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.
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…
A Petite Wine Traveler Guide to Late Fall Comfort, with Jamie Knee As late autumn settles in and kitchens fill with soft warmth, cozy dishes find new elegance through thoughtful wine pairing. Luxury wine travel writer Jamie Knee, The Petite Wine Traveler, invites you to explore a refined collection of wine and soup pairings that…
Petite Wine Traveler Explores is a slow and sensory exploration of the landscapes, people, and craftsmanship of California’s Central Coast! Created and hosted by Jamie Knee, produced with Bounce Em, an Emmy-winning team. Petite Wine Traveler Explores PBS Travel & Wine Series is a cinematic journey into the soul of California’s Central Coast — its…
Experience the Golden Door, a luxury wellness retreat with private-label wines, chef-driven cuisine and Japanese-inspired tranquility. A true wine and wellness escape.
A Luxury Wine and Seasonal Food Pairing Journey, with Wine Writer Jamie Knee As cooler evenings arrive and kitchens fill with warmth, cozy fall wine and food pairings become essential for the season of slow cooking, elegant comfort food, and thoughtful wine matchings. It’s the perfect time for cozy fall wine and food pairings. Luxury…
Discover the world’s most exciting emerging wine regions, from Swiss terraced vineyards overlooking Lake Geneva to Japan’s alpine wineries and Mexico’s bold Baja reds. These hidden destinations offer unforgettable wines, rich culinary culture and fewer crowds — perfect for the modern luxury wine traveler seeking something truly new.
Explore five incredible fall wine destinations around the world with luxury wine travel writer Jamie Knee, from Italy and France to Oregon, Napa and Rioja. Sip, savor and stay in the season’s most beautiful wine regions.
Luxury Wine & Art Travel with Writer Jamie Knee Luxury wine travel meets European art culture in remarkable ways, and no one captures that relationship like luxury wine travel writer Jamie Knee. Across Europe, there are rare places where art is not decoration but identity, where architecture, sculpture, cuisine and wine tell a story of…
Discover the Royal Hotel Sanremo, a historic gem on Italy’s Riviera dei Fiori, where sea-view suites, iconic gardens, and Michelin-starred dining capture the romance of the Belle Époque. From sunset terraces to legendary guests, this seaside retreat is a luxurious escape into timeless Riviera elegance.
By Jamie Knee You might not know Roero yet, but if you love Nebbiolo from Barolo or Barbaresco, with perfume and noble tannins, you should. I just returned from Piemonte’s Roero wine region, where this same grape produces red wines of grace and immediate pleasure, and where Arneis, its white counterpart, shines with luminous brightness.…
Luxury Wine Travel in California with Wine Travel Writer Jamie Knee California Wine Month celebrates California’s top wine regions, and there’s no better time to explore them with luxury wine travel writer Jamie Knee. From the grandeur of Napa Valley to the coastal elegance of Santa Barbara, the fog-wrapped Pinot vineyards of Sonoma,…