Art, Drunken Masterpieces, Florence, Italy, Wine

Drunken Masterpieces: Uffizi Gallery

Having beers with Savonarola Continue reading Drunken Masterpieces: Uffizi Gallery

Art, Beer, Books, Florence, Italian Beer, Italy, Wine

Brewtiful Florence: Beer & Brunelleschi Pt. II

Beer, wine, and two great competitions which defined the Renaissance. Continue reading Brewtiful Florence: Beer & Brunelleschi Pt. II

Florence, Hikes in Italy, Hiking, Italy, Pontassieve, Wine, World War II

A Hike in the Tuscan Hills: Pontassieve & the Montecucco Viewpoint

A hidden gem of a village and hike Continue reading A Hike in the Tuscan Hills: Pontassieve & the Montecucco Viewpoint

Beer, Beer & Hike, Belgium, Christmas Market, Hikes in the Netherlands, Hiking, Maastricht, Netherlands, Netherlands Beer, Wine

Brewtiful Maastricht

Why the uvula, Peter the Great, and wine should be the first things that come to mind when you think of the Dutch City of Maastricht. Just kidding it should be beer, of course. Continue reading Brewtiful Maastricht

Germany, Hikes in Germany, Hiking, Wine, Zell

Zeller Schwarze Katz Hike

1863 was the turning point of the US Civil War. But this is not about that. It’s about a wine tradition that was born in Germany that same year. Continue reading Zeller Schwarze Katz Hike

Beer, Bernkastel-Kues, Castles, Christmas Market, German Beer, Germany, Glühwein, Wine

Weihnachtsmarkt: Bernkastel-Kues

Re-kindling the Christmas Market spirit in a jewel on the Mosel River Continue reading Weihnachtsmarkt: Bernkastel-Kues

Bacharach, Beer, Beer & Bike, Biking, Biking in Germany, Bingen am Rhein, Books, Boppard, Castles, German Beer, Germany, Koblenz, St. Goar, Wine, World War II

Beer & Bike: Romantic Rhine

Biking the Romantic Rhine, fulfilling a dream, and indulging in regional myths with a couple classic travel writers. Continue reading Beer & Bike: Romantic Rhine

Abbey Beer, Beer, Beer & Bike, Belgian Beer, Belgium, Biking, Biking in Belgium, Books, Castles, Dinant, Wine, World War I

Beer & Bike: Maredsous and Leffe

Abbey beer starts here in beautiful and tragic Dinant. Take an amazing beer and bike ride thru the world of Leffe and Maredsous. Continue reading Beer & Bike: Maredsous and Leffe

Bacharach, Beer, Castles, German Beer, Germany, Hikes in Germany, Hiking, Oberwesel, Rüdesheim, St. Goar, Wine

Romantic Rhine and the Most Surreal Beer Festival Ever

One of Germany’s beautiful wine regions, but it was a beer festival which gave me the fondest memory. Continue reading Romantic Rhine and the Most Surreal Beer Festival Ever