Staff Trip to Tuscany: La Cucina Povera

One of the places I really wanted to take our staff to was the town Radda in Chianti. It’s one of the small, hilltop villages… Continue reading

Staff Trip to Tuscany: Wine Tasting in a Thousand Year Old Abbey

Wine tasting can be one of the most helpful ways to improve your understanding of the nuances of wine. When you taste two or more… Continue reading

Staff Trip to Tuscany: Visiting the famous butcher and indulging in everything MEAT

Our chefs were stoked to visit the internationally renowned butcher Dario Cecchini from Panzano in Chianti at his butcher shop, Antica Macelleria Cecchini. He’s been… Continue reading

Staff Trip to Tuscany: Is that a Church or a Winery?

Volpaia house

A visit to Castello di Volpaia Continue reading

The Traveling Somm Returns to Italy!

Villa a Sesta

After having a baby, opening a restaurant and surviving a pandemic, The Traveling Somm made a trip back to Italy! Continue reading

A Taste of History: The Old Fashioned

Tasting a bit of mining history through an historic whiskey cocktail: The Old Fashioned Continue reading

A break from Traveling to Live High Up in the Mountains

Chef and Sommelier are holing up in the mountains! Continue reading

Rifugi nelle Dolomiti (Huts in the Dolomites)

As I sip a frothy cappuccino on a mountaintop hut, it’s hard to believe that I arrived here from the Adriatic coast of Croatia by… Continue reading

Embracing the Euro Camping Life

European camping challenges our Western expectation of privacy and space Continue reading

Cycling through Slovenia, the ‘Colorado’ of Europe

Slovenia: a beautiful, friendly, fairytale-like country that is a dream for cyclists and feels a lot like home. Continue reading