Here’s an interesting tidbit about the state best known for bourbon and thoroughbreds. Kentucky can claim the nation’s first commercial vineyard and was once a top wine producer. Today that tradition returns and Equus Run Vineyards in tiny Midway, Kentucky, is one of the state’s finest.Fifteen >>

Ontario’s newest wine appellation — Prince Edward County — has arrived. And the region’s biggest fans are hoping no one notices. Midway between Toronto and Montreal, Prince Edward County has escaped travelers’ notice for years, set off from any expressway and outside the view of passers-by.But >>

In the 1950s, sampling New York wines was nothing to get excited about. The area was known for producing only sparkling and sweet wines, and neither exceedingly well. Cold winters kept more elegant vinifera grapes like Riesling, chardonnay and pinot noir from thriving, much to the >>

You can do the tour in a day — visiting the wineries of the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail and sampling everything from a full-bodied Chambourcin at Hedman Vineyard to a sweet Ruvanesque at Inheritance Valley Vineyard. Only minutes apart, the 12 wineries offer a delicious escape >>

Once used as an equestrian facility, Black Star Farms on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula is much more than an award-winning winery. The property is a 160-acre agricultural destination complete with an on-site creamery, a summertime farmer’s market and an eight-room, plantation-style B&B tucked away amongst the vineyards >>

With towering, timber-frame construction and a green roof with cupolas designed to evoke Churchill Downs, Elk Creek Vineyards in Owenton, Kentucky, was built to elicit oohs and aahs. And it does. From its massive, three-story stone hearth to its polished wood beams stretching up to vaulted >>

Just imagine: It’s a rainy weekend, and you and several strangers have been invited to the secluded home of a famed billionaire, only to find that the relaxing vacation has been upset by a murder — and if the case isn’t solved, you could be next. >>

Each year on the first Saturday after Thanksgiving, satiated diners abandon the turkey leftovers and overcrowded shopping malls and head to northern Michigan for a day of wine and macaroni and cheese. Yes, macaroni and cheese. But this is a dish your grandma wouldn’t recognize, and >>