At Carpe Travel we are always seeking to explore wine, sometimes in the predictable wine regions, others off the beaten path. Here is a collection of several of our wine tales and recommendations broken out by the regions we’ve visited to offer you a variety of wine guides. You can also see all of our wine travel guides.
Where to Travel for Wine
- The secret is out! Idaho is the next must sip wine country
- Wine Facts Every Wine Lover Should Know About Napa Valley
- Napa Valley Wine Tasting Reservations Worth Making
- Napa Valley and Sonoma County Wineries: What the Locals Recommend
- 5 Award-Winning Wineries in Washington to Sip Your Way Through
- A Guide for Planning a Texas Hill Country Wine Experience
- Fabulous Florida Wineries to Visit
- Wine Travel Guide and 5 Tips on Shipping Wine
- Exploring the Pennsylvania Wine Trails
- Finger Lakes Wineries
- Niagara on the Lake Wineries
Italy
- Putting Piedmont Wine in Perspective
- Piemonte Travel Video: Champagne Sabering (with a wine glass!)
- Montalcino wine tasting at Caparzo
- A Cooking Class in Puglia, Italy
- The hills and wines of Piemonte
- Italian Wine Merchants Redux
- Hiking to the Barolo Village of La Morra
- Harvest Lunch in Barbaresco
- In the Vineyards of Barolo
See all our Italian wine travel adventures.
Napa Valley and Sonoma
- Wine Facts Every Wine Lover Should Know About Napa Valley
- Napa Valley Wine Tasting Reservations Worth Making
- Napa Valley and Sonoma County Wineries: What the Locals Recommend
- Check-in: The Craftsman Inn
- The tale of a European sommelier turned California winemaker
- A Morning in Yountville
- Napa Valley: Charles Krug Winery – 150 years in the making
- Napa Valley: Newton Winery
- Napa Valley: Regusci
- Napa Valley: Robert Mondavi Winery
See all our traveling to Napa and Sonoma tips and reviews.
Paso Robles, CA
- Paso Robles, What’s All the Hype About?
- Paso Robles in Pictures (photo essay)
- A Winemakers Tale: A Spotlight on Wineries in Paso Robles With Austin Hope of Hope Family Wines
Monterey, CA
- Wine Tasting: The Carmel Wine Walk by-the-Sea
- Interview with a Winemaker: Blair Vineyard
- Interview with a Winemaker: Caraccioli Cellars
Oregon Wine Country
- Exploring Oregon Wine Country
- A Winemakers Tale: Alexandrine Roy, Winemaker for Phelps Creek Vineyards & Domaine Marc Roy
- A Winemakers Tale: Adam Campbell, Elk Cove Vineyards
Idaho, Snake River Valley
- The secret is out! Idaho is the next must sip wine country
- Idaho…the new frontier for wine?!?!
- From Climbing the Corporate Ladder to Planting Cabernet
- Women are defining the Idaho wine country
Interview with a Winemaker Series
- Austin Hope of Hope Family Wines in Paso Robles, CA
- Alexandrine Roy, Winemaker for Phelps Creek Vineyards & Domaine Marc Roy
- Adam Campbell, Elk Cove Vineyards in Oregon
- Earl Sullivan, Telaya Wine in Idaho
- Greg La Follette, La Follette
- Janet Myers, Franciscan Estate and Mount Veeder Winery
- Jay Christianson, Canyon Wind Cellars in Colorado
- Jeffery Blair, Winemaker for Blair Vineyards in Monterey County, CA
- Leo Hansen, Stuhlmuller Vineyards in Alexander Valley, CA
- Melanie Krause, Cinder Wines in Idaho
- Renée Ary, Duckhorn Vineyards
- Robin Akhurst, Clos Pegase Winery in Napa Valley, CA
- Ryan O’Connell, Domaine O’Vineyards
- Scott Caraccioli, Caraccioli Cellars in Monterey County, CA
See all of our winemaker interviews.