Slow Travel and Food and Travel Blog for Trips to Savor
You can experience the finest Slovenian culinary art not far from Vipava. On our pleasure trip through Slovenia we were lucky enough to meet one of Slovenia's outstanding chefs. Tomaž Kavčič runs the “Pri Lojzetu” restaurant in the Zemono Castle in the fourth generation.
Absinthe is a drink with a story. It came into fashion in Switzerland at the end of the 19th century, but continued its success story almost immediately in France. It consists of herbs: including anise, fennel, lemon balm, hyssop and St. John's wort.
We visit the Tenuta Neri winery, which is located in the hills above the seaside resort of Cesenatico. A low building stands in a lot on one of the hills above the city. Valeria and Giovanni Tenuta Neri live here and have a long family tradition of growing wine.
We always have the opportunity to taste wine on our travels and we like to use it. We often discover real treasures, but above all we have learned that there are many possibilities for wine tasting. There are wine tastings where the wine is sold. These are often found in the sales rooms of[…]
What is a traditional Christmas dinner in Canada? Traditional Christmas dinner in Canada is turkey. It is usually filled with bread and served with gravy. There is also cranberry sauce and root vegetables such as carrots, celery and pumpkin. The whole family gathers at a meal like this. In Canada it often happens that the family members [...]
“Those who can enjoy no longer drink wine, they taste secrets!” This sentence by Salvador Dali above the bed in our vintner's room in the Hotel Althof Retz puts me in a wine-blissful mood. This should not leave me until the end of our stay in this hotel. It cannot be overlooked that in the Hotel Althof Retz the wine [...]
Every year on November 11th, Martin's Day is celebrated, actually a day that reminds of Bishop Martin von Tours, but which is also a perfect day out for pleasure travelers. In Austria and Bavaria this day is celebrated with parades.
Have you ever slept with grapevines in the room? No? We do. The winery rooms at Gut Pössnitzberg in Styria make this possible. There is no bedside table next to the bed, but a plant pot in which real grapevines grow. Behind it there are climbing grids on the wall, perhaps to give the vines a hold for their [...]
Tastes good! Finding the perfect gift for pleasure travelers is not always easy. We look for it again every year. This time, however, it was an easy decision for us, because there is nothing better than a combined travel and cookery book.
Something is happening in the cellar of Gut Pössnitzberg During our visit to Gut Pössnitzberg * in Glanz on the South Styrian Wine Route in Austria, we are lucky that hotel director Rainer Ogrinigg invites us to wine and sparkling wine tasting in the estate's sparkling wine cellar. At this time of year, the sparkling wines from the previous season rest in the cool chambers of the cellar, [...]
