One of the highlights on our trip to Northern Italy was a wine tour of the Valpolicella region. The region is located east of Lake Garda and north of Verona.
With over 30 wineries to choose from, Southwest Michigan makes for a great day or two of fun and relaxation.
Ruidoso is a small resort town in southern New Mexico. It’s encompassed by the Lincoln National Forest in the Sierra Blanca mountain range. The suburb of Ruidoso Downs is a few minutes down the road.
Cloudcroft is a village in southern New Mexico. It’s a popular tourist destination within the Lincoln National Forest, not too far from Alamogordo.
I thought it would be a good idea to check out the best and most well-known of the wine producing areas in Chile, the Colchagua Valley. Chile has an excellent wine industry, and Chilean wines have been getting noticed more and more the past few years.
One of my must-sees for my time in Chile was Isla Negra, the favorite home of Nobel Laureate poet Pablo Neruda. Of his three houses, the others being La Chascona in Santiago and La Sebastiana in Valparaíso, Isla Negra is the best-preserved and the most interesting. It’s definitely worth the trip from Santiago.