VORNO (Located near LUCCA, North Tuscany) Historic VILLA LUCIA is situated in the charming traditional village of Vorno, a delightful gathering of rustic stone farmhouses and majestic villas set in the lush countryside at...
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With continuing interegration in the the European Union, Riga (capital of Latvia) has come...
New Year’s Champagnes & avoiding F.M.C.G.’s!
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Penedes Wine and Gastro Tour
Amazingly Penedes is only an hours drive from Barcelona and it is one of the best wine producing...
Gran Coronas with Pluma de Cerdo Iberico
Cabernet Sauvignon and Tempranillo are the grapes that bestow their nobility on Gran Coronas, a...
Discovering Spain from Parador to Parador
Can you imagine yourself discovering some of Spains’s most emblematic historic buildings on your...
Connoisseur Magazine Review: Porto
Port wine is the most famous representative of fortified wine, and it comes from valley of the...