Wine travel is one of the most memorable ways to explore a destination. From Napa Valley vineyards to Italian countryside wineries and French regions, Tango Diva highlights unforgettable tasting experiences, vineyard escapes, and wine-inspired travel stories.
Malta Musings, Part 1: Why Go? Malta is certainly not the easiest spot to travel to. There are no direct flights — although breaking up the trip with an overnight each way in London was quite enjoyable. Particularly if you’re passing through on a weekend a wonderful detour is the stomach-boggling Borough Market under the…
Hybrid Dining, Drinking & Dancing: The Poleng Lounge, San Francisco Again, the critics were right-on! (Not too suprising, since I have the highest respect for the SF Chron’s Michael Bauers’ taste buds.) For weeks I have been meaning to try Poleng Lounge, but kept putting it off because I was unsure how good the food…
Maybe If I Pointed Out The Aphrodisiac Properties of Chocolate? The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, CA I’m exhausted from dropping ever-so-subtle hints to my boyfriend about “How this would make a Valentine’s Day present that I would never forget,” and getting no response. I’ve even offered to drive the golf cart around and promised not…
Lake Austin Spa Gets Straight A’s in the Three R’s of Spa Living: Austin, TX Relaxing, Refreshing and Rejuvenating just doesn’t come any easier than this. With only 40 rooms and a caring staff of over 200, y’all be spoiled beyond belief at the award-winning (and deservedly so) Lake Austin Spa Resort. Why? After just…
Seduced by the Sultry Setai: Miami Beach, FL The Assignment:Write up my most memorable upscale meal of 2006. My Answer:This one was simple—The Restaurant at the Setai Hotel, Miami Beach. The only thing NOT memorable about this place is its name! The Ambiance: Dramatic glass and austere grey stone walls, accented with lavish touches of…
Czech Out These Spas! Part I: Prague Last December I discovered another earth-shakingly incredible group of spas. I was invited to Prague to cover their famous Christmas Market. This runs for the month of December and the market was filled with European tourists, stocking up like it was Costco. It was freezing cold, so…
The Kingdom of Navarra Visits San Francisco: Spanish Wine Dinner Mark your calendars for February 1. The American Insitute of Wine & Food (AIWF) in San Francisco is putting on a once-in-a-lifetime wine pairing dinner featuring some excellent wines from this wild and wooly area of Spain, as well as flying in one of the…
