Until you can travel again with a clear conscience, you simply feed your wanderlust with new inspiration for your own bucket list. These hotel openings in 2021 definitely whet my appetite and hopefully yours too. From city hotels to design spots by the lake, all-inclusive deluxe in Andalusia and an all-inclusive dream in the Indian Ocean: hope travels on.
The family-run Vinum Hotels in the South Tyrolean wine-growing areas are personally managed by wine connoisseurs and, in some cases, winemakers. Here, wellness and nature indulgance meet guaranteed wine experience. But how is it ensured that the knowledge and advice about wine are always at the same wine-inviting level - even among the new generation? I asked and got a big glass of answers.
Smells like 2021 spirit: The Black Forest not only sets a scent mark with star cuisine and constant soccer coaches, but also with high-quality perfumes. They come from the fragrance studio L'Ateliero of the couple Rudi and Aurelia Bedy and envelop both gentlemen and gentlewomen in a multifaceted way. I have two men's fragrances times applied and the two fragrance DJs may ask a few questions.
Zwei Generationen und eine eigene Handschrift: Mit ihrem Vater Jörg leitet Martina seit 2015 gemeinsam das Weingut Bernhard in Rheinhessen. Was die junge Winzerin einschenkt? Experimentierfreude, Mut, Können und fair bezahlbare Weine, die einfach Laune machen. Ich habe selten jemand getroffen, der so für seine Berufung lebt wie Martina – und warum man ihre Weine in seine Hausbar berufen sollte, lest ihr hier. Ein Gespräch über Leidenschafts und Ortstreue, Selbstbewusstsein und Veranwortungsübernahme, warum Einsteiger keinen Druck auf Aromen-Bingo haben sollen und: einfach geile Weine.
Today the long-distance glass journey goes to a terrific winery in Tuscany that I discovered for myself. Behind Le Macchiole from the famous village of Bolgheri are Cinzia Merli and her sons Elia and Mattia, who use organic farming to fill their region with liquid dress codes that are as elegant as they are charming. How that tastes and why you should try the winery, I reveal here - and have also asked the winemakers some questions around the lived wine quirk.
