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 June 1, 2014

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


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


 

 
 

Wine for wine lovers from around the world

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 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 Europe


Lauguedoc wines shed their rough image

 

Wines of Georgia Napa Valley Register

 

 

Exploring Iberia Napa Valley Register

 

Romania seeks a drink of the US wine market

 

Planting in Pompeii: Mastroberardino recreates ancient wines
Napa Valley Register

 

Improved Sicilian Wines Attract New Fans

 

 

Wine in general


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

Labels Gone Wild Wine Enthusiast.

 

Second Careers in Wine Wine Enthusiast


Wines from the heart of Texas


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

 

 


Wines from America other than Napa Valley

 

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


Chile beckons vintners and travelers


Wine from Key West

 

The most-visited winery in America -- Biltmore Estate

 

Wine trails in Steinbeck country Napa Valley Register

 

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


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Winemaking in Georgia




The White House


Catena's Neo-Mayan wine temple

mount vesuvius

Pompeii rises above new vines



Life in Napa Valley

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



Napa Valley's subterranean wineries including Palmaz and Jarvis. 

Wines & Vines.

 

 

Impressive Palmaz winery

 
Travel  

Europe

 

Two for the Road: Visiting Tuscany with my granddaughter Denise

Napa Valley Register

 

Sirmione: A gem in Lake Garda Napa Valley Register


The United States


Mendocino offers friendly, informal tastings and fine wines


Fort Bragg: Mendocino's overlooked Cinderella



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 


The Weller House Inn in Fort Bragg

veramonteVeramonte Winery in Casablanca Valley

 

 
Sailing   

Escape to paradise? A year on a sailboat in Antigua


Return to Paradise (15 years later)

 

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


Selkie in English Harbor, Antigua
 

 

 
Food  


Abalone farmers make a rare treat available Napa Valley Register.

Beyond Salads, Felafel or Hummus  Using garbanzos in Italian pancakes, pizzas, polenta, panisse and panelle Napa Valley Register

 

Local authors fill cookbook shelves

A Southern barbecue

 

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

 


A Georgian feast


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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Paul Franson's Travel Tastes