Levi Reiss

I Love Touring Venice, Italy - San Marco District Hotels

The San Marco district is situated in central Venice. Who hasn't heard of Piazza San Marco, "The drawing room of Europe"? It's the only square in Venice to merit the name Piazza, all the others are called Campi. In the words of Wikipedia "As the central l... Read >

A Wine Lover's Weekly Guide To $10 Wines - A Serbian Riesling

This is our first review of a wine from Serbia, a small country in southeastern Europe in the former Yugoslavia. Fruska Gora means Frankish mountain in the local language. This region lies along the Danube to the northeast of Serbia's capital Belgrade. It... Read >

I Love Organic Wine - A Cabernet Sauvignon From Mendocino, California

Mendocino County faces the Pacific Ocean, past Sonoma and Marin Counties to the north of San Francisco. This lovely area is best known for its sparkling wines including some by the French Champagne house Roederer Estate. The wine reviewed below comes from... Read >

A Wine Lover's Weekly Guide To $10 Wines - A Kosher Merlot From Mendoza, Argentina

Our previous wine was from Argentina. Perhaps this is why we are reviewing another Argentinian wine, one that is kosher to boot. The Mendoza region is Argentina's most productive wine area, responsible for some two-third's of the country's wine. One of Me... Read >

I Love Organic Wine - A Biodynamic Wine From Piedmont, Italy

The Piedmont region of northwestern Italy is very well known for red wine, such as Barolo that is often considered Italy's finest wine. Today's wine is 100% Cortese, a white grape from part of the Piedmont situated fairly close to the Mediterranean. It wa... Read >

I Love Touring Venice, Italy - Hotels In The Castello District

The Castello district is the largest of Venice's six districts, which are locally known as sestiere. It's in the east of Venice and, unlike some of the other districts, people actually live there. This is the least touristy part of Venice, which may be an... Read >

A Wine Lover's Weekly Guide To $10 Wines - A South African Rose

South Africa is a major wine producer, ranking seventh in volume. It has been in the wine business for centuries. Most South African wine is produced within a few hours of Cape Town blessed with a mostly Mediterranean climate. This particular wine comes f... Read >

I Love Touring Florence, Italy - Hotels Near The Santa Maria Novella

The main train station is known as the Stazione Centrale or Stazione Santa Maria Novella after a nearby Fourteenth and Fifteenth Century Church by that name on the Piazza Santa Maria Novella. Very close by is the Via dei Tornabuoni, Florence's finest shop... Read >

A Wine Lover's Weekly Guide To $10 Wines - A Red From Montenegro

This is the first time that we review a wine from Montenegro, a small country in southeastern Europe that was once part of Yugoslavia. Montenegro has been producing wine for more than two thousand years, so perhaps it's time to take a look at one of their... Read >

I Love Touring Florence, Italy - Hotels Near The San Lorenzo Basilica

San Lorenzo is a Fifteenth Century Basilica in central Florence, a short walk northwest of the Duomo, the Florence Cathedral. You should definitely visit this beautiful building and the surroundings. You may want to consider a hotel in this neighborhood t... Read >

A Wine Lover's Weekly Guide To $10 Wines - A Southern Italian Basic Red

I am quite a fan of fine Italian wine, and have managed to taste and review at least one wine from each of Italy's twenty regions. This column has examined several bargain Italian wines. Today we look at a red wine from Apulia, also known as Puglia. This... Read >

I Love Organic Wine - An Italian Dolcetto

The Piedmont region of northern Italy produces many great wines, but none of them are based on the Dolcetto grape. Dolcetto means little sweet things in Italian and is the most popular red grape in Piedmont. There are seven Dolcetto wine designations base... Read >

I Love Kosher Wine - A Cabernet Sauvignon From Israel

The Upper Galilee region of northern Israel sports some of the country's highest mountains. We're talking about more than a kilometer (more than five-eighths of a mile high). While such mountains can't begin to compete with Mount Everest, they may lead to... Read >

A Wine Lover's Weekly Guide To $10 Wines - A Sauvignon Blanc From Australia

This is our second Australian wine review, and our first Sauvignon Blanc. Australia is a major wine producer partly because Australians drink well over twice as much wine per capita as do the Americans. Today's wine comes from Victoria, Australia's smalle... Read >

A Wine Lover's Weekly Guide To $10 Wines - A Cabernet Sauvignon From South Africa

This is our first bargain wine from South Africa, one very major wine country. The Nederburg winery was founded in 1791 near Paarl not far from the Cape of Good Hope. This wine belongs to their series, the Winemaker's Reserve. It is marketed by Stellenbos... Read >