Twelve Mile Circle – An Appreciation of Unusual Places

Tag: Vineyard

  • Inland Northwest, Day 1 (Staging)

    Was there a name for that largely empty space beyond Washington’s Cascades Range and into the Idaho Panhandle? A little research suggested the Inland Northwest, or perhaps a now lesser-used designation, the Inland Empire (not to be confused with a similarly named area of California). Anyway, that’s where I traveled for a few days on…

  • Little Loudoun Loop

    I traveled an hour west of Washington, DC for a Loudoun Wine Adventure back in 2012. In the time since then, beverage tourism has only increased in this Northern Virginia county. Now visitors can select from about 50 vineyards, 35 breweries, and a smattering of distilleries, cideries, and meaderies within this single jurisdiction. I’m beginning…

  • Porto do Cachorro

    Pico, The Azores (Açores), Portugal (March 2001) Porto do Cachorro meets the sea on Pico’s northwestern coast (map). It is an old, traditional town with narrow streets along a rugged coastline of rapidly cooled lava flows. When people settle the island they naturally used locally available building materials. For Pico that meant charcoal-black volcanic rocks.…

  • Canandaigua Lake

    Canandaigua, Ontario Co., New York, USA (August 6, 2003) The Finger Lakes Region is amazingly beautiful. There are many different publicly accessible beaches and parks. We spent the day touring around Canandaigua Lake. Later we stopped at the north end of the lake in the town with the same name, for a little swimming and…

  • Seneca Lake

    Lodi, Seneca Co., New York, USA (August 7, 2003) The Seneca Lake Wine Trail is not to be missed. There are dozens of vineyards around the lake in close proximity to each other, and it is very easy to try as many as you like. Here’s the kid checking out some of those grapes that…