Vacation in Venice & a Taste of Trentino, Italy A Venetian vacation either sounds like a dream come true or a nightmare tourist trap. Venice was built entirely on water and survived well into the 21st Century without cars. Today, it’s one of the largest care free areas in the world. Wading your way through

Loire Valley Wine Holds Court There are 10 main wine producing regions in France. The most famous of course are Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne. Loire Valley wine might not be as well known but the heart of France is holding its own. The Loire Valley is the most massive and most diverse wine producing region

The Real Bordeaux Whether you fancy yourself a French wine expert, or just a wine enthusiast looking to soak up all that these famous wines have to offer, we are getting to the bottom of Bordeaux wines and, uncovering a few facts, you certainly Don’t Know About Bordeaux. For starters, the main grape variety in

Chianti Classico Experience Conceiving the nectar of the gods is a labor of love in the Tuscan wine region where Tuscans have been enjoying the fruits of their labor for centuries. The recipes that have been handed down for generations are the backbone and the heartbeat of this land where heritage and home go hand

What is Chianti Classico? When I told my husband that I had been invited as a guest to travel in Tuscany to report on the Chianti Classico wine region in Italy, he said; “What do you mean, I thought Chianti was a bottle of wine not a wine region?” This got me thinking. My husband

Taiwan’s Largest Orchid Show Hundreds of thousands of orchid aficionados and novices from around the world flocked to the 2013 Taiwan International Orchid Show, in Tainan, Taiwan. Tainan, currently supplies one-sixth of the global market’s orchids. The Taiwan International Orchid Show is Taiwan’s largest orchid exhibition and also one of the world’s premier professional orchid