Wine Trail Traveler staff have visited and written about 500 wineries. What lies in their future? Future visits in 2010 will include wineries in Washington around Seattle and Wala Wala. During the fall we’ll visit wineries near San Diego, revisit Temecula and venture to Santa Barbara in California. Our 2010 visits will conclude with a trip to wineries in New Zealand.

Generally we have a rough idea of what wine regions to visit. The decision is based on several factors. We consider wine regions when contacted by groups in those regions and asked to visit. Occasionally we are part of a press trip to an area. When we make plans on our own, we look for a region that has several wineries relatively close together. Another criteria is that the wineries need to be open. This may seem obvious, however, if we travel to a region, we need to schedule daily visits. Many wineries throughout the country are not open seven days a week.

There are areas that we would be interested in visiting during 2011 and 2012. Those include Arizona, Missouri, Indiana, British Columbia with return visits to California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Michigan, and Ohio. We will continue to visit our local region yearly: Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Do you have suggestions about wine regions to visit?

Cheers,

Terry