Wine Travel
Explore luxury wine travel through curated editorial by Jamie Knee, founder of Petite Wine Traveler and a leading voice in wine travel and enotourism. This collection of wine travel articles highlights destinations such as Napa Valley, Santa Barbara wine country, France, Italy, and beyond, with insider access to winemakers, vineyard experiences, and luxury hospitality. Each story connects wine, culture, and place, offering a thoughtful perspective on global wine travel for readers seeking depth, beauty, and meaning in every destination.
Over the summer, I traveled through California’s Central Coast to explore Paso Robles Rhône Valley wines. This region continues to inspire wine lovers around the world. Paso Robles sits almost perfectly between San Francisco and Los Angeles. It offers rolling hills, sweeping vistas, and a climate that mirrors the Mediterranean. The warm days, cool Pacific breezes,…
By Jamie Knee | Luxury Wine Travel Writer & Petite Wine Traveler | Château de la Ragotière Muscadet: A Loire Valley Hidden Gem Worth Traveling For As a global wine writer, I spend my life chasing the stories behind the world’s most compelling vineyards. Every region carries its own heartbeat, shaped by terroir, heritage, and…
By Jamie Knee When you think of wine travel, Miami may not be the first destination that comes to mind. Yet as a luxury wine travel writer, I was invited to cover a special Don Melchor 30th anniversary tasting at Bourbon Steak in the JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort & Spa. Here, Chile’s iconic Cabernet Sauvignon…
South Beach Seafood Festival Preview with Wine Travel Writer Jamie Knee By Jamie Knee South Florida is famous for its sparkling coastline and incredible seafood, with water on three sides and fishing culture woven into daily life. As a wine travel writer who loves any excuse to pair fresh oysters with a crisp glass of…
By Jamie Knee A Journey Into the Heart of Sauternes and Barsac In the southern reaches of Bordeaux lies a landscape that feels touched by magic. Sauternes, one of the region’s most celebrated AOCs, is revered for its opulent, full bodied sweet wines crafted primarily from Sémillon. These golden nectars, shaped by nature’s rarest phenomenon,…
Where to Sip in Miami By Jamie Knee Miami often brings to mind fast cars, neon lights, sandy beaches, and the iconic scenes made famous by Miami Vice. Yet the true Miami, the one locals cherish, is far more nuanced. It is a mosaic of intimate neighborhoods, each with its own rhythm and personality. When…
By Jamie Knee A Harvest Dinner Under the Paso Robles Sky There are evenings in a wine writer’s life that feel like they drift straight from the pages of a novel, and joining the Winemakers Harvest Dinner at Villa San-Juliette was one of them. I had the joy of being seated next to winemaker Dan…
Join me on a Paso Robles Wine Travel Tour that promises to be an unforgettable experience. By Jamie Knee As a luxury wine travel writer, I spent part of the summer in California’s Central Coast. I kicked off my Paso Robles Wine Travel Tour with a fabulous Paso Robles Downtown City Tour. It was hosted by Laura…
By Jamie Knee| Wine Talk with What is Up Miami shares engaging insights. Excerpts from an interview with Wine Talk and What is Up Miami cover various topics, showcasing Jamie Knee’s business ventures. Growing up in Southern California and Honolulu, wine and agriculture were parts of Jamie Knee’s personal experience. Later, after relocating to Miami,…
Explore the delightful flavors of Colombian seafood on South Beach. By Jamie Knee South Beach is famous for its electric energy, and it is also home to some of the city’s most flavorful cuisine. This includes standout Colombian seafood on South Beach. During Swim Week, we slipped into La Ventana, a lively Colombian favorite that locals…
How California’s Central Coast shaped a luxury wine travel writer, presenter, and storyteller connecting wine, hospitality, culture, and place. By Jamie Knee As a Santa Barbara wine travel writer, I am excited to share my experiences exploring this beautiful region. There are places that reveal themselves slowly, through a sequence of small and beautiful details.…
Women Winemakers and Culinarians Grand Tasting. By Jamie Knee There are wine regions you admire from a distance, and there are wine regions that become part of who you are. For me, Santa Barbara wine country is both home and inspiration. As a Santa Barbara wine writer, wine travel writer, and founder of Petite Wine…
Celebrating National Spritz Day, by Jamie Knee There are some drinks that do more than refresh us. They carry mood, and a sense of place. They carry a whole way of living that feels instantly transportive from the very first sip. That is part of what I have always loved about the spritz,…
The Voice of Luxury Wine Travel and Enotourism By Jamie Knee, Wine Travel Writer and Speaker Wine has always been more than something to taste. At its most powerful, it becomes a way of understanding a place more deeply, expressing landscape and history and culture and memory in a way few other things can. A…
Los Angeles Enotourism Guide: Where I eat and drink in LA. By Jamie Knee As the founder of Petite Wine Traveler, I look at wine, food, culture, and travel through the lens of enotourism, the meeting point of wine, hospitality, food, and place. My work has increasingly been positioned in wine travel media and enotourism,…
Los Angeles Enotourism Guide: Where I eat and drink in LA. By Jamie Knee As the founder of Petite Wine Traveler, I look at wine, food, culture, and travel through the lens of enotourism, the meeting point of wine, hospitality, food, and place. My work has increasingly been positioned in wine travel media and enotourism,…
Top wine travel guide to Monaco, Le Mans, Royal Ascot, Art Basel, Milan, Wimbledon, and the summer calendar shaping luxury travel now! By Jamie Knee Summer at the top end of travel is never just about where people go. It is about why they go, how they experience a place, and what turns an…
By Jamie Knee | Petite Wine Traveler | Luxury Wine Travel Writer, Global Wine Presenter, and Enotourism Storyteller How enotourism connects wine, hospitality, luxury travel, and destination identity, and why the right voice makes all the difference What Enotourism Really Means Enotourism is one of those words that sounds narrow until you begin to understand…
How Kraków and Małopolska are emerging as one of the most compelling new wine travel destinations in Europe. By, Jamie Knee Last month, I traveled to Kraków, Poland, where I was invited to speak at the International Wine Tourism Conference. I arrived expecting to find an emerging category that felt technically promising and still…
Why Santa Barbara remains one of California’s most beautiful enotourism escapes. By Jamie Knee, Petite Wine Traveler. This guide will share my insights into Santa Barbara wine travel. Santa Barbara is one of California’s most compelling luxury travel destinations, offering beaches, wine country, year-round beauty, and a distinctive enotourism experience on the American Riviera. For…