Amawaterways River Cruising

River Cruising with Wilson Creek Winery, Tasting Ancient Vintages & Great German Dry Reislings: Mick Wilson, one of the founders and co-owners of Wilson Creek Winery in Temecula Valley, is interviewed by Paul Lasley on the On Travel Radio Show about tasting fantastic German wines while hosting a luxury AmaWaterways Wine River Cruise on the Rhine River. He talked about tasting ancient vintages that are hundreds if not thousands of years in the making, the famous dry Reislings that are so much different than the sweet Reislings available in the United States. During an AmaWaterways Wine River Cruise the vintner hosts bring wine from their vineyards that will be used in on-board wine seminars with food pairings and local wines for comparison. Each host also helps conduct tours and mingle with the passengers, many who are wine aficionados eager to learn about wine, food and travel. The watchwords from many wine experts are: local wines must be consumed with local foods because they have evolved together ov

Mick Wilson's Amazing Tales about Hosting AmaWaterways Wine River Cruises Throughout Europe: After being a wine river cruise host for AmaWaterways, from Prague to Budapest, Mick Wilson was interviewed by Paul Lasley on the syndicated On Travel Radio Show about his experiences on the Danube River with AmaWaterways. He loved the trip and enjoyed educating passengers of wine from his winery in the Temecula Valley, a new region to wine making that is just south of Los Angeles about 20 miles from the Pacific Ocean as the crow flies. Mick Wilson, a co-owner of Wilson Creek Winery with the rather large Wilson family, knew that many of the passengers would be new to wines from the Temecula Valley region, he is used to that, and found it challenging conducting tastings that contrasted with European varietals and fascinating doing it with AmaWaterways' chefs creating five star cuisine for the food pairings. AmaWaterways is widely considered the premier river cruise line in the travel industry and their line of win

History of Temecula Valley Wine Making with Mick Wilson, AmaWaterways Wine River Cruise Host: During his interview with Paul Lasley, on the syndicated On Travel Radio Show, Mick Wilson talks about the short history of winemaking in the Temecula Valley, just south of Los Angeles and 20 miles inland from the coast. Mick Wilson, co-owner of the Wilson Creek Winery, hosted an AmaWaterways Wine River Cruise in Europe and was pleased at being able to introduce the Temecula Valley wines to passengers who had never heard of this relatively new region of wine making. Similar to the South Rhone Valley in France, the Mediterranean climate has a nice ocean breeze, hot days and cool nights that is ideal for growing wine grapes. Forty years ago there was virtually no development in the region, thirty years ago Eli Callaway, famous golf club designer, began a winery and now there are 40 wineries in the area with ten more about to built in next few years. AmaWaterways will have Mick Wilson and his family host another

Start of Wilson Creek Winery in Temecula Valley, South of L.A., Now Exploding with Wine Production: In the last 20 years the Temecula Valley, south of Los Angeles and just inland, has seen an explosion of vineyards from nothing. The ocean breeze comes through the Rainbow Gap 20 miles away and with hot days and cool nights it a perfect Mediterranean climate, similar to the south Rhone Valley, for growing wine grapes. Mick Wilson, who hosted an AmaWaterways Luxury Wine River Cruise with his parents and wife, is part of the large Wilson family that founded the Wilson Creek Winery in 1996 and they have found success after starting from scratch. They were a socialite family in South Pasadena brought their Midwestern hospitality to the Temecula Valley and their facility hosts upwards of 1,200 people a day every weekend at their picnic grounds with live music and their massive wine tasting room. The Wilson Creek Winery has flagship wine in the Almond flavored sparkling along with a line that includes Petite