This guest blog post was written by Adrienne Rinaldi of BeerSnobChick. Beer Tasting 101 As the popularity of craft beer has skyrocketed in the last decade, the art of beer tasting has come of age. But just like wine tasting, you might feel the beer tasting process is a bit intimidating. I’m hoping to change that. Continue Reading →
Category: Food, Wine, Beer
Video: 2014 Zephyr Guide Training
Every two years we bring our guiding staff together for Guide Training. This year we had a focus on our wine, beer, and food adventures and met in Eugene, Oregon – an awesome food and drink town. Our training is always a mix of hard skills (bike maintenance), soft skills (wine and food pairing), and Continue Reading →
Will Travel For Beer
People travel for a number of different reasons: to hike in a different mountain chain they’ve never been to before; to experience, first hand, a different way of life; to eat and drink like a local. The burgeoning craft beer scene in the United States affords the beer enthusiast who likes to travel the opportunity Continue Reading →
Come Rico, Come Sano, Come Peruano
“Eat well, eat healthy, eat Peruvian” is a theme of the Mistura food festival in Peru held every year in September. Latin America’s largest fête of the gastronomic world, la Mistura (“mixture” in English) is a cultural celebration that honors a country rich in biodiversity, sophisticated in temperament, and embracing of bold flavors and international flare. Continue Reading →
Taste Vacations: Expanding our Food, Wine, and Beer Tours
We at Zephyr Adventures are entering our 18th season of running active vacations around the world and these years have been full of change. We started as the world’s first inline skating tour company; expanded to multisport tours that include skating; branched off into other activities as we lived through the decline of Rollerblading; and Continue Reading →
Will Hike for Wine
Zephyr’s New Zealand Multisport & Wine Adventure is an epic adventure combining hiking the world-renowned Queen Charlotte Track on the north coast of the South Island followed by several days of wine tasting, vineyard hikes, a bit of biking, and multi-course dinners featuring locally sourced produce, seafood, and game. Are you jealous yet? The Queen Continue Reading →
Painting a Picture of Provence
The Provencal region of southeastern France is bathed in sunlight. Van Gogh was inspired by this area’s abundance of sunshine and perfect light; Starry Night, the nighttime impression of the beauty of nature outside the village of Saint-Remy, was created here, among almost 300 other works of art. Looking around the village of Saint-Remy, located Continue Reading →
Meet Zephyr’s Newest Guide: Katie Edmiston
Note from Zephyr: We are excited to welcome Katie to our guide ranks! Since she is into wine, food, beer and all things active (including inline skating), you might meet her on any of our trips! We asked Katie to write her own introduction (see below). I am a born and raised Montana girl. Growing Continue Reading →
On the road – Ciao, Puglia!
This first person post comes to you from the Puglia region in southern Italy. Known for its large production of olive oil that actually surpasses that of northern Italy, an increasingly visible wine industry, and a distinctive landscape that combines white washed, Mediterranean style homes and equally white washed beaches. I am here to say Continue Reading →
Crushing It In Oregon – Active Wine Touring, Pacific Northwest Style
The word “crush”, in wine terms, refers to pressing grapes after they have been harvested in order to extract all the lovely qualities out of them for our sipping pleasure. The carbonated beverage, Grape Crush, brings up memories of sweet, candied soda pop…the sticky stuff that makes childhood dreams come true. “Crushing it”, an equally Continue Reading →