It’s an oenophile’s dream to taste favourite vintages on their own terroir. As lovers of food and wine ourselves, we’re experienced when it comes to enjoying the world’s best wine regions. It’s a tough job, but we’ll go to great lengths to ensure time well spent for our travellers. And when it comes to pairing […]
If it hasn’t crossed your radar yet, let me be the first to tell you that Irish food is better than ever. During my recent visit to Dublin, I literally ate and drank my way across the city over the course of four days. There is so much delicious food in Dublin, and really all […]
At last, the long awaited food and wine in Portugal post I promised is here. During my week long trip through Portugal, we tasted a wide variety of foods, like fresh seafood and Iberian pork, and sipped more than our fair share of port! Food and wine in Portugal has definitely enjoyed a revitalisation. A […]
As I’ve mentioned a few times in previous posts, there is something to be said for the food and drink in Wellington, New Zealand. The emphasis is on locally sourced, fresh, and flavourful. With fertile regions just on the other side of the mountains, seafood on the doorstep, and barista-perfect coffee roasted all over the […]
Whisky and winter go hand in hand, I often think, and no better way to kick off talking about Scotland’s Orkney Islands than by discussing Orcadian whisky! Did you know there are TWO distilleries in Orkney? They are both located on the mainland but are vastly different.
We have reached the final major world wine region today: South Africa! (Certainly, there are other wine regions, smaller ones, that I’m not going to touch on just because they’re not places we go to for wine. We go there for other reasons.) But, anyway, we are talking today about South African wine! Did you […]
As promised, this week I’ve got two bonus posts because I spent too much time talking about New Zealand wine! Today, we hop the ditch to Australia and pick up where I left off in Friday’s intro paragraph. Every Australian state produces wine, although the more well known wineries are in Victoria, South Australia, and […]
While most people think of Australia and New Zealand wine, they think of them as new destinations. However, a lot of the wineries in both Australia and New Zealand date back to the 19th century. Many of the early European settlers planted grapes, and while a lot of wineries don’t date that far back, the […]
Buenos dias! Today we’ve moved on to the South American wine regions, specifically those in Argentina and Chile. These two countries are the star players in South American wine, and they produce a huge amount of the global wine industry. Mendoza alone produces nearly 60% of South American wine; you could spend years here and […]
Today we’ve hopped the pond from the European wine regions to the North American wine regions. While most people think of North American wine as being from Californian or Washingtonian, I’m here to tell you there are wineries across the whole of the continent! California, Washington, and Oregon do have the most well known wineries, […]