We had roughly twenty-four hours to show friends what we like so much about the magical city on the Tiber River. The overnight flight from the US brought us to Leonardo Da Vinci Airport early enough that we were able to check into Hotel Mozart, Via del Greci 23B, Roma, 00187, tel: +39-063-600-1915, which is between Piazza Popolo and the Spanish Steps. Piazza Popolo contains the Flaminio Obelisk, which was built in…
For our anniversary we decided to have a celebration in Tuscany with thirty close friends and family. In discussing this event, we decided that we needed to do something to ensure our guests would be comfortable with a large group of people they did not know since the group invited came from all over the country. In discussions we came up with a three-part strategy. First we researched the towns and villages…
House is a restaurant in the Casablanca Valley of Chile. It is owned by the Morande winery, a pioneer who discovered a method of growing grapes in a region viewed as just too cold to produce world class wines. Thirty years later Casablanca is noted as a significant producer of world class whites, Pinots and Syrahs. The restaurant serves gourmet meals with wine pairings that challenge the expected norms of food and…
I am writing this from the Vik Hotel in Millahue, Chile. Three years ago I visited this hotel, but just on a winery tour and lunch. I looked at the price to stay here and was persuaded then that it was like Unobtainium, a rare earth element that neither exists nor could it ever for someone without a stratospheric income. However, that visit changed my mind about the experience one would have…
Wine world (TerraVina) may seem like another television series about sentient robots, but it is actually about a hotel at the center of the Chilean red wine universe – better known as the Colchagua Valley. I’ll be the first to admit that for me the bold reds of Chile are its real strength.And Colchagua is the source of those bold reds. Near perfect soils protected by mountain ranges on two sides that…