Photos: Fiestas de San Mateo, Logroño, Spain

This wine harvest fiesta in Logroño, Spain, takes place on September 21st in the midst of the capital of the Rioja wine region. This is one of the premier wine regions of Spain and Logroño is one of Spain’s richest cities. Internationally-known vineyards like...

Photos: Vineyards of Santorini, Greece

Greece may be the cradle of winemaking. As long as 6,500 years ago wine here was an important part of life, of the economy, of Mediterranean trade. We don’t tend to think of Greece as a wine country, but it may be the mother country of wine in the Mediterranean...

Photos: The pastel party on the Greek island of Ios

The Greek island of Ios has been called wild, transformative, magical, amazing, clear and clean. That it is, and more. Believed to be the burial place of Homer, it has become one of the party centers of Europe. However, if partying is still de rigueur for the young, I...

Photos: Stairways to Santorini, Greece

Craig DeThomas made it from the Italian side of the Adriatic to Greece and then to the islands of the Aegean Sea. He left clouds, the occasional ochre yellow and burnt Sienna reds of Italy for the brilliant pastels of Greece. First Stop — Santorini with its volcanic...