Makeup-artist-turned-travel-blogger Penny Sadler knows her wine. Her blog Adventures of a Carryon documents her travels, offering first-hand accounts of the places she visited and restaurants she dined in—with special focus on wine and wineries.
“You might find me stomping through vineyards in the Italian countryside, or flying over Napa Valley wineries in a hot air balloon,” she relays on her website. “But most of all, you will find me wandering through the streets and alleyways looking for the unseen, overlooked, hiding-in-plain-sight stories and connections that make life exciting.”
Naturally, her two favorite places to travel to are France and Italy. “The best vacation I’ve ever taken is usually the most recent,” she told Travel Awaits, “because I only travel to places I am sincerely interested in. That said, I loved Alsace, France. The wines are my favorite, and the people are so lovely. I’m also crazy for Rome! I loved it from the moment I first saw it—and I always will.”
But with international travel largely restricted, Sadler’s recommendations and blog posts have also gone through some changes.
“Are you drinking more this summer?” she asked in a recent Instagram posts, explaining how numbers show that since the beginning of the pandemic, Americans are drinking more than usual. “In fact I think liquor and wine sales [are] up 35% from last year,” she writes. “Anyway I’m here to help you find some new things to drink this summer.”
Sounds like a plan!
