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...Diego, you can indulgently veg out at the Lodge at Torrey Pines (www. lodgetorreypines.com) Book in January, and reserve one of your days to tag along on a day trip offered by Nick Burns, wine director of nearby Arterra restaurant (Bradley Ogden's splashy restaurant ensconced in the San Diego Marriott Del Mar). This "Arterra Wine of the Earth" is a voyage to Baja wineries in the Guadalupe Valley. The day includes winery visits, lunch at a winery, a walk through warm vineyards, then a return to the hotel that evening for a four-course meal paired with the best...
...tour, which lasts 10 days, starts in Cape Town, just outside of the Stellenbosch, South Africa's most famed wine-producing area. You'll be biking through some of the most beautiful viticultural landscapes in the world. Wines to look for are Pinotage (an odd cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsault, a South African original) and Chenin Blanc. The area produces excellent Sauvignon Blancs as well. And the wine flavors line up beautifully with the fragrant cuisine...
...being one--there is no wrong time to visit the object of our affection, even January, when most normal people are dreaming about running around scantily clad on a warm, sunny beach. But for two days beginning Jan. 29, 2005, the St. Vincent Tournante, a 61-year-old wine festival, will take over the city of Beaune, just two hours or so from Paris by train. Expect chilly temps (in the low 40s) and wet weather, but the event is sure to be a slice of sweet local wine culture in one of the most exalted wine lands...
...been to weekend wine festivities in Beaune, and the town knows how to throw a party. St. Vincent is the patron saint of the grape harvest, and several thousand people--locals and international guests--are expected to fête him and put in a good word for the 2005 vintage...
...avoided island R. & R. because of a reputation for bad food and overpriced wines, there is salvation at Sandy Lane, the place in Barbados that made news as the location of Tiger Woods' wedding. Sandy Lane has the obligatory brilliant beach, spa, golf course, tennis courts and all the trimmings, but besides being a slice of paradise, it has a handful of interesting, on-premises restaurants and one of the few really decent, not totally outrageously priced beach- resort wine lists, as a recent spotting of the fine Picq Petit Chablis for about $50 confirms. From $700 a night. www.sandylane.com