Visit Northern Rhone Valley

July 18, 2017

Today’s Tour de France stage 16 crossed the Rhone River into Hermitage, a wine region in Rhone Valley that I …

Humpty Dumpty falls in Burgundy

June 15, 2017

Humpty Dumpty fell off his bike – Humpty Dumpty is back together! My travels in France were suddenly interrupted by …

June 8, 2017

My travel in Burgundy was interrupted suddenly with an accident while cycling through the vineyards. After two days in Beaune …

April 4, 2016

I’ve returned from France after skiing the Alps in Chamonix, sight-seeing in Paris and touring WWII museums in Normandy. But …

March 28, 2016

The Champagne region centered around Reims, France is 318 villages of which only 17 villages are Grand Crus (highest quality). …

November 4, 2014

I have returned from two weeks in northern Italy. The first week was in Rapallo and Cinque Terre – seaside …

September 4, 2014

Benziger is located in Glen Ellen, a one stop-sign village in Sonoma County 20 minutes from town of Sonoma. Our …