Italy’s largest wine show keeps hitting it out of the park. There were 13 halls dedicated to legendary and lesser-known (Abruzzo, Calabria, Liguria, Valle D’Aosta) wine regions found in Hall…
Rock & Wine: The Saint-Emilion Jurade inducts Sting!
The Saint-Emilion Jurade inducts Sting! People know Sting as the lead singer of The Police with a successful solo career. He is also an enthusiastic defender of the environment (he…
Denver’s Brown Palace Is Still Going Strong After 125 Years!
I first visited the Brown Palace Hotel and Spa in 2003 for an afternoon meeting with 10th generation Austrian Glass Master Georg Riedel in the Churchill Bar. There Georg had…
Oysters ‘R’ Always in Season
“He was a bold man that first ate an oyster,” Opined Jonathan Swift, the satirist whose writing four centuries ago displayed biting wit. Many would agree that the homely bivalve…
Seven Nights of Perfection — Bordeaux River Cruise
Having traveled to 149 countries in my 82 years, I consider myself a perfectionist. I am always looking for faults and/or problems during my travels. The room and/or bathroom was…
Emeril’s Restaurant, New Orleans
Darcy and I had the pleasure of visiting Emeril’s flagship restaurant in New Orleans for lunch this summer, where Emeril made his bones after his epic eight-year stint at…
Cheers to the First Decade!
Fruition Restaurant’s 10th Anniversary Celebration Good things come in small packages. Fruition Restaurant on 6th Avenue in Denver is a quaint space seating around 55 guests at a time. The…
2017 Drink Pink Vino International Rosé Wine Competition and Festival
Wine Country International’s parent company also runs one of the only professional wine competitions focused exclusively on rosé wine. The 2017 competition received around 200 wines from around the world.…
Denver, Colorado is no cow town!
We have been based in Colorado since 2002. A lot has changed in 15 years. Denver is no longer a flyover city when it comes to its culinary offerings. Slow…