WINE DINE & TRAVEL MAGAZINE SPRING 2015

HOW TO BECOME A WINE ENTHUSIAST
you practice diligently tasting and learning
about new wines, you’ll find that your
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preferences in wines will evolve. It’s called
educating your palate. A wine that makes
you gag today may well become a favorite
next year and vice versa.
PORTMEIRION, WALES
is no doubt one of the most unique
villages in Britain. No one has ever lived
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here - yet there’s an admission fee to stroll
around, and some 250,000 visit each year.
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In a land of lots of scenic wonders, there is
one I return to again and again, despite my
sweaty palms, accelerated heart rate and
shaky limbs.
AUGSBURG’S FUGGEREI | PAGE 62
Imagine paying only one dollar per year in rent!
That’s what some 150 residents are charged
to live at the Fuggerei in Augsburg, Germany,
the world’s oldest charitable social housing
complex.
TRAVEL BY THE BOOK | PAGE 67
Susan McBeth reviews Lisa Lee’s “China Dolls”
The Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, and Ruby is
sent to an internment camp.
IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY | PAGE 68
If you’ve ever wondered what you might do in
the event of an emergency, I can only tell you
this. If you’re me (which I am), and you’re in the
loo...
POSTCARDS FROM TUSCANY | PAGE 77
John and Jody continue their entertaining and
informative “post cards” to the publisher.
WHITLEY ON WINE | PAGE 76
Robert makes the case for refreshing dry roses
and then picks a winner from J Winery.
AMONG THE CRITTERS | PAGE 78
A half-hour into the preserve, we arrived at our
abode, the Keekorok Lodge, for the next several
nights. This was not exactly a tent slung across
some post, but a first-rate lodge.
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