While attending a wine conference in Italy, travel and wine writer Julie Pegg visited a charming restaurant in the city of Orvieto, La Pergola Trattoria. There, she enjoyed this authentic dish of a few, essential ingredients making it an easy pasta recipe to try your...
Travel and wine writer, Julie Pegg reminisces about a very special visit to the Umbria region of Italy with a quick, but satisfying stop in Orvieto. Be sure to click through to a delicious pasta recipes she shares from that visit, below. What is this...
When you are passionate about wine, you let it take you around the world, experiencing what each region and country has to offer. Travel writer and wine guru, Julie Pegg, takes us along to Hungary over the course of the International Wine Tourism conference. As...
When the word was out that the 2016 International Wine and Travel Conference (IWINETC) was to be in Cataluña, Spain, I booked a ticket to Barcelona pronto and polished up my rusty Spanish. Cataluña (or Catalonia) is unique to Spain. It possesses a distinct language,...
In France, Bordeaux’ right bank vineyards are devoted mainly to Merlot, (with Cabernet Franc not far behind). Chateau Ausone, St. Emilion’s most prestigious wine, is more than 50% Merlot. And in Pomerol, its neighbor, the vineyards are composed of nearly all merlot....
