Taste for Travel

LAKE GEORGE, NY -- The second Lake George Region Restaurant Week of the year is set to begin Sunday, September 9, and run through Septembe...

Photo: Kentucky Distillers' Association LEXINGTON, KY -- The Kentucky Bourbon Trail is about to get a new member from an unusual ven...

Photo: April L. Dowd On the first day of spring back in March, I had gazed at the snow piled deep on my backyard deck and thought, “Be...

Museum workers sort through artifacts. SCOTTSDALE, PA -- West Overton Village and Museums, established as an agrarian museum, will have a...

Chef Bruce • From CBS Boston BOSTON -- Boston has no shortage of wine events: from free tastings at boutique stores to the appropriatel...

Arthur Guinness Pssst. See that guy over there on the right? He's responsible for the Irish government's major income stream, som...

•  From Eat, Drink, Explore SACRAMENTO, CA -- The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors have voted to adopt new zoning code amendments de...

Inside Harry's New York Bar. PARIS -- Harry's New York Bar turned 100 on Thanksgiving Day, one more milestone in the storied his...

Visitors gather lakeside at Long Point Winery. Fresh local cuisine. Merchants and facilities in the Cayuga County area of Upstate New...

Here's a thought for an easy holiday gift. Pick up copies of my new book, "Barrels & Drams: The History of Whisk(e)y In Jiggers...

Last year I finally broke down and took my first "pleasure" cruise. I hated it. From the time we set foot on the Norwegian Cruis...

My new book, "Barrels & Drams: The History of Whisk(e)y In Jiggers and Shots," will officially be released on September 6. T...

NEW YORK -- OK, first things first. It's not on East 60th where the original was. And, it's not on 34th Street and 11th Avenue where...

Visionary John Adamski. • From The Corning (NY) Leader: BLUFF POINT, NY -- A few years ago, freelance writer and photographer John A...

• From the Albany Times Union: A $73,824 federal matching grant from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s Federal-State Marketing Improvement P...

William M. Dowd photos CULODDEN, Scotland -- Bonnie Prince Charlie was the icon of 18th-century Jacobites who wanted to put him on the thr...

The Hermitage Hotel main lobby, complete with stained cut-glass ceiling. In a nation replete with motel chains slugging it out for the publ...

On this website, we deal mostly with matters of taste concerning food and drink, as well as some cool destinations. On this post, we digre...

Andrea Robinson working. • From The Associated Press ATLANTA, GA -- Delta Air Line's master sommelier Andrea Robinson opened up bot...

Queen Mary 2 sails past the Statue of Liberty. • From The Mirror of London NEW YORK -- Cunard flagship Queen Mary 2 has failed a hygien...

Ozone, 118 floors up in Kowloon. A few years back, I reported on the world's smallest bar , a former railroad structure in Cleethorp...

Visitors flock to new Wild Turkey distillery. If you've heard about the periodic, albeit brief, shortages of bourbon in some mar...

Manager D.E. Williams' name was the basis for the "dew" in the brand. TULLAMORE, Ireland -- Since new owner William Grant ...

Visitors tour the Biddenden fields. • From The Independent UK: By Sally Hawkins "English wine," emphasized Nigel, my guide ...

PITTSBURGH, PA --  The city's first distillery in nearly a century will open in the Strip District this summer. Wigle Whiskey , a micr...