Finding Wining

The Koshu of Katsunuma Japan, and especially the Katsunuma valley we were visiting, prides itself on their local grape varietals, mostly s...

After the trials of planning & executing a wine tour in China (all well worth the effort in the end, however) - planning for Japan was a...

After much debate on the best way to spend our last morning in Ningxia - to hedge bets & stay near the city, visiting Silver Height'...

As the day drew to a close, we had one final stop ahead - the first our driver was actually certain of the location of. Also, certainly the...

Named after a poem about 1 of the 8 revered landscapes of the Ming Dynasty, Helan Qingxue claims the best view of this landscape at the foot...

Legacy Peak, our next stop, could not be more of a contrast to Changyu. Simple & understated, the only show of pomp being a row of empty...