Great wine in the home of golf? How to drink good wine during the Scottish Open and Open Championship, July 11-21, 2024
It is quite possible and actually easy to drink great wine in Scotland if you’re traveling for the Genesis or Open Championship. Avoid the plonk and email the St. Andrews Wine Company now!
Open for business? The US Open, Pinehurst #2, June 13-16, 2024
You won’t find wine to match the caliber of the golf at Pinehurst, but no reason to break an 8-iron across your knee either…
My old Kentucky Rhone. The PGA Championship, Valhalla GC, May 16-19, 2024
Louisville is not a wine slugger’s paradise. You’d think between Valhalla and The Derby there’d be at least one category killer restaurant or retailer, but we couldn’t find them. We did find a place you can taste 155 bourbons though…
When in Rome: Special Ryder Cup Edition, Sep 29-Oct 1, 2023
Special Ryder Cup Edition. We’re putting the putt in puttanesca with our overview of the best wine lists in Rome.
My kind of wine town: BMW Championship, Olympia Fields, August 20-23, 2023
What’s happening in the city of big shouldered wine bottles? Plenty, as you’ll see during the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields.
Special Open Championship Installment Royal Liverpool, July 20-23, 2023
This year the 151st Open Championship will be held at Royal Liverpool. Want your favorite wines waiting for you when you arrive?
Lexington comes up lame: The Barbasol Championship, Keane Trace Golf Club, July 13-16, 2023
Bourbon, horses, and…good wine? Is it too much to ask of Lexington, KY during the Barbasol Championship?
Open For Business: The US Open, Los Angeles Country Club, June 15-18, 2023
A few quick additions from my February 2023 write-up for the Genesis. Some great wine lists await the great golf…
Oaky Dokey in Rochester: The PGA, Oak Hill CC, May 18-21, 2023
We weren’t entirely sure what to expect wine-wise in Rochester for the 2023 PGA. It’s not what we’d call a “rocking” wine scene, but it’s not devoid of charm either. So since it’s at Oak Hill this year, we settled on Oaky Dokey…
No limits to Austin’s wine scene: WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, March 22-26, 2023
As you might expect, the Austin wine scene is an eclectic mix of the weird and wonderful. We’ve got choices…
Nothing to see here: CJ Cup, Congaree Golf Club, October 16-19, 2022
We tried to find a good place to buy or drink wine near Congaree Golf Club, the new home of the 2022 CJ Cup north of Ridgeland, SC. We couldn’t, at least from afar.
Have a vine time in Charlotte: The President’s Cup, Quail Hollow Club, September 22-25, 2022
As we hit the tail end of the Tour season, it’s appropriate to pause for a moment and reflect on all the stops I’ve researched and written about. I have to say I was more excited by what I saw in Charlotte’s restaurant scene than many larger markets.
Where there’s Wilmington there’s a way. The BMW Championship, Wilmington Country Club, August 18-21, 2022
Wilmington, DE, the site of this year’s BMW Championship may not be thought of as a cosmopolitan destination but that doesn’t mean it’s devoid of wine culture.
No Bambino’s curse for Boston’s rocking wine scene: The US Open, The Country Club, June 16-19, 2022
Not that I know him, but I’ve always liked Justin Thomas for the way he plays the game and his public persona. Until this morning, that is, when I learned he’s a Red Sox fan via an uncle of his who’s from New England. Oh, well.
Is there a s-a-l-u-t in T-u-l-s-a? PGA Championship, Southern Hills, May 19-22, 2022
Wow, it’s going to be hard to talk about the retail store wine scene in Tulsa, site of the 2022 PGA Championship, without sounding a touch condescending.
Wine in DC? It’s a capital idea. Wells Fargo Championship, TPC Potomac at Avenel Farms, May 5-8 2022
The Wells Fargo Championship will be held this week at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farms, just a Cameron Champ bomb northwest of Washington, DC. It’s a daunting task trying to identify the best of the best places for wine in such a large and diverse restaurant scene, especially when the pandemic has made the job of just staying open so challenging.