News
Planning a vacation in a wine country? Wine Trail Traveler offers 58 trip itineraries that can be used as a tool to help you plan your vacation. The trip itineraries cover some of the wine regions in 12 states as well as some of the wine regions in Canada and New Zealand. Watch for new trip itineraries for wineries in Tennessee and additional trip itineraries for Virginia.
Article about traveling to wineries in New Zealand's North Island published in Destinations Travel Magazine - Wine & Food Edition - Summer 2011.
Wine Trail Traveler owners, Kathy and Terry Sullivan were interviewed by the International Wine Tourism Conference. Read the article published on the IWINETC website.
What's New on Wine Trail Traveler – January 3, 2012
The Wine Trail Traveler staff wish you a very happy 2012.
New companion website joins the family of WineTrailTraveler sites
During January, a new companion website on food joins the WineTrailTraveler family of websites. The food site will initially focus on cheese, vinegars and oils such as olive oil and grape seed oil. The Epicurean menu item is subdivided into submenus including cheese, vinegar and oil. These sections feature general articles and visits to places that produce the food item. Click the Recipes menu section for over 25 recipes that use cheese, olive or grape seed oil or vinegar in the recipe. Unlike the recipe menu on the WineTrailTraveler site, the recipes on the food site do not use wine as an ingredient. The Calendar section will list events that promote cheese, oils or vinegar. A Forum was set up to provide a community to discuss cheese, oils and vinegar.
WineTrailTraveler Family of Websites:
WineTrailTraveler.com
Food.WineTrailTraveler.com new
Winemaking.WineTrailTraveler.com
Lodging.WineTrailTraveler.com
Off to Italy
The WineTrailTraveler staff is busy preparing for an eight-day Familiarization trip to Umbria and Campania, Italy. The FAM trip also includes participation in the International Wine Tourism Conference in Perugia, Italy. Terry will present at the conference. Follow the FAM trip and conference on our IWINETC page.
Winter 2011/2012 Edition of the Wine Trail Traveler Quarterly pdf
Contents
On the Cover: A. Rafanelli Winery
Tid Bits
Focus on Napa and Sonoma, California
Focus on Lake Erie North Shore, Ontario, Canada
Focus on Prosser, Washington
Wine in the Bible: Finding Hope in the Book of Isaiah
Cheeses, and Olive Oils, and Vinegars! Oh My!
A Splash of Wine:
-Moroccan Chicken with Meyer Lemon Olive Oil
-Red Wine Braised Duck Leg with Huckleberries
and Chestnuts
Partners
Back Page: Olive Tree
Companion Website on Winemaking
With the the fall 2009 harvest, Wine Trail Traveler made two barrels of wine at two local wineries. One barrel was made at Vint Hill Craft Winery in Vint Hill, Virginia while another barrel was at Tin Lizzie Wineworks in Clarksville, Maryland. Both barrels hold Cabernet Sauvignon however the winemaking techniques differed. You can follow the process on the companion website.
Companion Website on Lodging
Wine Trail traveler created a new companion website on lodging facilities on or near wineries. This website offers lodging reviews, recipes (that do not have wine as an ingredient) and destinations. The destinations list wineries, attractions, restaurants and lodging in different areas. You can use the destinations section of the website to help plan a vacation. New lodging reviews, recipes and destinations will be added to the site on a regular basis. Lodging site