Europe After Hours
Food
- Asselheim: Slip off to a snail farm on the German Wine Road
- Alba: Annual fairoffers shoppers a true festival of flavorful fungi
- Böblingen: Brauhaus is great for big appetites
- Bad Dürkheim: Durkheimer Wurstmarkt holds annual 'wine and swine' fest
- Campania: Tour shows how Italian family makes buffalo cheese
- Cheese and chocolate: Delicious attractions in Switzerland
- Commissaries: Comparing European to Stateside
- Cyprus: The meze: A true taste tour
- Erdek: Area charms with scenery, seafood and fresh olive oil
- French markets offer a certain ‘je ne sais quoi’
- Gruyères: Medieval Swiss town offers plenty to sample
- Haggis: So good it's offal
- Hochheim: You never sausage a place!
- Istanbul: Home-cooked lesson gives true taste of Turkey
- Italian vendors head outdoors to sell their wares
- Lake Garda: Gourmet Italia course teaches Americans healthful, Mediterranean-style cooking
- The Languedoc-Roussillon: Stay in a château and taste this region of southern France
- Language, culture and cooking program satisfies mind and palate
- Liège: Savor the flavor of a Belgian market
Beer
- It’s the drink that lifts spirits
- Beer the next big thing in Italian cuisine
- Bitburg: Brewery’s doors always open to thirsty visitors
- ‘Bohemia’ means beer
- Schlitz: Drink in the ancient German origin of Schlitz beer
- Westvleteren: It takes special dispensation to buy rare beer brewed by Belgian monks
- ‘Ein prosit’ for steam beer
Spirits
Wine
- Alsace: French region yields fresh, fruity wines
- Bockenheim: Cruising the northern end of the German Wine Road
- Flörsheim-Wicker: Gateway to Germany's Riesling country
- Franciacorta: Toasting Italy’s champagne
- Frankfurt: Streetcar lets riders sample the sights and apple wine
- Hochheim am Main: German vintner shares thoughts on 'wine growing'
- Italy: How to choose from some of the best wines in the world
- Portuguese take the art of making Port wine seriously
- Rheingau: Germany’s land of the noble grape
- Rheinland-Pfalz: Trails between wineries enable cyclists to enjoy scenery, please palate
- Sir Winston's favorite: British prime minister was a fan of Bulgarian wine
- Styria: Austrian Region produces crisp and sweet wines
- Swabia: The broom outside a German wine inn is an invitation to enjoy wine and simple food
- Ticino: Where red wines rule
- Tuscany: Home of delicious reds and whites
Wine Festivals
Europe Travel News
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- Sicily: Eastern seaboard spoils visitors with versatility
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- Caltagirone: For centuries, Italian town has been known as the city of ceramics