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🇨🇳 What to Drink in Shanghai: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Shanghai’s Drinks Culture
Shanghai is a BIG place. Roughly 25 million people live within its city limits. By comparison, New York City — the largest city in the US — has about 8 million people. That should give you some idea of the scale of this place. It’s massive. We only had a couple of days in Shanghai,…
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🇰🇷 What to Drink in South Korea: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Korean Drinks Culture
Every country has a national drink. Korea has a national drinking system, and the difference matters more than you’d think. Spend a few days in Seoul and you’ll notice the drinks arrive with rules attached — who pours for whom, which hand does the pouring, and when you’re allowed to make eye contact with your elders.…
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🍷 🇹🇷 What to Drink in Istanbul: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Turkish Drinks Culture
I’ve been studying wine and spirits for over two decades. Whenever we travel, I’m obsessed with what I call drinks culture — what a country’s drinks reveal about its people, history, and habits. I’ve been known to order several drinks off a menu – just so I can taste them. And I could spend hours in the…
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🍷 🇵🇹 What to Drink in Porto: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Portugal’s Drinks Culture
One of my favorite things to do when we travel is to explore the local drinks (alcoholic and not) situation. I could spend hours in the local grocery/wine/liquor store just studying the shelves. Ken is not as enthusiastic about this activity, so I usually send him off to climb a tower or something. When we’re…
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🍹 🇨🇷 What to Drink in Costa Rica: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Costa Rican Drinks Culture
When we’re traveling, I post my little travelogues on the go and off the cuff. Instagram only allows 2,200 characters per post, so I have to be stingy with words. Maybe that’s a good thing. 😉 One of the reasons I started this blog is so I can take a pause after our trips, and…
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🍷 🇬🇹 What to Drink in Guatemala: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Guatemala’s Drinks Culture
How does a country roughly the size of Tennessee end up with world-famous rum, a beer named by its customers, and some of the best coffee on the planet? Volcanoes, sugarcane, and several thousand years of people who take their corn very seriously. One of my favorite things to do when we travel is investigate…