French Backcountry Along the Route of ‘Tour de France’ in Ten Stages. The ‘Tricolore’ in Red, White and Rosé. The terrain is rough but the terroir is sweet! The Tour de France was founded in 1903—which, for the…
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Posted on 2021.07.16 in Jura, Savoie, Jura, France, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon, Loire, Southern Rhone, Northern Rhone  | Read more...