Here’s a funny informercial for what may or may not be a good product: the Vingarde Valise, quote, luggage for wine geeks. The campy video is kind of funny–who doesn’t like to see a case of...
Perhaps you are reading this on your smartphone as you push back from the gate. With the end of the FAA’s ban on the use of personal electronic devices at take-off and landing, such a scenario ...
A news item in time for travel season: You might remember that last year France passed a law requiring two breathalyzers in each car–including rentals–at all times. The French were shocked to...
https://www.drvino.com/2013/05/23/french-breathalyzer-law-suspended/
Amtrak is known for many things but jovial passengers is not foremost among them. Last Friday, a train from NYC to DC was waylaid with problems, causing a six-hour delay. One of the passengers wa...
https://www.drvino.com/2013/04/25/when-amtrak-hands-you-lemons-you-make-bordeaux/
The TSA, in its infinite wisdom, has deemed corkscrews (with small foil-cutting blades as seen at right) safe to bring on planes again. And knives! (Blades must be under 6 cm.) And whiffle ball b...
https://www.drvino.com/2013/03/06/tsa-gives-corkscrews-a-wheels-up/
If you’re thinking of doing the rounds at en primeur in Bordeaux, or domaine hopping in Burgundy, forget the corkscrew: the one essential thing you’ll need if you’re behind the wheel is a b...
https://www.drvino.com/2012/03/06/have-breathalyzer-will-travel/
Heading to visit a non-wine friend who graciously offered to pick something up for us. I don’t know the market in Florida and she didn’t indicate that she wanted to go to a specialty shop (th...
https://www.drvino.com/2012/02/20/reader-mail-supermarket-wine/
Have you ever been itching to carry a bottle of Petrus and a can of Red Bull on a plane? Thanks to researchers at UC Davis, that might be possible. (However, as we discussed previously, don’t t...
https://www.drvino.com/2011/03/07/technology-tsa-davis-augustine-wine-water/
If there’s one thing that frustrates wine enthusiasts when traveling by air–and, no, we’re not including pat-downs–it’s the liquids ban. Take wine enthusiasts, put them in a giant metal...
https://www.drvino.com/2010/10/27/how-to-bring-wine-onboard-plane/
I’m just back from a few days in the woods, largely free of wifi and cell phone access. One evening, after a day of swimming and fishing, we were able to relax with some relatives and a glass o...
https://www.drvino.com/2010/07/06/jo-pithon-savennieres-wine-cup/
Evan Dawson, who writes about Finger Lakes wines for the New York Cork Report (and who we last saw here), recently tweeted that he was in Napa. I asked him if he wanted to contribute a post from ...
https://www.drvino.com/2010/01/27/visiting-mayacamas-vineyards-napa-valley/
An reader mail came in last week from Centcom in Iraq–not the usual place of people needing wine help! It turns out that the author, Bob Krumm of Nashville, TN, is a wine geek embedded in our m...
https://www.drvino.com/2009/12/16/wine-lovers-camp-basrah-iraq/
I’m in an undisclosed location where rum is cheaper than Yellow Tail. We have the good fortune of being on a family vacation in the tropics. But what’s a wine lover to drink? If you’ve read...
https://www.drvino.com/2009/04/08/a-100-point-moment-wine-in-tropics-edition/
Friend of the blog and über travel blogger Mark Ashley sent in this photo from his flight from Munich last week: yes, he ordered the infamous Rich prosecco in a can! (We captioned their poster...
https://www.drvino.com/2008/11/25/many-a-slip-twixt-the-plastic-cup-and-the-lip/
After two bad wine travel experiences this summer, I finally got it right about ten days ago. Returning by plane from a business trip to the Windy City, I found myself unencumbered by either chec...
https://www.drvino.com/2008/10/02/howto-successfully-check-wine-on-a-plane/