Our guide in Chile, Mauricio Masserano of Chilean Wine Lovers Tours (Hernando de Aguirre No 128, Providencia – Santiago – Chile – +1714-845-7150 maurice@cwl.cl– www.chileanwinelovers.com), suggested we stay in a boutique hotel just off Providencia Avenue, the main street in Santiago. This hotel, Le Reve is located at Orrego Luco, 023. It is a half block off the main street, and yet far enough to lose the street noises. (www.lereve.cl and tel: …
Matuana Winery has a slight edge on Alchemy in my mind, only because the winemaker has more depth of experience to call on in his formulation for success. Both of these wineries are making world class wines. While Matuana may have more finesse and a more complex formula for success, both are changing perceptions of what a fine Chilean wine can and should be. Let’s start with Matuana. The icon wine is…
During our recent trip to Taipei we decided to stay a day afterwards to see a little of the island outside of its biggest city. We contacted Yolo Taiwan (https://www.yolo-taiwan.com). They assigned Alan as our driver guide. Alan had also been our guide of our tour of Taipei and we were very happy to have him show us the northern coast of the Island and give us a little of its history.…
Our visit to Taipei and Taiwan was spurred by a corporate meeting but we chose to come in a day early to see Taipei and stay a day afterwards to see a little of the island outside of its biggest city. We contacted Yolo Taiwan (https://www.yolo-taiwan.com) regarding tours and were pleasantly surprised by the driver/guide they offered to us, Alan. They scheduled both tours for us. Our first tour was on a…
It took a little over two hours to reach Kyoto from Tokyo on the Shinkansen bullet train which departs from Tokyo Station. We took the first train out at 6:00 am which meant no breakfast and met up with Kenji Matsuyama, a Government Licensed Tour Guide Interpreter (km_rugger@yahoo.co.jp) at the Kyoto Main Station. We asked a security official where a clock tower was that we were looking for as the place to…