Category: Travel

WHAT’S PERCOLATING ON THE VOLCANO: MT. ETNA, SICILY | WINE & TRAVEL

Posted on June 5, 2020July 11, 2024 By Layne Randolph

Napa Valley Register, Travel Section
“[Nerello Mascalese] is to Marcello Mastroianni as John Wayne is to Cabernet.” Alberto Graci, Graci Winery, Passopisciaro, Sicily. My mission is to explore the Etna DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata) wine region and find out what is percolating on Mt. Etna, other than the still-active volcano.

Sonoma (US)

HEALDSBURG: A FOOD LOVER’S PARADISE | TRAVEL

Posted on May 31, 2020March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

Napa Valley Life Magazine
Healdsburg is at the epicenter of three world-class American Viticultural Appellations. Just a few minutes outside town in any direction, estates and tasting rooms dot the rolling hills of vineyards wrapped around two-lane country roads.

Sonoma (US)

CHASE CELLARS | WINE

Posted on May 31, 2020March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

“We gave our babies a huge haircut this year, and it wasn’t easy.” Katie was referring to the 117-year-old Zinfandel vines on the property her family has owned for almost 150 years.

Sonoma (US)

REVIVING THE GHOSTS: NAPA’S GHOST WINERIES | TRAVEL

Posted on March 3, 2020March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

When Prohibition was repealed in 1933, only 40 wineries had managed to survive and hundreds were left abandoned. Called “ghost wineries,” most were lost forever, but a precious few were later restored to their former glory. These wineries make up some of the oldest, most iconic, and cherished properties today.

Roma (Italy)

ROSATO: A WINE TO MAKE YOU RETHINK PINK | WINE

Posted on February 18, 2020March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

Inside Napa Valley Magazine
Technically, it’s the French who say rosé; the rest of us have adopted their usage of the word. It’s right that we use the French version; France is the indisputable land of rosé wine.

Roma (Italy)

TOMARESCA | WINE

Posted on October 19, 2016March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

The Tormaresca estate is almost as remote as Tasca D’Almerita’s Regaleali in central Sicily, and both are well worth the trip. We parked in what we later found out was the back of the winery and searched on foot for five minutes to find the entrance.

Roma (Italy)

THE BATHS OF BORMIO | TRAVEL

Posted on August 9, 2016March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

The trump card of the terme is an outdoor Roman thermal pool perched up against the mountain that looks out over the ski slopes and picturesque Alpine valley.

Roma (Italy)

SALENTO: ITALY’S BEST KEPT SECRET | TRAVEL

Posted on July 29, 2016March 30, 2024 By Layne Randolph

Attempting to be undaunted, I set out on my Metropolitan Lady bicycle every day, my computer in tow. I rode to coffee bars, restaurants, and friends’ homes and places of business to use my laptop and wireless card, much to the amusement and chagrin of the Salentini, who would say to me, “You are fixated. Stop the computer. Go to the sea!”