About La Dolce Vita
LA DOLCE VITA WINE TOURS offers wine tours in Italy, Spain and Portugal. The company was founded in 1999 by me and my Italian husband, Claudio Bisio. We have 19 itineraries in three categories: gourmet wine tours, wine + walking tours, and wine-intensive tours. We keep our groups small and target folks who aren’t “tour people” but want a learning vacation, engaging dialog with winemakers, gorgeous settings, and stellar food. Is that you? Come join us for a taste of la dolce vita.
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About Me
I’m Patricia Thomson, and these are my dispatches from the wine world in Italy, New York, and beyond. I provide stories, not ratings, missives from life on the road as a wine-tour guide and wine writer.
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At Newark airport waiting for my flight to Lisbon. All systems go.
Top order of business in preparing for 5 weeks of wine tours: Lose 7 lbs.
May enewsletter: Save $500 on Alps/Dolomite tour / Whatever happened to Cal-Ital wine? http://t.co/QpjPEIHVFt
Starting the count-down to our spring tours. First up: The Douro Valley. Nice timing, as we'll be sampling the highly regarded 2011 Vintage
