Founded in 1887, Church Road Winery is one of the three oldest wineries in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand and also home to Hawkes Bay’s only wine museum. Located 15 minutes from Napier, the Church Road Winery is one of more than 150 vineyards and 90 wineries in the region, offering yet another Hawkes Bay wine tasting experience. One of the oldest in Hawke's Bay, Church Road Winery My recent visit began with a tour of the wine museum. The museum includes a salute to the years pioneer winemaker Tom McDonald led the Church Road Winery to its award-winning history. McDonald is now internationally acknowledged as the father of quality New Zealand Wines. The Church Road Winerys Chardonnay and Bordeaux style red wines continue to achieve international acclaim by enhancing the Hawk...[more »]

Downtown Denver is known for its brewpubs, but few may realize that its also home to DVine Wine, a boutique Colorado winery and Wild Women Wine. Located a block from the 16th Street Mall, DVine Wine is more than a wine bar as it ferments wine on-site. A California-based franchise, DVine Wine uses California grapes to create its Colorado wines, offering wine tastings at their Denver location. Spacious Colorado boutique winery, D'Vine Wine, in heart of downtown Denver. For a charity event, a friend of mine bid and won a wine party, donated by DVine Wine, so about a dozen of us headed downtown for an afternoon of relaxing and wine tasting. DVine Wines great location (across from Hotel Monaco) makes it easy to find on a mid-afternoon on a Saturday. We had booked our p...[more »]

Brassica Restaurant features Mediterranean cuisine Wine Country Chef Cindy Pawlcyn spices things up in Napa Valley with Brassica Mediterranean Kitchen Northern California foodies have a new restaurant to flock to while wine tasting in the Napa Valley. Long known as the founder of Mustard’s Grill in Yountville and the popular Cindy’s Backstreet Kitchen in St. Helena, Napa Valley Chef Cindy Pawlcyn has spiced things up in California wine country with the addition of Brassica Mediterranean Kitchen. A clever play on words for Pawlcyn, as Brassica is the Latin word for the mustard plant family grown in the Mediterranean and carpeting the Napa Valley in wintertime. Tapas anyone? Brassica zucchini blossoms. Opened on September 2, 2011, Pawlcyn has pulled together a culinary team with ...[more »]