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Our Wine and Travel Adventures in Europe

From 2009 to 2020, Meril Markley wrote articles about her travels in Europe for the Wine Society of Texas. The articles are organized by country, below, or the complete collection can be downloaded.

Austria

Heurigen
New Wine in Old Venues and Tales from Vienna Woods
Cellini Saliera
Austrian Wine Worth its Salt
austria-wine-regions
A Trip to Austria without the Jet Lag

Belgium

Bruges
Musseling in on Trips to Belgium

Czech Republic

Hergetova Cihelna Prague
Checking out Oranges and Austrian Wines in Prague

France

La Madeleine at Night
A Christmas Carnival of the Animals in the City of Light
La Chaume 'Yerres
Homage to a Big Cheese in Brie
Cahors Bridge
Out for the Count in Languedoc
chateau-neuf-du-pape-town
Getting an Ear-Full in Van Gogh's Town
Le Roi de Pot au Feu
Quaffing the King's Tipple in a Paris Comfort Zone
La Famille Guillon
Uncorking Vintage France One Family at a Time
Haut Koenigsbourg in the Snow
Glühwein and Other Germanic Treats in the Land of Noël
l'escargot montorgeuil
Paris at a Snail's Pace
Fontainebleau Castle
A Honey of a Duck after the Hunt at Fontainebleau
Chateau of Chambord
Missing the Crus on the Loire

Germany

Lubeck
Sipping the Bounties of a League's Final Hold-Outs

Hungary

Prinz Eugen in Budapest
A Hungarian Rhapsody of Duck and Tokay in Budapest

Italy

Simon Boccanegra Florence
A Winter's Tale from the Black Mouth of Florence
Markleys on Rialto Bridge in Venice
Venice Conjures its Wintertime Magic with Vivaldi and a Mandoline
Perugia
Enchanted by Umbria — Perugia and Beyond
Leon D'Oro Rome
Pining for Porcini after a Roman Holiday
Bologna at Night
Recalling Icons of a Bygone Era on a Trip to Bologna
decumani-hotel-breakfast-room
Avoiding the Staples of Naples

Malta

Valetta Malta
Crossing Malta off the List

Portugal

lisbon-praca do comercio
Lisbon for the Spice of Life

Spain

basilica-de-la-sagrada-familia
Up in Smoke in Gaudi's Barcelona

United Kingdom

La Poule au Pot in London
A Fowl Visit to London with a French Take on a Chicken in Every Pot
Christ Church Cathedral Oxford
Cracking the Morse Code on a Visit to Oxford
Highland cattle in the countryside
Scotland in the Footsteps of her Queen

During 2019 and 2020, Meril Markley was the editor of the Newsletter of the Wine Society of Texas after years of writing its columns about travel in Europe.

Collected Articles for WST by Meril Markley
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Fall 2020 Newsletter of the Wine Society of Texas
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Summer 2020 Newsletter of the Wine Society of Texas
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Spring 2020 Newsletter of the Wine Society of Texas
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Winter 2019 Newsletter of the Wine Society of Texas
Click to Download Winter 2019
WST Newsletter Fall 2019
Click to Download Fall 2019