World Travels From Where You Are

The view from behind the pot stills on the island of Raasay…. their whisky is appropriately named “While We Wait”

We’re all becoming resigned to the fact that travel is not high on our list of priorities for the next couple of months. But we don’t have to miss the places we love, and love to travel to. Food and wine travel is an adventure all of its own… grab your favorite glass of wine, a bowl of fresh pasta in a simple sauce and you can transport yourself to Italy for the evening. A simple baguette, some cheese and a glass of Sauvignon Blanc can take me to a bistro in Paris and some wonderful memories almost any time, and there’s nothing like a Belini, with ripe peach juice and Proseco to send me straight back to Harry’s Bar in Venice, in the days before the tourists got there !

But my easiest journey for sure, is the one I take when homesickness hits hard. The road home to Scotland. Late last year, I was fortunate to spend some time in conversation with BIll Dobbie, the owner of a new distillery, Raasay .

A glass of While We Wait in hand, a rainy Hawaii evening and a slightly cool breeze blowing through the palm trees and I can imagine myself there once again…

What’s your favorite food/wine journey that you can take from home? We’d love to hear.