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Award-winning Travel Blog The Sophisticated Life Launches Culinary Travels, Offering Bespoke Group Trips to Food & Wine Destinations |

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The Sophisticated Life, a renowned travel blog covering luxury travel, food and wine for the past 10 years, is all set to embark on a new journey with the launch of Culinary Travels. This new venture from distinguished travel blogger and content creator Dr. Nadeen White will offer small, curated, luxury, food, and wine group trips.

ATLANTA, Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — After captivating readers for the last 10 years through her travel blog The Sophisticated Life, acclaimed Black content creator Dr. Nadeen White is all set to launch Culinary Travels in early 2023. Over the last decade, Dr.

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New South Austin Wine Cafe Golden Hour Opens With Bright New Space

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New South Austin dining and drinking destination Golden Hour opened earlier in November at 7731 Menchaca Road, Suite 100. Co-owners Barclay Stratton and Evan Dunivan sought to open a nice cafe and wine bar for South Austinites, similar in style to European cafes in terms of food, wines, space, and easy service styles. This means tons of bites, dishes, and natural wines served in a beautifully airy space with tons of natural light.

Under Stratton, who is the chef, food-wise, this means a morning menu of pastries such as sweet and savory croissants, and an all-day menu with snacking items

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Chefs in spotlight at Wine & Food Experience in Camarillo

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Spots still remain for restaurants, chefs and other food-related vendors to join the Wine & Food Experience Nov. 12 at the Camarillo Hangar.

The event presented by USA TODAY, parent company of the Ventura County Star, will feature bites from area eateries and sips from breweries, distilleries and vineyards. The festival at the Camarillo Airport runs 1-4 p.m. in the hangar at 455 Aviation Drive.

Already signed on are Graham Harris of Thousand Oak’s farm-to-table Decker Kitchen and Yukari Watanabe of Ventura’s Gotetsu, which serves Japanese small dishes, among other local chefs.

This festival functions as a grand tour of

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Burgundy is the hot wine this fall, with Rhone a runner-up

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Burgundy is what’s trending on the fall wine scene — and the New York City Wine & Food Festival is where you’ll find the latest vintage.

“Burgundy is really leading the pack as far as growth,” Joseph Edgar from Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, who is curating the festival’s main event, told the Daily News. “Burgundy’s the hottest thing. From a profile standpoint, there’s nothing like it in the world.”

A vineyard in Burgundy, France. (Shutterstock/Shutterstock)

Starting Thursday, the 15th edition of the four-day gathering will bring together 400 food experts — including celebrity chefs, culinary personalities and wine producers

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BLENDED AUSTIN Wine And Music Festival Announces Culinary And Wine Lineups

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BLENDED AUSTIN Wine And Music Festival Announces Culinary And Wine Lineups

Blended Festival, the fast-growing music, wine, and food event presented by My Wine Society, announces the culinary lineup and wine lineup for their inaugural Blended Austin, to take place Friday, Sept. 10 and Saturday, Sept. 11 at Hartman Lawn at The Long Center for Performing Arts (701 W. Riverside Dr, Austin, Texas 78704).

The two-day wine-centric event also announces new safety regulations and guidelines in light of the current COVID-19 protocols in place in the City of Austin, which can be found below. For updates, follow @BlendedFest on Instagram and Facebook.

Blended Festival Celebrity Sommelier Matthew-Loren Lindsey

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Five Wichita restaurants earn Wine Spectator honors

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Brent, left, and Brad Steven own the Wine Dive. The restaurant won a Best of Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator.

Brent, left, and Brad Steven own the Wine Dive. The restaurant won a Best of Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator.

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Wine Spectator magazine recently put out its list of 2021 Restaurant Awards, and five Wichita restaurants were on it.

The magazine, which each year honors the “world’s best restaurants for wine,” this year recognized 2,917 restaurants from all 50 states and from more than 72 countries.

The magazine chooses award winners on three levels. The top is the Grand Award, given to only 103 restaurants this year.

The next best is the Best of Award of Excellence,

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