As vaccination rollout continually increases and more countries adopt solutions for safe travel, we look forward to an increase in international mobility over the months ahead. In other words: vacations are back, baby! Now hand us a glass of wine…
While food and travel are a marriage made in heaven, you shouldn’t overlook the drinks that accompany your favorite dish. With travel restriction easing, we recommend adding wine tasting to your next vacation.
Penny Sadler’s travel and wine blog Adventures of a Carry-On, is a great resource to look into, in this regard. The blog includes Sadler’s first-hand accounts of her travels (anything from picking grapes in Barolo to exploring the Grand Cru vineyards of Alsace), alongside intimate details of tours, wineries, restaurants, and hotels.
A professional makeup artist in her day-to-day, Sadler is a student of the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (an internationally recognized certification) and continually hosts wine tastings for both private and retail customers.
Having traveled to some of the world’s most interesting wine regions, Sadler’s advice is worth your attention. Recent posts include a dive-in into different sorts of wine (in one, Sadler notes that while most people think Prosecco is like champagne, it actually isn’t. “First of all it’s made in Italy, not France,” she notes. “Second, the fermentation method which creates the bubbles is completely different. And those are just a couple of differences.”)
But of course, a good glass of wine is often paired with good company. “The best part of being a travel writer is the people I meet,” Sadler noted in a piece published on Wander With Wonder. “My biggest challenge is staying focused on the task at hand; I’m very curious and easily distracted by sparkly things.”
Visit her blog for more tips and tricks, and show her some love on Instagram.
