Unexpected Luxury in Pennsylvania: Nemacolin

Unexpected Luxury in Pennsylvania: Nemacolin

Nemacolin, if this place doesn’t blow you away nothing will. How a hunting lodge, a French chateau and a Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired boutique hotel all work in unison is difficult to imagine, but the three styles come together at Nemacolin in the sweet harmony...
Cabernet Franc in Chinon: Hard to find but easy to drink

Cabernet Franc in Chinon: Hard to find but easy to drink

By Jeff Thoreson The large wine store where I like to go to wander the aisles like the DIY-ers wander around the big-box home improvement centers offers just two bottles of wine from Chinon, France. Really? To me, that’s like Lowes offering just two colors of paint....
The Beauty of Beaujolais

The Beauty of Beaujolais

By: Jeff Thoreson It turns out good advice can be like good wine – sometimes it shows up in the most unexpected of places, like a small cafe or an underground cave in the commune of Villie-Morgon, France. We arrived in Morgon on a pleasant spring morning in search of...