Catalonia Wine Trip 🇪🇸

Mas Martinet, Sara Perez, René Barbier, Josep d'Anguera, Roc Gramona, vineyard visits, world class wines, wset diploma

Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life July, 2023 Long anticipated reunion After having finished the last block session of the Wine Academy Austria in Florence in April 2022 where we shared an apartment, we then promised to stay in contact in the future. Also we introduced a “wine fund” to whom we all […]

WSET Diploma Block Session 3 🇮🇹

WSET Diploma, Austrian Wine Academy, Florence, Weinakademiker, Block Session Tuscany, wine tasting, tasting training, wine excursions, wine friendships, Avignonesi

Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life April, 2022 Session in Florence and wine day trips The last block session is being regarded as the icing on the cake for this program because it features great excursions even though classes in a hotel in central Florence remain nourishing.  However it felt like being a […]

WSET Diploma Block Session 2 🇦🇹

WSET Diploma, Austrian Wine Academy, Rust, Weinakademiker, Block Session, wine tasting, tasting training, wine excursions, wine friendships

Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life November, 2021 After the summer and our first exam in the Spring it was time for the next block session. It was again an intense week of studies and tasting training, 3 exams for those who wanted to take all three of them, and luckily a few […]

WSET Diploma Block Session 1 🇦🇹

Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life May, 2021 We were just coming out of the second corona measures when the seminar started. And the Austrians were still in partial lock-down but the seminar luckily was able to start. Our class of 20 is a cool international mixture of everything, notably female dominated and […]

ThermaHealth: Distribution of envionmentally friendly Spirulina🇬🇷

Spirulina farming, environmental friendly, natural hot springs, Therm, Macedonia, Greece,

Albert R. Stutz, Owner & Partner, Vistamar January 28th, 2022 Establish distribution for Spirulina plant in Greece Spirulina is a microalga containing a large spectrum of nutrients rendering to support a healthy lifestyle. Mainly its antioxidants amongst vitamins and proteins make it a sought-after food additive for an increasing part of the health conscious population. In […]

Mollis 🇨🇭

Transamerica 2021 | Mollis | Switzerland | home base | real paradise | happy to be home

Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transamerica 2021 HOMEBASE / STOP 13  October 17, 2021 Pico, Azores – Mollis, Switzerland Flight distance: 1810 nmHours in the air: 4:30 Mollis – home home A nice and temperate morning greeted us at Pocinhobay. The sun was just coming up when we walked on the empty […]

Pico, Azores 🇵🇹

Transamerica 2021 | Madalena | Pico | Azores | Portugal | Vocano Pico

Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Transamerica 2021 STOP 12  October 14, 2021 Liberia, Costa Rica – Bermuda  Flight distance: 2036 nm (Fuel stop in Turks and Caicos)Hours in the air: 4:48 October 15, 2021 STOP 13 Bermuda – Pico, Azores Flight distance: 1880 nmHours in the air: 4:54 Azores – a word […]

Provence 🇫🇷

Road Trip trough wine country and lavender fields with a Lexus SC430 Convertible

Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life June 20, 2021 The Provence has been on my travel list for many years but in pre-corona times was on the lower end as more exotic destinations lured. This year it was an easy choice as besides the landscape and lifestyle together with those famous lavender fields […]

Venice – Italy 🇮🇹

Mavic 2 Pro footage

Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life December 27th, 2020 I have not been back to Venice for two decades. Knowing that with over 11 Mio. visitors per year it would be a crowded place to be, not my preference. Once Corona hit and with it the lockdown I saw an opportunity to experience […]

Göschener Alp, Uri – Swiss Mountains 🫕

Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life December 27th, 2020 2020, which will go down as Covid year, made me stay in Switzerland for a good while. Luckily we have fantastic landscapes in the Swiss mountains. The photos in this order were shot at: Bürchen, Valais Robiei, Val Bavona, Ticino Göschnereralp, Uri Malcantone, Ticino […]

Crete – Greece 🇬🇷

Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life December 13th, 2020 While Crete has been on my list for a very long time, other attractions further away seemed more in focus. But since this year everything is different and Greece had a very efficient way of testing people randomly on arrival, it was an easy […]

Tuscany 🇮🇹

Mavic 2 Pro footage

Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life November 13th, 2020 One could say why Italy again!  Well for starters we are still in Covid-19 times which makes flying not the most desirable way to travel, plus wine and Tuscany make up for a great combination 🍷🇮🇹. First stop was the heart of Chianti, Greve […]

Trieste 🇮🇹 & Croatia 🇵🇾

Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life January 21st, 2020 Trieste, the gateway to Slovenia and Croatia. Its location at the crossroads of Latin, Slavic, and Germanic cultures, belonging to the Habsburg Monarchy  from 1382 until 1918 being its most important seaport. This history can be seen at every step and the mix of […]

Northern Norway 🇳🇴

Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life October 22th, 2019 Expectations were high but have been passed by a mile! Great countryside, easy roads and motorists made getting around a real pleasure. We camped every 2nd night wild somewhere we just ended up and it turned out nice every time. Last but not least […]

Off the beaten track in Nevada & California – USA 🇺🇸

Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life October 3rd, 2019 Scenes from an adventure through the jewels of the Mojave Desert. Starting from Beatty NV, navigating Titus Canyon road to the Badlands of the Death Valley. Then on to Mojave with its jet plane parking field. Driving the Cima Road through deserted Mojave National […]

Ibiza 🇪🇸

Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life March 8th, 2019 Just enjoying.

Malta 🇲🇹, Lampedusa 🇮🇹 and Tunis 🇹🇳

Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Balkans, Black & Mediterranean Sea 2017 STOP 5-7 July 6, 2017 The leg to Malta was a bit longer and therefore we arrived a bit later than usual. Lunch at the seaport underneath Valletta was followed by a wonderful afternoon in the old part of the ancient […]

Tirana – Albania 🇦🇱

Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Balkans, Black & Mediterranean Sea 2017 STOP 4 July 6, 2017 Albania greeted us with fine views of nicely shaped mountains and turquoise beaches. The city of Tirana itself comes across as pretty much unassuming. Even our tour guide said there is nothing to see, when asked. […]

Sozopol – Bulgaria 🇧🇬

Balkans, Black & Mediterranean Sea

Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Balkans, Black & Mediterranean Sea 2017 STOP 3 July 6, 2017 The outlook for the weekend looked promising and it turned out that way. After landing in Burgas, Bulgaria we transferred to Sozopol, one of Bulgarias premier black sea resorts. We found a nice place to stay […]

Sarajevo – Bosnia 🇧🇦

Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Balkans, Black & Mediterranean Sea 2017 STOP 2 July 6, 2017 The city greeted us in typical summer conditions. Old town is filled with tourists mainly from Arabic countries and, as we were told, home-comers of the larger Bosnian diaspora community. The air is filled with smoke […]

Belgrade – Serbia 🇷🇸

Alficionado ♡ treasuring the good sides of life Balkans, Black & Mediterranean Sea 2017 STOP 1 July 6, 2017 Just in time ahead of the end of a longer summer weather period in Switzerland we took off for Belgrade. The city where the river Sava joins the Danube is today a sprawling capital of Serbia. […]