Barcelona and Catalonia are a wine lovers paradise. The city that produced Ferran Adrià is famous for its gastronomy, and enjoying good food and wine is a quintessential part of Catalan life. Wine has been grown in Catalonia and in Barcelona ...

Making reservations on the go is not only a great slogan by Open Table, but a very practical solution to a problem many of us face on a daily basis. I don’t know about you, but for me there are times when the need for a unique dining experience ...

Virginia is south of the Mason-Dixon line, which means down-home southern hospitality, lots of greenery and Civil War history. I'm staying with Hunter's dad (also Hunter) in their 1779 stately home - very cool! Hunter senior (he's actually  Hunter ...

New York can be a lot of different things for a lot of different people. It is at once a place to “be seen”, a shopping mecca, and a historian’s dream. It offers unforgettable nightlife, world-class museums, and some other delights ...

Overall, it was a short but fabulous time in the Eternal City. Had a great talk, met and got to know interesting new colleagues, ate lots of Italian pasta, pizza, and tiramisu. And thanks to Christina and Inge, I had a great short and very wet tour of ...

Our last night in Bansko, we joined the Greek contingent at their "home" restaurant, a nice authentic Bulgarian restaurant a bit beyond the main resort places. Considering that this was their 4th straight night at the restaurant, I was expecting to ...

MICHELIN Guide San Francisco, Bay Area & Wine Country 2012 has recognized renowned San Francisco landmark Campton Place Restaurant with 1 star in its latest annual dining guide.  The announcement was made in a phone call to Campton Place ...

At The Teahouse, we offer more than 150 exotic, fragrant teas from around the world — Bangladesh, Rwanda, Malawi, Sikkim, Vietnam, Russia, Japan, Indonesia, South Africa, China, India, Morocco, Nepal and other far-flung places. We have recently ...

The town of Banff and hamlet of Lake Louise are celebrating the culinary triumphs of their local restaurants with a new ten-day festival that offers visitors and diners a chance to sample the destination’s finest foods at discounted ...

Chicago is is called the 2nd city, not because it is 2nd to New York but because the great Chicago fire of 1871 burned a lot of the city to the ground over a few days. The city was completely in ruins and was rebuilt, hence the pet name the 2nd city. ...

If you appreciate fresh cheerful beers then your preferred town might be Portland. Portland has over 20 micro breweries which may be the most of any city in the world. While this city is famous for micro breweries it doesn’t have a stretched ...

As the only luxury property on San Francisco’s waterfront, the Hyatt Regency San Francisco just announced the new “Wine Country Amour” Package.   Especially designed for couples, the “Wine Country Amour” Package ...

We arrived in Napa in the early evening to check into the sold out Napa River Inn. The Inn is one of the Historic Hotels, located at the site of the Historic Napa Mill established in 1884, and has been completely refurbished to the height of luxury. It ...

Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection has won Best for Dining category at the Cruise International Awards. The awards ceremony, which took place in London this month, was the first ever held by Cruise International Magazine to celebrate the best ...

As I celebrated the wedding of a dear friend this Summer, I was inevitably drawn back to my own wedding and honeymoon.  One cannot help but reminisce and I was reminded of the day my groom and I boarded a plane bound for the West Coast of ...

Nk’Mip Cellars is nestled at the base of the Osoyoos pocket desert, with a mountain scape on one side and Canada’s warmest fresh water lake on the other.  The unique topography gives the vineyard an inversion wind that freshens ...