Author: About Wine & Travel

Certified Sommelier, Certified Specialist of Wine, Hospitality Beverage Specialist, Certified Beer Server, Wine Columnist, Wine Educator, Professional Member of GuildSomm & the Society of Wine Educators and The Wine Century Club.

Hey Sports Bars and Breweries…What About Wine?

I am a wine drinker. However, I can appreciate an establishment catering to beer lovers. At the same time, in my opinion, many bars and restaurants are missing the boat. Not having wine, or having a really bad wine, are just not good options. The thing is, many of those beer and shot drinkers have friends, family,…

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Cala, A Coastal Culinary Experience

Open just over a year, Cala is inside the Senna House, a boutique hotel in Scottsdale. The charming restaurant space, built in the spot that once housed Don & Charlie’s, is owned by Clive Collective, a Phoenix-based hospitality company. With celebrity chef Beau MacMillan at the helm and the young up-and-coming chef Peter McQuaid as…

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Babich Wines of New Zealand, Consistently and Creatively Sustainable

Babich Wines is a 100% family-owned, 106-year-old company with a proud history of excellence in vineyard management and winemaking. In 1910, Josip Babich migrated to New Zealand from Croatia with his brothers, determined to find a better life. With a leap of faith, he planted his first vines in 1912 and never looked back. The…

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