Wine And Roses

Welcome to my travelog of our post-graduation European trip. This is my family's verson of a vacation which is likely to be very different from most, but what can I do? I was born with these people. ;O) Prepare for some culinary shinangans in France, ...

We are still in Roses, still waiting for our replacement credit card to arrive - just as well there is plenty to do around here to keep us occupied we could be here for a very long time knowing the Spanish postal service!  We stumbled across a horse ...

... some appetizers on the patio before dinner in the dining room. Typically, the aperitif cocktail is something like a champagne or sparkling wine, so I assumed that we would get cava to start with. I was wrong. A lovely woman brought out a cart ...

... was in an older, Victorian-era farmhouse with beautiful gardens. The flowers, especially the roses, were awesome. We learned that roses and wine go together because roses are indicators species and will alert growers of any diseases that the grapes may ...

... and I am left to think about our last week here in Tuscany. I want to write this last blog entry here while the scent of roses, the warm golden sun, the sound of birds and the wine still fill my scenses. This might all sound a bit hokey and poetic but ...

... wondered why they have roses at the end of the rows.  I thought it was to show disease coming.  Eileen explained that roses and grapes are quite diffewrent so that is unlikely.  She said they were told that in days past work was done by ...

... no longer grown here) but also the romantic hometown of two of Iran's greatest poets - Hafez who wrote of nightingales and roses and everything else romantic, and Sa'di. Unfortunately for me it will eternally be know as the town of the sleezy men. ...

... thing they did have was a smell tester that was about 50 different viles containing various odors. Some were nice like flowers or roses others were weird like musk, and some were delicious to me like smoking meat. Overall the meal was the best part and ...

... to be real. When we finally made it Avignon the scenery had gotten greener and it was immediately apparent we were in wine country. Welcoming green vineyards blanketed the landscape and I felt a little bubble of happiness rise up inside of me. Southern ...

... Fleet 3 Produces and Directs While The Santa Barbara Yacht Club Host This Annual August Competition & Charity Event, The Wine and Roses Regatta Which Benefits Some Really Needy Kids of Santa Barbara - The Make A Wish Foundation. Sailor Captains and ...

... of biodynamic wine which uses no chemicals, instead using cow manure for fertiliser, lavender to attract insects away from the grapes and roses as a test as it is more sensitive than grapes. Tupiche bought out the winery and rebuilt it in the same style ...

... to join us on a wine tasting tour of the region the following day. There's not much I can say (or remember) about our wine tasting day, except that abundant amounts of free wine was consumed by all. It's amazing how inebriated one can get from those ...

... ...crazy ones too. Stefania sun bathed in the front yard, and Gianluka took Filippo for a bike ride. They came back with a bunch of roses for Mothers day. It was cute. I just played on the computer for hours. I have had plenty of sun, and there would ...

... are owned, it must be amazing to say that you live in one of those houses with the vines right outside your door and roses everywhere.  Next on the tour was a trip to the Wynwood Estate which turned out to be our favourite of the trip.  Even ...

... bodegas in town. Bodegas are basically shop fronts for the wineries where you can also do some wine tasting. Other than more Torrontes, we tried some lovely roses, malbecs and sav blancs.   After suffering through some humidity and heat, the skies ...

... We got to our campsite, put our tents up for the last time, then ventured up to the bar for our wine tasting session. We tried 2 whites, 2 reds and 2 roses, they were all gorgeous then to finsih it off we had a taster of a heavy wine, that was very ...

... a kibbutz but on a much more wealthy and smaller scale.  Here we sampled a few whites, a few reds and a couple of roses.  They even made an absolutely delicious balsamic vinegar that we tasted.  A great start. A couple more kilometres up ...

... We drove out to the Sutcliffe Winery and met the owner John Sutcliffe. John is an ex world class polo player, now turned wine maker and restaurant entrepreneur. He gave us a tour of his small aging barn and expounded on the virtues of French oak ...