Last spring, during my travels with Semester at Sea, I had the opportunity to visit Japan. It was my eleventh country in three months and while I was loving every minute of my semester, I needed a break. Not a break from traveling - just from plans. In most of the other countries, I knew exactly what I was doing for every second of every day.
For a long time known simply as skiing wines, the best wines from Savoie deserve much greater recognition. After continued quality improvements in the wines over the past couple of decades, skiers coming to the French Alps should certainly consider adding on a day or two of vineyard visits in this beautiful French wine region in the foothills of the mountains.
