Burgundy — Beginning To Understand

Burgundy is one of the most important wine regions on the planet, with many of the world’s finest pinot noir and chardonnay wines calling the Côte d’Or home. It’s also one of the most complex and difficult to understand. For someone studying wine, who happens to have a wife who loves pinot noir, a visit […]

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Aix-en-Provence and Avignon — Time For Wine

After treating ourselves to some family time in Barcelona, it was time to head north into France for one of the wine-centric phases of our journey. As with most trips of this nature, there is never enough time to do and see enough things. Still, we enjoyed a mix of local touring and professional wine […]

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Family Reunion in Barcelona

My family and I have had the good fortune to visit Barcelona several times in recent years, a string that had its start because two of my siblings married people from the Iberian Peninsula — one from Catalunya and one from the Basque Country. This visit, spurred by our daughter Meghan’s choice to spend a […]

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