9 articles tagged with food and wine
The moment I stepped into my first Madeira wine lodge in Funchal, time seemed to slow down. Centuries of tradition hung in the air alongside the heady aroma of aging wine—sweet, nutty, and somehow telling the story of this extraordinary...
The first time I tasted a Kéknyelű—a grape variety so rare it only grows on the northern shores of Lake Balaton—I understood why Hungarians have kept this wine region their treasured secret. As I stood on volcanic soil overlooking Europe's...
Standing on a terraced hillside overlooking the serpentine Douro River, I couldn't help but geek out. This UNESCO World Heritage landscape isn't just breathtakingly beautiful – it's essentially a living laboratory of viticulture that's been running experiments for over 2,000...
When most people envision American wine country, their minds drift to Napa or Sonoma. But as a physicist who's spent decades studying how environmental factors influence molecular structures, I've discovered that Idaho's Sunnyslope Wine Trail in Caldwell presents a fascinating...
When my executive team suggested Park City for our quarterly strategy retreat, I anticipated productive meetings against a backdrop of mountain scenery—not a gastronomic revelation that would rival my experiences in Paris and Tokyo. As someone who regularly schedules business...
Standing amid the autumn-gilded vineyards of Saint-Émilion, watching the morning mist retreat across rows of Merlot vines, I was reminded why Bordeaux has captivated wine enthusiasts for centuries. The region's terroir tells a story that began long before our modern...
There's something profoundly restorative about standing among rows of sun-dappled vines that stretch toward distant mountains, glass in hand, as the complex aromas of New Zealand's finest Sauvignon Blanc dance on the breeze. After months of intensive conservation work across...
There's something almost alchemical about the way autumn light filters through amber-tinted vineyard leaves in Mendoza. The transformation mirrors my own journey—from the parched landscapes of my Albuquerque youth to this bountiful valley nestled against the Andes, where water and...
When my daughter and I landed in Auckland last autumn, the air carried that particular Pacific crispness that signals you've arrived somewhere special—a city where nature and urban sophistication exist in perfect equilibrium. Having visited cricket-playing nations across the globe,...