Ep 488: Wine Travel -- The Inside Scoop on How to Have an Awesome Trip

Wine for Normal People

Alcohol, Lifestyle, Arts, Education, Food, Wine, Dining, Grapes

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🗓️ 4 September 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In this show, we share our best tips for traveling to wine regions. We cover planning and research, the best time of year to visit, and important factors once you’re on the ground. From getting a shipper so your wine is ready to check or ship, to stocking up on gas and provisions, to traveling with kids, we’ve got you covered.

Photo: Château Phelan-Segur. Credit: Wine For Normal People

Some key resources we mention: The WFNP podcast catalog is a great resource for finding wineries I recommend: www.winefornormalpeople.libysyn.com

The information on getting wine home, as published on the US Customs & Border Site: https://help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-212?language=en_US

I hope you enjoy this show and it makes wine travel more fun and relaxing! Happy trails!

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wine for Normal People, the podcast for people who like wine, but not the snobbery
0:12.6	that goes with it.
0:16.0	I'm your host, Elizabeth Schneider, author of the Wine for Normal People Book, and certified
0:20.0	wine dork.
0:21.0	And I'm MC Ice, just a wine-loving normal person.
0:24.1	This podcast is sponsored by Wine Access, go to wineaccess.com slash W at the MP and check
0:30.0	out the page with my latest picks, or join the wine club, wineaccess.com slash normal.
0:35.5	I love their wines, listen in the middle of the show for more details.
0:40.0	Occasionally, I do it probably quarterly.
0:43.2	I go to the patrons and I say, what topics do you want me to talk about on the show?
0:48.2	What do you want to have a patron, many class on, or do you want to hang out?
0:51.7	What do they want to see covered in some way?
0:53.8	The one thing that got cut out of the last book, that I was very, very sad about, was
0:59.7	the travel chapter.
1:01.3	When I do the next book, I am actually planning on taking the same chapter, updating it,
1:06.3	and putting it in the new book.
1:08.0	But it will cover a lot of the things that we talk about in the show.
1:10.9	It's just always nice, I think, to have it in writing, which is the whole point of writing
1:14.4	these books.
1:15.4	Great.
1:16.4	When can we buy Wine for Normal People Part Do?
1:19.3	Well, when can I finish writing it?
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