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🍷 God Save the Spritz: A Short History of the Spritz Family
I’ve posted a few times about my love of German Radlers (think: shandy), and spritzers like the Spanish Tinto de Verano – henceforth to be known as The Spritz Family. And I’ve been a little surprised by some of the (hopefully) playfully disparaging comments I’ve received: Mixing wine or beer with soda? Crazy. Nuts. Sacrilege.…
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🍷 🇪🇸 What to Drink in Seville: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Spanish 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 mountain or something. When we’re…
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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 Salzburg & Munich: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Austrian and German Drinks Culture
One of my favorite things to do when we travel is to explore the local drinks situation (alcoholic and not). 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 mountain or something. When we’re…
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🍷 🏴 What to Drink in Scotland: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Scottish 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 Norway: A Sip-by-Sip Guide to Norwegian Drinks Culture
Norway has the highest alcohol taxes in Europe, a state monopoly on anything stronger than 4.7% beer, and roughly four hours of usable daylight in January. And yet — somehow — Norwegians have built one of the most quietly obsessive drinking cultures on the continent. How did a country that makes you show ID to…