Great finds in travel around the world
HOTEL CHEVAL, low-key luxury in Paso Robles, which happens to be a great wine destination. Right off 
the main square, you’re at the hotel in half a block. If you’re not ready to retire, grab a bottle and a few glasses and relax by the outdoor fire, cozy year-round in California’s cool night air. The next morning, feel pampered when you discover the customizable breakfast basket left outside your door.
Hotel San Rocco, a small, very welcoming hotel with an incredibly fine restaurant in a tiny town in the wine-oriented region of northwest Istria (Croatia) Stay upstairs, enjoy the pool or spa if you have time.
Mas Passamaner,a boutique hotel and spa with a high-end style restaurant,out in the Tarragona countryside near the wine regions of Priorat and Montsant in Spain, just about in the middle of nowhere.
Poggio Etrusco, a farmhouse-style B&B owned by very knowledgeable cookbook author Pamela Sheldon Johns, in the Tuscan countryside near Montepulciano, Italy
. Apartments or a room. Breakfast outside your door in the morning, or with other guests in the main house. Pool in the summer. Quiet year-round. Daily info about everywhere in Italy, food-wise, from Panela.
Domaine des Grands Devers – a friendly, basic B&B and winery in Haute Provence, France, with a winery run by four brothers of a famous wine-making family. A small and wonderful find on a little lane amidst fields and vineyards.
