After years of being stuck close to home, foreign travel has come roaring back to finally surpass pre-pandemic levels, and it is an exciting time to be heading out to explore a wider world. As a...
Darlene Hayes
Terroir True
Co-ferments give cidermakers, and winemakers, an opportunity to express a sense of place in a whole new way Grey, damp fog drifts through the towering redwood trees. On a typical summer morning, it...
Explore the California Coast’s Cider Scene
One of the great joys of travel is finding a hidden gem, some magical place that you either didn’t know was there or had once visited and then completely forgotten about. I felt that sense of...
Book Review: Diane Flynt’s ‘Wild, Tamed, Lost, Revived:’ Apples and Dreams from the American South
We are a people of stories. They are how we come to understand our past and frame a path to our future. Stories are the beating heart of the recently released book Wild, Tamed, Lost, Revived: The...
Discovering the Essence of Spanish Cider: Journey to Villaviciosa, the Hidden Gem of Cider Country
One of my favorite places in the wide world of cider is a small town in northern Spain, Villaviciosa. Most travel writers will extol the virtues of Donostia-San Sebastiàn in the Basque Country, or...
Austria’s Perry Paradise: Exploring the Mostviertel on the Scenic Train Route from Vienna to Amstetten
Traveling by train is one of the pleasures of Europe. Many countries are well served by rail both within and across their borders with stops in cities large and small. The routes are often quite...