Paul Franson's
Travel Tastes

 

Travel Tastes features writing about travel , food and wine pleasure and business and the delightful synergy when they mix. A sister site, NapaLife, focuses on travel, food and wine in Napa Valley, the heart of America's wine country.

Updated Aug. 30, 2009

Two for the Road: Visiting Tuscany with my granddaughter Denise Napa Valley Register


Editor and writer Paul Franson (paul@paulfranson.com).


 

 
 

Wine

Wine World -- Articles on wine for consumers from Wine Enthusiast, Decanter, San Francisco Chronicle, Wine Country Living, Napa Valley Register, Reno Gazette Journal, Senior Connections, Wine Enthusiast, Solano and other publications.

Wine World Business -- Articles about the wine industry from Wine Business Monthly, Vineyard & Winery Management and other publications.

Senior Connection -- Articles from one of America's leading magazines for wine-loving seniors.

 

 

Wines of Georgia

Napa Valley Register

 

 

Exploring Iberia

 

 

Why Americans don't drink wine; the origins of Trader Joe's Napa Valley Register

 

 

Labels Gone Wild Wine Enthusiast.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Napa Valley's subterranean wineries including Palmaz and Jarvis. 

Wines & Vines.

 

Second Careers in Wine

Wine Enthusiast

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wine in the West Wing: Wines served in the White House
Wine Enthusiast

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicolás Catena: the “Bob Mondavi” of Argentina
Wine Business Monthly

 

 

 

 

 

 

Planting in Pompeii: Mastroberardino recreates ancient wines
Napa Valley Register

 

 

Improved Sicilian Wines Attract New Fans

 


Catena winery
Catena's Neo-Mayan wine temple

mount vesuvius
Pompeii rises above new vines

 
Travel  

 

 

Two for the Road: Visiting Tuscany with my granddaughter Denise

Napa Valley Register

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wine trails in Steinbeck country

Napa Valley Register

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

San Benito - California's hidden wine region Napa Valley Register


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sirmione: A gem in Lake Garda

Napa Valley Register

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Millionaire's Guide to Buying the Napa Dream Food & Wine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fort Bragg:
Mendocino's overlooked Cinderella 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chile beckons vintners and travelers

 

 

 

 

Wine from Key West

 

The most-visited winery in America -- Biltmore Estate


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


The Weller House Inn in Fort Bragg

veramonteVeramonte Winery in Casablanca Valley

 

 
Sailing   

Escape to paradise?
A year on a sailboat in Antigua

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14 days in as islands: A sailing cruise through Greece's Dodecanese Islands.


Selkie in English Harbor, Antigua
 

 

 
Food  

Beyond Salads, Felafel or Hummus  Using garbanzos in Italian pancakes, pizzas, polenta and panelle

 

 

Abalone farmers make a rare treat available Napa Valley Register.

A fish story Napa Valley Register.

Simple Wok-Smoked Salmon

Napa Valley Register.

 

 

 

Food from the Republic of Georgia

Napa Valley Register

 

Hot stuff: Wood burning ovens
Wine Country Living

 

Fast Food from Italian Islands

Napa Valley Register

 

 

 

Finding the new Caribbean cuisine

 

 

 

Paella Dinner at Schramsberg

Napa Valley Register

 

 

La Cucina del Castello: A "vegetarian" cooking school in Tuscany Napa Valley Register 

 

 

 

A Tuscan dinner feast at Long Meadow Ranch  Napa Valley Register

 




The local market in Iles des Saintes off Guadelupe


Tochi "castle," site of the cooking school


The view from Long Meadow Ranch

 


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