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ÔMINA ROMANA: GOOD OMENS ABOUND IN CASTELLI ROMANI | WINE & TRAVEL
Napa Valley Life Magazine This is where ancient Roman nobility and popes sourced the most prized wine, and here, near the town of Velletri, the Ômina Romana (Roman Omens) winery and vineyards thrive. The vines—planted in volcanic soil, warmed by the Mediterranean sun, and cooled by sea breezes—grow in an optimal micro-climate that allows…
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LUNAR YOGA AND LUXURY IN HALF MOON BAY | TRAVEL & WELLNESS
Haute Living Magazine Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay’s wellness retreat is a total health experience for the body, mind, stomach, and soul. Activities like coastal hiking, biking, indoor pickleball, and swimming add to the allure of the stunning golf course—one of the resort’s biggest draws. Because of the scenic view, guests lounge at the…
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LOCAL INSIDERS SHARE THEIR FAVE SONOMA WINERIES | WINE & TRAVEL
Wine Enthusiast Magazine We asked some in-the-know locals which wineries they love to visit right now. Here, we present some of their favorites and our recommendations for places to stay and eat nearby.
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THE BIRTHPLACE OF CALIFORNIA WINE COUNTRY | WINE & TRAVEL
Napa Valley Life Magazine Highway 12 travels right through the town of Sonoma, not to be confused with the Sonoma Valley AVA or the larger Sonoma County that contains it all. Yes, the word Sonoma is confusingly repetitive, which may be why many people refer to all these simply as “Sonoma.”
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ROMA TO SONOMA E RITORNO: CINCINNATO WINERY’S INTERVIEW WITH LAYNE RANDOLPH | WINE
Fabio Ciarla, Cincinnato Winery An incredible path that binds Layne Randolph to Italy, if “the outward journey” saw fashion as the protagonist, “the return” is all oriented towards wine. After a few years of study and work in Turin and Rome, with prestigious assignments for fashion houses of the level of Fendi, Layne decided…
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NAPA INSIDERS SHARE THEIR FAVE WINERIES | WINE & TRAVEL
Wine Enthusiast Magazine It’s a modern boutique tasting room, haunted, and the former home of the first female vintner in 1886. Oh, and it used to be a brothel.
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THE INK HOUSE: JEAN CHARLES BOISSET AND GINA GALLO’S LABOR OF LOVE | TRAVEL
Napa Valley Life Magazine The Ink House represents the Boisset’s first Napa Valley restoration project together, but the couple has restored many buildings from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, including Chateau de Pierreux, La Maison in Vougeot, Louis Bouillot, and their family winery Jean-Claude Boisset in Nuits-St-Georges.
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VALLEY OF THE GIANTS: NAPA AND SONOMA AMONG WORLD’S TOP WINE REGIONS| TRAVEL
Oltre Magazine America’s Preeminent Wine Region is enjoying an unprecedented revival. We assembled the local experts and curated more than 100 recommendations for wine tasting, art viewing, fine dining, picnicking, horseback riding, mud bathing and more.
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IN THE SHADOW OF ROME: ANCIENT ROMAN GRAPES | WINE
Wine Enthusiast Magazine Nero Buono’s history is unknown. Claudio Gargiulo of Carpineti explained. “We are working with the village of Cori to find the DNA origin of the Nero Buono grape, but we have not found a relative, and it’s possible that none exists today. So, we are [literally] writing the history of Nero…
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DISCOVER ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND FINE WINE AT NAPA HOT SPOTS | ART & WINE
AFAR magazine The worlds of wine and art have been linked for centuries. Wine appeared in ancient drawings of vines and harvest in Egyptian tombs, the Renaissance brought paintings like Caravaggio’s Bacchus, and today wine still has the power to inspire artists. Both passions are associated with creativity, culture, and pleasure, and both express…
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NAPA VALLEY’S WINE TRAIN: THE GILDED AGE OF TRAVEL | TRAVEL
Napa Valley Life Magazine Riding the Wine Train is a combination of nostalgia and adventure; it is easy to imagine the amazement of the first travelers as they were wined and dined and entertained by the experience and views as they rode the rails. Today, the ancient train supplies modern conveniences like air conditioning,…
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JUNEAU, ALASKA: THE SPIRIT WRAPS AROUND YOU | TRAVEL
Napa Valley Register, Travel Section It is not for the faint of heart, flying hundreds of feet above the glaciers in a tiny plane that seems to be 100 years old, but drifting over glaciers while flying so close to craggy cliffsides that you feel you could touch them is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
