Austria ranks highly as a city break destination with friends. Vienna is a city I’ve been to more than once and it always seems to deliver new treasures. Our previous outing was in the summer where beach bars with sand along the riverbank were a cool highlight along with vineyard visits on the outskirts ofContinue reading “Visiting Vienna including Wine”
Category Archives: Drink
Wine Not
Are you looking for an introduction to the exciting wine tasting world? We all have differing tastes and we all have differing experiences in the wine tasting world. I had a quick look at my camera roll for the past year and was surprised at how many happy and travel moment pictures involved wine. IContinue reading “Wine Not”
Global Best Nominations
How many of these have you seen or experienced? What did you think of them? We are sure you’d agree that they’re worth a visit if you haven’t experienced it yet. Top Two Category Mentions for 2021/2 (regardless of some operating hours/destinations affected by the Covid19 pandemic): The world has a lot to offer andContinue reading “Global Best Nominations”
A Priorat Day
Credit to Valencia Wine Consulting & Tours: The Priorat region is a mountainous area (200-800 meters altitude) with spectacular views and around 2,000 hectares of vineyards, producing 6.5 million kilograms of grapes (almost 93% red grapes) per year.The area is characterised by its unique soil of black slate and quartz known as llicorella, producing intenseContinue reading “A Priorat Day”
Cava to Corpinnat
Credit to Valencia Wine Consulting & Tours: Cava is the Spanish sparkling wine made in the same way as champagne though the Catalans learned the tricks of champagne production from the French (they used to produce the corks for the champagne bottles), the first Catalan Xampany was made in 1872 by Raventós, still an importantContinue reading “Cava to Corpinnat”
Thacks Awards 