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Day 1 & 2 Paris and the Loire Day 1 – Paris and beyond: I am turning 50 this year, the BIG birthday!!! I wanted to ask for a really special trip for my big birthday. I wanted it to be something out of the ordinary, and something I have dreamed about for a long …
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Day 2: Flanagan Winery The next day we woke up early, as it was the one day we had dedicated to touring Sonoma (definitely not enough time!). We had a special invitation from Flanagan Winery to meet up with their Director of Business Development & Hospitality, Sarah Kelley, and their Owner, Eric Flanagan. We didn’t …
New Hampshire wine week is quickly approaching and of the highlights is the 16th annual Winter Wine Spectacular. This is an evening of incredible wine and one of my favorites of the year. It is January 24th at the DoubleTree in Manchester, NH The Easter Seals Wine Spectacular is a key fundraiser and a joint …
It’s finally time, my first Wine Bloggers Conference has arrived. I meet people almost immediately in the airport who are my people; who love travel and learning and wine as much as I do! We land in the tiny airport in Walla Walla and are surprised that all of our bags make it to this …
In two days I am heading out to my first Wine Bloggers Conference, #wbc2018. I have heard stories and cautionary tales and I am beyond excited, and a bit nervous, to hang out and write and party and tour with this crazy group of people. This is a group who are following their dreams of …
Let’s face it. Some of us are just NOT planners. I can plan and plan but something always happens that changes or alters my plans. Because of this, I have learned that if I put some extra work in, I can often find what I want last minute. I go to the Newport Wine and …
We had three days to see everything we wanted to see and do everything we wanted to do in Napa and Sonoma. I decided it would be more enjoyable to relax, visit and “experience” Napa instead of trying to winery crawl. I wanted to enjoy the people, the scenery and the legendary wines and experiences. …
Thinking about taking a trip to legendary wine country? California is a quick hop on a plane to world class wines, Michelin star rated restaurants and experiences and events galore. Whatever you can dream up you can pretty much find to do in Napa. Add in Sonoma right next door, both are just 45 minutes …
He is unassuming and enters the room in an unassuming fashion. He takes the stage in his wheelchair, takes the mike and suddenly he is transformed. He is a rock star no longer in disguise. Cory Lee rocked the stage at TBex with his keynote that left the audience with tears in their eyes and …
Hi and welcome to VinoTripping where we are making wine tourism a verb, a word of action. Will you come VinoTripping with me? I recently attended the TBEX conference, #myFLXconf, in Corning, NY and was inspired by all of the amazing people and great work being done throughout the world to bring information to our …