Ep 373: Tips for Wine Travel with Travel Writer and Media Producer, Krista Simmons

<p><a href="http://www.kristasimmons.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Krista Simmons</a> is a culinary travel writer and producer who runs the digital media company,<strong> </strong><a href= "https://www.forkintheroadmedia.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Fork in the Road Media</a>. She has been on TV shows like Top Chef Masters, Knife Fight, Hell's Kitchen, The Today Show, and more. She has written for Travel + Leisure, Departures, and the Los Angeles Times.</p> <p><a href="http://www.forkintheroadmedia.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/45638/IMG_9638.jpg" alt="" width="278" height="348" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.kristasimmons.com">Krista</a> is the real deal: she has held jobs in the restaurant industry since she was 15. And following that she traveled, went to culinary school, and she's studying for WSET Level 2 Exam. She has lived more in her young life than most of us could hope to in our whole lives!</p> <p> </p> <p>In the show Krista joins to share her wisdom and advice on wine travel, and specifically on travel in the Santa Ynez Valley of Santa Barbara, California, which she recently covered for a ridiculously popular piece in <a href= "https://www.cntraveler.com/story/how-to-spend-a-weekend-in-californias-santa-ynez-valley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Condé Nast Travel</a>: <a href= "https://www.cntraveler.com/story/how-to-spend-a-weekend-in-californias-santa-ynez-valley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How to Spend a Weekend in California's Santa Ynez Valley</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.cntraveler.com/story/how-to-spend-a-weekend-in-californias-santa-ynez-valley" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/45638/cnt-logo.jpg" alt="" width="119" height="89" /></a></p> <p>We share several tips, and go through the "personalities" of the major areas of the Santa Ynez Valle